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Desiccant Dehumidification Cooling System for Poultry Houses in Multan (Pakistan)

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Energy-Efficient Systems for Agricultural Applications

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Abstract

Poultry industries play a major role in Pakistan’s economy as well as developing countries. Poultry birds are sensitive to slight variation in ambient air temperature and humidity. Therefore, temperature-humidity control system is principally required for optimum growth of the birds. Conventionally, vapor-compression-based air-conditioning systems are used in poultry houses to control temperature and humidity. These systems degrade the environment and consume huge amount of primary energy. In this regard, the present study investigates energy-efficient thermally driven desiccant dehumidification-based evaporative cooling system for monthly basis climatic conditions of Multan (Pakistan). The present study explored standalone desiccant air-conditioning system (S-DAC) and Maisotsenko cycle assisted DAC system (M-DAC) using silica-gel and hydrophilic polymeric-sorbent desiccant materials from the viewpoints of slope of dehumidification line, dehumidification capacity, cooling capacity, and coefficient of performance (COP). In addition, the study explored surface temperature, surface area, total sensible heat loss, evaporative heat loss, total heat loss, and temperature-humidity index (THI) of the poultry birds. The results showed that the polymer-based M-DAC system was feasible in terms of maximum dehumidification capacity, cooling capacity, and COP (i.e., 4.3 g/kg-DA, 14.9 kJ/kg, and 0.5, respectively) and achieved thermal comfort (THI < 30℃) of poultry birds throughout the year.

Muhammad Aleem and Muhammad Sultan contributed equally to this work.

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Abbreviations

AC:

Air-conditioning

\({A}_{s}\) :

Surface area of bird (m2)

\(BW\) :

Body weight (kg)

COP:

Coefficient of performance (–)

DAC:

Desiccant air-conditioning

EC:

Evaporative cooling

\(EHL\) :

Evaporative heat loss (W/bird)

\(h\) :

Enthalpy of air (kJ/kg)

\({h}_{t}\) :

Heat transfer coefficient (W/m2 ℃)

HS:

Heat source

HX:

Heat exchanger

M-DAC:

Maisotsenko cycle assisted desiccant air-conditioning

\({Q}_{convection}\) :

Heat loss by convection (W/bird)

\({Q}_{radiation}\) :

Heat loss by radiation (W/bird)

\({Q}_{TSHL}\) :

Total sensible heat loss (W/bird)

\({Q}_{c}\) :

Cooling capacity (kJ/kg)

S-DAC:

Standalone desiccant air-conditioning

SHL:

Sensible heat loss (W/bird)

THI:

Temperature-humidity-index (°C)

\(THL\) :

Total heat loss (W/bird)

\(T\) :

Temperature (°C)

\({T}_{s}\) :

Surface temperature (°C)

\({T}_{a}\) :

Ambient temperature (°C)

\({V}_{air}\) :

Air velocity (m/s)

\(X\) :

Humidity ratio (g/kg-DA)

\(\Delta X\) :

Dehumidification capacity (g/kg-DA)

\(e\) :

Emissivity of bird (–)

\(\sigma\) :

Stefan–Boltzman constant (W/m2 K4)

\({\phi }^{*}\) :

Slope of dehumidification line (–)

\(\varepsilon\) :

Effectiveness (–)

DB :

Dry-bulb

HX :

Heat exchanger

in :

Inlet

out :

Outlet

PA :

Process air

RA :

Regeneration air

WB :

Wet-bulb

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This research work has been carried out in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-Pakistan. This research was funded by Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan-Pakistan under the Director Research/ ORIC grants awarded to Principal Investigator Dr. Muhammad Sultan.

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Aleem, M., Sultan, M., Mahmood, M.H., Miyazaki, T. (2022). Desiccant Dehumidification Cooling System for Poultry Houses in Multan (Pakistan). In: Sultan, M., Miyazaki, T. (eds) Energy-Efficient Systems for Agricultural Applications. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86394-4_2

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