Glossary B

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A Baghouse Filter is a large fabric bag, usually made of glass fibers, used to eliminate intermediate and large (greater than 20 PM in diameter) particles.

A Bailer is

1. A pipe with a valve at the lower end, used to remove slurry from the bottom or side of a Well as it is being drilled,

A Baling is Compacting solid waste into blocks to reduce volume and simplify handling.

A Ballistic Separator is a machine that sorts organic from Inorganic Matter for composting.

A Band Application is the spreading of chemicals over, or next to, each row of plants in a field.

A Banking is a system for recording qualified air emission reductions for later use in bubble, offset, or netting transactions. (See: Emissions trading.)

A Bar Screen is In wastewater treatment, a device used to remove large solids.

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A barn is an agricultural building primarily located on farms and used for many purposes, notably for the housing of livestock and storage of crops andfor equipment storage.

A Barn Cleaner is Usually a chain linked system of paddles that moved Manure from gutters, up a chute, into a waiting Manure spreader. Most often seen in tie-stall or stanchion barns.

A Barrel is a liquid-volume measure equal to 42 United States gallons at 60 degrees Fahrenheit; used in expressing quantities of petroleum -based products.