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Developing and Testing the Air Cooling System of a Combined Climate Control Unit Used in Pig Farming

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  • Ivan Ignatkin

    (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow 127550, Russia)

  • Sergey Kazantsev

    (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow 127550, Russia)

  • Nikolay Shevkun

    (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow 127550, Russia)

  • Dmitry Skorokhodov

    (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow 127550, Russia)

  • Nikita Serov

    (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow 127550, Russia)

  • Aleksei Alipichev

    (Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow 127550, Russia)

  • Vladimir Panchenko

    (Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Russian University of Transport, Moscow 127994, Russia)

Abstract

This article presents the results of developing and testing the air-cooling system of a combined climate control unit used in pig farming. The authors have found a water-evaporative system to be the most efficient for cooling the air supply. Cooling systems of this type consume 0.003 kW/kW of electric power to produce 1 kW of cold. Based on the developed mathematical model for water-evaporative cooling in the combined climate control unit, the authors have determined that an air supply with a temperature of 31.2 °C and a relative humidity of 30.4% can be cooled by 8.3 °C when saturated with moisture to a relative humidity of 90.0% (by 11.7 °C at 100%). Experimental studies of the cooling system confirmed the theoretically obtained data.

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  • Ivan Ignatkin & Sergey Kazantsev & Nikolay Shevkun & Dmitry Skorokhodov & Nikita Serov & Aleksei Alipichev & Vladimir Panchenko, 2023. "Developing and Testing the Air Cooling System of a Combined Climate Control Unit Used in Pig Farming," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:13:y:2023:i:2:p:334-:d:1050998
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