Ventilation system design for poultry buildings

ABSTRACT

The environmental conditions inside the poultry building have a significant impact on animal health. The ventilation system is a key factor in the environment features. This work seeks to find a standard method to calculate the main aspects of ventilation systems. A building (120 m long, 12 m wide and 4 m average height) was selected as an example in this research. As the fans were the key elements of the ventilation system so there is an essential request to define the number of fans and their capacities. These fans running are controlled by either timer or thermostat. Selecting the inlets gates will encourage a significant impact on ventilation efficiency. The translation ventilation and tunnel ventilation were calculated. The evaporative cooling was investigated and the size pads were determined as well as considered as a part of the ventilation system.

Keywords: Ventilation, poultry building, fans, inlets, tunnel, thermostat.