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| Title: | Design and Performance Evaluation of a Solar Poultry Egg Incubator |
| Authors: | Bolaji, Bukola Olalekan |
| Keywords: | collector
incubator
poultry
performance
solar energy |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Thammasat International Journal of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand |
| Series/Report no.: | Volume 13;No. 1, pp. 47-55 |
| Abstract: | In this study, a solar poultry egg incubator was designed, fabricated and tested to evaluate its performance. The incubator consists of a solar collector with built-in thermal storage and incubating chamber of 100 eggs capacity. During the incubating period, average outlet collector temperature of 72.4 oC was obtained on the highest solar radiation day and 51.8 oC was obtained on the lowest solar radiation day. The incubating chamber was maintained throughout the incubating period within a temperature range of 37.0 to 39.5 oC and relative humidity range of 58.0 to 71.5 %. The collector thermal efficiency was found to be 68.7 %. The percentage fertility and hatchability of eggs were 85.0 and 78.8 % respectively. |
| URI: | http://repository.fuoye.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1218 |
| Appears in Collections: | Mechanical Journal Publications
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