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Control Effect of Temperature and Humidity by Ventilation Fan Operation Methods in Wintering Honey Bee House  

Lee, Jong-Won (Dept. of Agricultural Eng., Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Hyun-Woo (Dept. of Agricultural Eng., Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Suk-Gun (Dept. of Agricultural Eng., Kyungpook National University)
Jin, Ran-Shu (Shenyang Agricultural University)
Choi, Kwang-Soo (Dept. of Animal Eng., Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.12, no.3, 2003 , pp. 127-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to establish the ventilation fan operation schedule to be able to provide satisfactory environment for colonies in thc wintering honey bee house. The simulation and practical measuring test were conducted to verify the applicability of an existing simulation program to thc calculation of inside thermal environment condition of the house, and the environment control performance was compared between the two types of fan operation schedule to find the proper schedule. It was concluded that the program could be used to design thc materials of the enclosure and the fan operation schedule and decide the number of accommodation hives. Inside temperature of bee house controlled by the fan operation schedule B was lower than the schedule A under the similar high outside temperature condition. In the presence of the high outside temperature condition, inside air temperature of bee house could be decreased by changing fan operation schedule A to schedule B. The humidity variation in bee house controlled by the tan operation of schedule B was smaller than that by schedule A. These results indicated that the schedule B was superior in the aspect of the environment control performance.
Keywords
ventilation performance; simulation; experiment;
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