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Impact assessment of energy conservation strategies in swine barns through benchmarking and building simulation

dc.contributor.advisorPredicala, Bernardoen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGuo, Huiqingen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBaik, Oon-dooen_US
dc.creatorNavia, Eleonoren_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-12T14:44:58Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-04T05:08:15Z
dc.date.available2009-11-19T08:00:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2013-01-04T05:08:15Z
dc.date.created2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.date.submitted2008en_US
dc.description.abstractEnergy input is vital in every swine operation as it directly affects production performance and overall profitability. With the increasing trend in energy prices and feed costs, the swine industry needed to find ways to improve energy use efficiency in their operations in order to reduce overall cost of production. The goals of this study were to gather benchmark information on current energy usage in swine barns through survey and energy audit, and evaluate different energy-saving measures through building simulation. The results of the survey showed that the average electricity and gas cost was $6.50/head for farrow-to-finish barns, $1.70/head for grow-finish barns, $0.59/head for nursery and $1.95/head for farrow-wean barns. Significant difference (Pen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-11122008-144458en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectenergy consumptionen_US
dc.subjectswine barnen_US
dc.subjectenergy auditen_US
dc.subjectcomputer simulationen_US
dc.titleImpact assessment of energy conservation strategies in swine barns through benchmarking and building simulationen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentAgricultural and Bioresource Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Bioresource Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US

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