Air velocity and temperature distribution in a covered creep for piglets

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1747-1755

  Morsing, S ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Strom J S ^a   Bennetsen, J C ^a   Ravn, P ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Covered creep climate; Natural convection; Temperature distribution; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

AIR; HEAT TREATMENT; POLYSTYRENES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CREEP CONFIGURATION; HEAT LEVEL; PIGLETS;

CREEP;

TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 11144304552     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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