Design and evaluation of a naturally ventilated broiler house. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6505370

Timmons, M B; Baughman, G R

The advantages of improved feed conversion and low fuel usage associated with completely enclosed, mechanically ventilated poultry housing and the advantage of low electrical energy usage of conventional, curtain walled houses - combined into a new housing design for poultry called the FLEX house, are described. In one year of performance testing comparing the FLEX house, an enclosed house, and a conventional house at a common site showed that the new FLEX house design was most efficient in the total energy required to produce a unit of meat. Energy savings were determined to be 2.8 cents per kg of meat produced or roughly $19 million dollars could be saved potentially each year in North Carolina by using the FLEX house design. The added building costs of the FLEX house could be paid for in less than two years.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA). Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• OSTI ID: 6505370
• Report Number(s): NCEI-0028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ANIMAL SHELTERS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE TESTING
COST
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EVALUATION
FOWL
NORTH CAROLINA
PAYBACK PERIOD
PRODUCTIVITY
VENTILATION SYSTEMS
ANIMALS
BIRDS
BUILDINGS
EFFICIENCY
NORTH AMERICA
SHELTERS
SOUTHEAST REGION
TESTING
USA
VERTEBRATES
320303* - Energy Conservation
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