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Technical and Economical Modeling and Optimization of Air Conditioning Systems for Heating Needs in the Poultry Industry

Malekipour, Mohsen | 2014

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 45240 (46)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Energy Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Sattari, Sorena
  7. Abstract:
  8. Increasing population and rapid industrial development has resulted in increasing energy consumption exponentially. Limited resources of fossil fuels have forced industrialized countries to reduce energy consumption by modern systems as much as possible.
    Poultry farms consume about 1,400 million liters of gas oil per year and 38% of total consumption in the agricultural section; then they are the largest consumer of this industry in Iran. Unfortunately traditional heating systems and poor control of indoor conditions are some of the most important factors affecting energy consumption in poultry farms. With the air ventilation rate of a salon equal to the amount of air needed for birds up to 10 times, the consumption rate of natural gas within the range of 0.11 to 3.8 cubic meters for each chicken can be changed. Usage of radiant heating systems could also play an enormous role in reducing fuel consumption, because these devices transfer heat directly to the birds and air ventilation of room has a very small role in fuel consumption of this system, so more air ventilation 9 times of the standard value, just more natural gas consumption of the system twice.
    In this project, the ant colony optimization algorithm is used to get the best heating system solution and this algorithm can also be used for other Energy flow diagram optimization problems
  9. Keywords:
  10. Modeling ; Space Heating System ; Optimization ; Poultry House ; Ant Colony Algorithm

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