Estudos de sistemas de aquecimento aplicado a galpões avícolas com uso de elementos finitos

Abstract

The aim of this research was to evaluate and compare the behavior of temperature inside poultry sheds with bell jar type gas conventional heating and heating in the floor with use of a heat exchanger. It was used the public domain program FEMM 4.2 for the analysis of temperature through the use of finite elements techniques with data collected from two lots. Heating in the floor is made with the hot water flowing through a heat exchanger, which is installed below the bed; this hot water is from solar heaters. From the results obtained with the simulations can be observed that the heating through the floor provides a more homogeneous distribution breast when compared with the bell jar type heating. The flow of heat is upwards supplying thus the most needed heating of the bird that is the pectoral part. Energy consumption evaluation was made with use of LPG; this has enabled a comparative analysis of the quantity of electric energy necessary to provide the same thermal energy and the financial expenses obtained with the heating though LPG or electric energy for each lot.