Field experiments and economic evaluation of an evaporative cooling system in a silkworm rearing house

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-219

  Lertsatitthanakorn, C ^a   Rerngwongwitaya, S ^a   Soponronnarit, S ^a  

^a MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; SILK; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO (EER); EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEM; FEED CONVERSION; SILKWORM REARING HOUSE;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; SILK;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 32144436786     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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