Workshops
The University of Georgia's poultry ventilation workshops are held twice a year on the campus at the Driftmier Engineering Center. These intensive training program has been specifically designed for the broiler flock supervisor. The workshops consists of lectures, group exercises, and utilization of Excel spreadsheets to educate attendees on the principles behind environmental control of poultry houses during cold and hot weather.
The University of Georgia 2011 Cold Weather Ventilation Workshop
November 7 - 9
Monday
8:00 - 8:30 Registration at Driftmier Engineering Center
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome
8:45 - 9:30 House temperature and broiler performance......................................................................1
9:30 - 10:30 Determining broiler house heating system requirements................................................2
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Poultry house tightness............................................................................................................3
11:45 - 12:30 Group exercise 1
12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 Group exercise 2
2:15 - 3:00 Totally enclosing curtain-sided houses.................................................................................4
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 Poultry house heating systems...............................................................................................5
6:00 Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 - 8:30 Air quality and bird health.........................................................................................................6
8:30 - 10:00 Ventilating poultry houses during cold weather/Minimum ventilation..............................7
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Group exercise 3
11:30 - 12:15 Assessing poultry house air quality.......................................................................................8
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Negative pressure ventilation..................................................................................................9
2:00 - 3:00 Group exercise 4
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 Negative pressure air inlets...................................................................................................10
4:15 - 5:00 Circulation fan systems...........................................................................................................11
6:00 Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 - 8:30 Minimum ventilation inlets......................................................................................................12
8:30 - 9:45 Air inlet installation tips............................................................ ..............................................13
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:45 Operating poultry houses during cold weather..................................................................14
Group exercise 5
11:45 - 12:00 Wrap - up
The University of Georgia’s
2011 Tunnel Ventilation Workshop
May 16 - 18
MONDAY
8:00 - 8:30 Registration at Driftmier Engineering Center - program
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome - quiz
8:45 - 9:45 Basic tunnel ventilation system design - Mike Czarick...........................................................................1
9:45 - 10:15 Tunnel ventilation system design - Group exercise (all excercises)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Tunnel ventilation system design (Excel spreadsheet) - Group exercise
11:30 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 1:15 Importance of air speed in cooling birds- Brian Fairchild.....................................................................2
1:15 - 2:15 Factors affecting air speed in tunnel houses - Mike Czarick.................................................................3
2:15 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:45 Factors affecting air speed distribution in tunnel houses - Mike Czarick............................................4
3:45 - 4:45 Tunnel ventilation and static pressure - Mike Czarick.............................................................................5
6:30 Dinner
TUESDAY
7:30 - 8:00 Static pressure in high air velocity tunnel houses - Mike Czarick........................................................6
8:00 - 9:00 Tunnel fan selection - Mike Czarick...........................................................................................................7
9:00 - 10:00 Tunnel fan selection Excel spreadsheet - Group exercise
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15 Electrical system checkup - Jim Donald/Jess Campbell...................................................................8
11:15 - 12:15 Evaporative cooling theory - Mike Czarick..............................................................................................9
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Evaporative cooling system design - Mike Czarick............................................................................10
2:00 - 2:45 Evaporative cooling Excel spreadsheet - Group exercise
2:45 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:00 Evaporative cooling pad system installation - Mike Czarick..............................................................11
4:00 - 5:00 Basic Evaporative cooling system operation - Mike Czarick.............................................................12
6:00 Dinner
WEDNESDAY
8:00 - 9:00 Evaporative cooling pad maintenance - Jess Campbell..................................................................13
9:00 - 10:15 Maximizing bird performance in tunnel houses - Brian Fairchild...................................................14
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Evaluating tunnel ventilation system performance - Mike Czarick.................................................15
11:30 - 12:00 Wrap-up
