Electric Heating System with Thermal Storage Units and Ceiling Fans for Cattle-Breeding Farms

Aleksei Khimenko (), Dmitry Tikhomirov, Stanislav Trunov, Aleksey Kuzmichev, Vadim Bolshev and Olga Shepovalova
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Aleksei Khimenko: Laboratory of Power and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1-St Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Dmitry Tikhomirov: Laboratory of Power and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1-St Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Stanislav Trunov: Laboratory of Power and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1-St Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Aleksey Kuzmichev: Laboratory of Power and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1-St Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Vadim Bolshev: Laboratory of Power and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1-St Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428 Moscow, Russia
Olga Shepovalova: Laboratory of Power and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, 1-St Institutskiy Proezd, 5, 109428 Moscow, Russia

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: A combined energy–saving heat supply system was proposed that included a combined ETS unit and a ceiling fan, and provided the normative air parameters in a livestock room, with an air temperature of −17 °C and air relative humidity (ARH) of −75%. A heat supply system of a preventive maintenance premises for calves was chosen as the subject of the study. Comparative analysis of the temperature and ARH distribution with height in the preventive maintenance premises, was carried out, with and without a ceiling fan. The study showed that, during the heating period, application of the ceiling fans helped to raise the air temperature and to reduce ARH, in the areas where young stock is located, in accordance with the normative indicators. The energy-saving effect was achieved by supplying warmer ventilation air, which accumulated in the upper zone of the premises from the ceiling fan to the locations of the animals. At the same time, there was a decrease in the consumption of electric energy for the heat supply system of up to 14%.

Keywords: microclimate; ceiling fans; electric thermal storage unit; energy–saving; heat supply system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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