A robust sensor for monitoring the operational status of agricultural ventilation fans

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1019-1027

  Darr, Matthew John ^a,c   Zhao, Lingying ^a   Ni, Ji Qin ^b   Gecik, Christopher ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; iMEMS; Ventilation; Vibration sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; MEMS; ROBUST CONTROL; SENSORS;

AGRICULTURAL FANS; IMEMS; VIBRATION SENSORS;

VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

ACCELEROMETER; AIR QUALITY; CORROSION; DATA ACQUISITION; FEEDING MECHANISM; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSOR; VENTILATION; VIBRATION;

MACHINERY; SENSORS; VENTILATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447529163     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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