Climate control based on temperature measurement in the animal-occupied zone of a pig room with ground channel ventilation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 355-365

  Van Wagenberg, A V ^a   Aerts, J M ^b   Van Brecht, A ^b   Vranken, E ^b   Leroy, T ^b   Berckmans, D ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Controlling; Ground channel ventilation; Microclimate; Model based predictive control; Pig housing; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL-OCCUPIED ZONE (AOZ); CLIMATE CONTROL SENSORS; HEATING SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

LIVESTOCK FARMING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18644386453     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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