ASHRAE funds swine research to update HVAC&R design.
Press Release Summary:
ASHRAE is funding research to update heat and moisture production rates from pigs and their housing facilities, which are the foundation for effective design and operation of HVAC&R systems. The ASHRAE technical committee on plant and animal environments is sponsoring the project, which seeks to research how changes in genetic potential, nutrition, housing strategies, and production systems have changed swine heat and moisture production rates.
Original Press Release:
ASHRAE Studies Heat, Moisture Production Rates of Swine, Houses
ATLANTA - The proverbial "little pig who stayed home" will be assured of good indoor environmental quality under proposed research from ASHRAE.
The Society is funding research to update heat and moisture production rates from pigs and their housing facilities, which are the foundation for effective design and operation of HVAC&R systems.
"Without proper heat and moisture production values, ventilation systems will be inadequately designed and operated, resulting in unsuitable building environments for animals and workers," said Lingying Zhao, Ph.D., a member of ASHRAE's technical committee on plant and animal environment, which is sponsoring the project. "Incorrect data about those values also can create potential moisture buildup that could lead to premature building failure."
The project is one of 16 currently out for bid by ASHRAE. Complete information on all of the projects and bid submittal information can be found at http://www.ashrae.org/research.
Currently available data on heat and moisture production rates is nearly 50 years old. Since that time, swine production has undergone significant changes in terms of genetic potential, nutrition, housing strategies and production systems, all of which affect swine heat and moisture production rate.
New feeds, for example, can affect the heat production rate from the actions of eating, digestion, and absorption and utilization of the nutrients. The amount pigs are fed today on a regular basis has changed throughout the years as well as differences in the nutrients contained in today's feed.
Types of housing also impacts swine heat and moisture production rates. Although pigs have a few sweat glands, they mainly stay cool due to other moisture sources in their pen evaporating from their skin, according to Zhao.
Other projects out for bid are:
1216-RFP, Inlet Installation Effects on Bi/Airfoil Centrifugal Fans, Air & Sound, sponsored by TC 5.1.
1267-RFP, Development of an ASHRAE Design Manual for District Heating and Cooling Systems, sponsored by TC 6.2.
1345-RFP, Waterside Fouling Performance of Brazed-Plate Type Condensers in Cooling Tower Applications, sponsored by TC 8.5.
1356-RFP, Methodology to Measure Thermal Performance of Pipe Insulation at Below-Ambient Temperatures, sponsored by TC 1.8
1387-RFP, Thermal Energy Storage Design for Emergency Cooling, sponsored by TC 6.9.
1408-RFP, The Effect of Lining Length on the Insertion Loss of Acoustical Duct Liner in Sheet Metal Ductwork, sponsored by TC 2.6.
1416-RFP, Development of Internal Surface Convection Correlations for Energy and Load Calculation Methods, sponsored by TC 4.7.
1418-RFP, Indoor Environment Modeling, sponsored by TC 4.10.
1456-RFP, Assess and Implement Natural and Hybrid Ventilation Models in Whole-Building Energy Simulations, sponsored by TC 4.10.
1466-RFP, Development of a Calibration Reference Device for Use with Test Standard ANSI/ASHRAE 52.2-2007, sponsored by TC 2.4.
1475-RFP, Updating Heat and Moisture Production Rates of Modern Swine and Their Housing Systems, sponsored by TC 2.2.
1480-RFP, Island Hood Energy Consumption and Energy Reduction Strategies, sponsored by TC 5.10.
1481-RFP, Economic Data Base In Support of Standard 90.2, sponsored by Standing Standards Project Committee 90.2.
1482-RFP, Update to Measurements of Office Equipment Heat Gain Data, sponsored by TC 4.1.
1484-RFP, Energy and Performance of Secondary Coolant Low-Temperature Refrigeration Systems, sponsored by TC 3.1.
1486-RFP, Fault Detection and Diagnostics for Centrifugal Chillers - Phase III: Online-Time Implementation, sponsored by TC 7.5.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.
