TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effect of using solar energy and different ventilation rate on production in poultry houses
SP  - 204
SN  - 2322455X (ISSN)
EP  - 210
KW  - Energy balance
KW  -  Poultry production
KW  -  Solar heating system
KW  -  Ventilation
AV  - public
A1  - Gad, S.
A1  - El-Shazly, M. A. R.
A1  - Wasfy, K. I.
A1  - Awny, A.
IS  - 4
PB  - Scienceline Publication, Ltd
JF  - Journal of World's Poultry Research
VL  - 9
Y1  - 2019/12/25/
ID  - eprints193
N2  - The main purpose of the present study was to find an alternative source for traditional energy to provide the energy requirements in the poultry industry. The present study was conducted in four poultry houses with different heating systems (solar and conventional) and ventilation rates located in El-Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, during June and July 2018. In this study, it was found that productivity increased by increasing the ventilation rate, where productivity reached 2.3 kg when using a solar heating system with a ventilation rate every two minutes. Productivity decreased in poultry houses with a conventional heating system and was 2 kg in ventilation rate every 2 minutes, and 1.8 kg in the ventilation rate every four minutes. The level of ammonia was also reduced with the ventilation rate every two minutes. Concentrations of ammonia ranged from 22 ppm at ventilation rate every two minutes to 28 ppm at the ventilation rate every four minutes. In addition, solar energy provided good levels of thermal requirements. It was demonstrated that solar energy as an alternative source to the conventional energy, is very efficient and can be applied on a large scale when combined with conventional electricity as a light source and within specified limits.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086945788&doi=10.36380%2fJWPR.2019.25&partnerID=40&md5=098bfdc4e5195a2c5b0c81612575756c
ER  -