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Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates

Due to the broiler house's needs for a healthy environment, efficient control system, and appropriate air, several studies were interested in microclimate and air quality characteristics. However, limited studies are conducted to investigate pressure and air velocity within poultry buildings, w...

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Autores principales: Elghardouf, Narjice, Lahlouh, Ilyas, Elakkary, Ahmed, Sefiani, Nacer
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9853355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36685480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12936
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author Elghardouf, Narjice
Lahlouh, Ilyas
Elakkary, Ahmed
Sefiani, Nacer
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Elakkary, Ahmed
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description Due to the broiler house's needs for a healthy environment, efficient control system, and appropriate air, several studies were interested in microclimate and air quality characteristics. However, limited studies are conducted to investigate pressure and air velocity within poultry buildings, which are also significant parameters that impact the breeding environment and productivity. As a reason, the objective of this work was to develop a mathematical model exploring the differential pressure and air velocity inside the house. The peculiarity of this research is the use of thermal balance and air properties to propose a model related to birds' weight which can be translated to birds' age and thermal conditions. The proposed approach acquired experimental measurements (e.g., indoor air temperature and humidity, air velocity, and differential pressure) and performed simulations in a mechanically ventilated Mediterranean broiler house over a summer production cycle. The findings revealed that the observed and modelled differential pressure ranged from a negative to a positive pressure (−5 to 39 Pa), with broilers subjected to air velocity varying from 0.09 to 1.641 m s(−1) depending on three distinct modes of regulation: nature, power, and tunnel mode. These results confirmed the model's predictive capacity with a relative error of 1.03% of differential pressure and 0.68% of air velocity and a normalised mean square error (NMSE) of −1.06 Pa and 0.19 m s(−1), respectively. Consequently, the methodology applied in this paper may be extended to various species of breeding structures in other seasons, allowing simulation tools and system control improvement.
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spelling pubmed-98533552023-01-21 Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates Elghardouf, Narjice Lahlouh, Ilyas Elakkary, Ahmed Sefiani, Nacer Heliyon Research Article Due to the broiler house's needs for a healthy environment, efficient control system, and appropriate air, several studies were interested in microclimate and air quality characteristics. However, limited studies are conducted to investigate pressure and air velocity within poultry buildings, which are also significant parameters that impact the breeding environment and productivity. As a reason, the objective of this work was to develop a mathematical model exploring the differential pressure and air velocity inside the house. The peculiarity of this research is the use of thermal balance and air properties to propose a model related to birds' weight which can be translated to birds' age and thermal conditions. The proposed approach acquired experimental measurements (e.g., indoor air temperature and humidity, air velocity, and differential pressure) and performed simulations in a mechanically ventilated Mediterranean broiler house over a summer production cycle. The findings revealed that the observed and modelled differential pressure ranged from a negative to a positive pressure (−5 to 39 Pa), with broilers subjected to air velocity varying from 0.09 to 1.641 m s(−1) depending on three distinct modes of regulation: nature, power, and tunnel mode. These results confirmed the model's predictive capacity with a relative error of 1.03% of differential pressure and 0.68% of air velocity and a normalised mean square error (NMSE) of −1.06 Pa and 0.19 m s(−1), respectively. Consequently, the methodology applied in this paper may be extended to various species of breeding structures in other seasons, allowing simulation tools and system control improvement. Elsevier 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9853355/ /pubmed/36685480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12936 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates
title Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates
title_full Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates
title_fullStr Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates
title_full_unstemmed Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates
title_short Towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: Application for hot climates
title_sort towards modelling, and analysis of differential pressure and air velocity in a mechanical ventilation poultry house: application for hot climates
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9853355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36685480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12936
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