WelChic – Welfare Enhanced Living Conditions for healthier Chickens.
Lead Participant:
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Abstract
The overall aim of the project is to develop and test an efficient and environmentally-friendly, precision engineering solution for cooling/heating to improve indoor air quality and thermal comfort to promote better animal welfare and productivity in poultry houses. The system will use a novel membrane -based dew point evaporative technology using water and air as the working fluids to provide thermal regulation and improved air quality in the summer period. In addition, a low-cost poly heat exchanger ready loop integrated solar roof collector will be used to harness solar energy to heat wor king fluid to drive a heat pump. This is an efficient method for providing heating requirments in poultry houses. The solar collector has a simple design with direct integration in the poultry house roof. The project will involve the design, contruction and testing of a prototype cooling/heating system. The new system will provide an environmentally friendly and economic solution to compete with traditional HVAC systems.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | ||
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Participant |
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EPS LTD | ||
JOHN R. WRIGHT LIMITED | £77,898 | £ 42,844 |
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS SYSTEMS LTD. | £61,791 | £ 33,577 |
P.A.K. ENGINEERING LIMITED | £52,468 | £ 28,873 |
GEOGREEN POWER LIMITED | £58,678 | £ 32,273 |
JOHN BOWLER PULLETS AND FEEDS LLP | ||
INNOVATE UK |
People |
ORCID iD |
Zafer Ure (Project Manager) |