Application of computational fluid dynamics to the prediction of airflow in a mechanically ventilated commercial poultry building

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Blanes Vidal, V ^a,b   Guijarro, E ^a   Balasch, S ^a   Torres, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FARM BUILDINGS; VELOCITY; VENTILATION;

AIR VELOCITIES; AIRFLOW; POULTRY BUILDING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 41749098262     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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