Economic analysis of wind-powered farmhouse and farm building heating systems. Final report
The study evaluated the break-even values of wind energy for selected farmhouses and farm buildings focusing on the effects of thermal storage on the use of WECS production and value. Farmhouse structural models include three types derived from a national survey - an older, a more modern, and a passive solar structure. The eight farm building applications that were analyzed include: poultry-layers, poultry-brooding/layers, poultry-broilers, poultry-turkeys, swine-farrowing, swine-growing/finishing, dairy, and lambing. These farm buildings represent the spectrum of animal types, heating energy use, and major contributions to national agricultural economic values. All energy analyses were based on hour-by-hour computations which allowed for growth of animals, sensible and latent heat production, and ventilation requirements. Hourly or three-hourly weather data obtained from the National Climatic Center was used for the nine chosen analysis sites, located throughout the United States and corresponding to regional agricultural production centers.
- Research Organization:
- Regional Systems Services Group, Inc., Englewood, CO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-76ET20319
- OSTI ID:
- 6515820
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SEA-3408-20691/81/1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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