Poultry Housing Tips
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Poultry House Environmental Control and Energy Conservation
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Studying the floor heating pattern of the L.B. White new 20' long tube heater (80,000 Btu's/hr).
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A properly installed curtain pocket can dramatically reduce hot air loss/cold air leakage during cold weather...especially when the fans are off
Common Question
Does tunnel fan placement affect wall to wall air velocity distribution?
Not really. You could install tunnel fans in just one side wall (near the end wall) and the air velocity would remain fairly uniform from wall to wall.
Latest Poultry Housing Tip
 Volume: 24 No. 1 January 2012 |
Best Performing Tunnel Fans - 2011 When building a new house or retrofitting an older one for tunnel ventilation, fan selection is one of the most, if not the most important decision a producer has to make. A house’s fans are essentially the engine of the ventilation system and as a result have a significant effect on a producer’s ability to maintain the proper environmental conditions throughout the year. Furthermore, with rising electricity prices selecting the right energy efficient fan can save a producer thousands of dollars a year. As a result, when selecting fans it is crucial that a producer compares fans not just on initial cost but on fan performance and operating costs as well. Exhaust fans Tunnel ventilation |
Latest Poultry Tip
 Volume: 51 No. 6 May 2011 |
Basics of the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Wastewater Analytical Test Since the implementation of the Clean Water Act and subsequent creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in the early 1970s, poultry processing plants have been required to continually improve the quality of their process wastewater effluent discharges. The determination of wastewater quality set forth in environmental permits has been established since the 1970s in a series of laboratory analytical tests focused in four (4) major categories: organics, solids, nutrients and physical properties. For most poultry professionals a complete understanding of the standard methods required to accurately complete critical wastewater analytical tests is not... Categories: Processing |