Improvement of the ventilation system of a naturally ventilated broiler house in the cold season using computational simulations

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-117

  Seo, I H ^a   Lee, I B ^a   Moon, O K ^b   Kim, H T ^c   Hwang, H S ^a   Hong, S W ^a   Bitog, J P ^a   Yoo, J I ^a   Kwon, K S ^a   Kim, Y H ^a   Han, J W ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHIMNEYS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEATING; HOUSES; THERMAL INSULATION; VENTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT POINTS; TRACER GAS DECAY METHOD; USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 68449096035     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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