Large scale application of vibration sensors for fan monitoring at commercial layer hen houses

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 11590-11604

  Chen, Yan ^a   Ni, Ji Qin ^a   Diehl, Claude A ^a   Heber, Albert J ^a   Bogan, Bill W ^a   Chai, Li Long ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Animal agriculture; Emission; Measurement; MEMS; Ventilation rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; DATA ACQUISITION HARDWARE; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LOW-COST ELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC PROXIMITY; MEASUREMENT QUALITY; VENTILATION RATE;

AIR QUALITY; ANIMALS; MEASUREMENTS; MEMS; NEUTRON EMISSION; SENSORS;

VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; VIBRATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMMERCE; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84871093859     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101211590     Document Type: Article

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