Farm cooling Inno+: an optimum climate under all conditions
Have you experienced problems with high temperatures and high humidity in your house(s) in recent years? High temperatures and high humidity cause big problems for you and your animals. Fortunately, there are solutions that help very effectively and that pay for themselves quickly.
High outside temperatures can cause heat stress to the animals in the house. When temperatures and humidity are high, animals are no longer able to regulate their body temperature. This has consequences for the health and production of the animals, even long after the heat has passed.
With our cooling concept, we achieve an optimal climate for animals all year round. Read more about our cooling concept below.
Challenging times for pig and poultry farmers
Over the past two years, there have been about 2,000 hours a year where the outdoor temperature has been above 18°C. In fact, the past six years have been the warmest on record worldwide. This heat has a negative impact on the animals in the farms. Thanks to research carried out at various farms in recent years, we know that both the animals and the turnover suffer considerably. However, Inno+ has invested considerably in pragmatic solutions which can be applied to any farm -small or large- and the animals feel at ease under all circumstances and continue to perform well. Even when fully occupied and in extremely high outside temperatures. Read more about it below.
In recent years, many (nozzle) humidification systems have been installed in farms for cooling purposes. By means of these relatively cheap installations, the temperature in both the incoming air and in the barn can be lowered. However, the amount of moisture in the house increases (strongly). Did you know that the increase in humidity can cause an increase in heat stress for animals and that, on balance, it is worse for them? This is despite the general idea that cooling is done because the temperature is lower.
At Van Asten we achieved the best results in the hottest week of the year thanks to the cooling concept! Are you interested in receiving these great results of farm cooling and dehumidification? Please fill in the form and we will send you the case study.
Optimal climate in farms all year round
Inno+ is the specialist in conditioning incoming air for pig and poultry stables. The aim is to achieve an optimal climate for the animals throughout the year. During the winter period the incoming air is preheated with energy that is recovered from air scrubbers and for the summer Inno+ developed a new farm cooling concept specifically for the cooling of farrowing, insemination and gestation sow stalls. The last summers have had a great impact on production due to heat stress. Based on the needs of customers, Inno+ has developed a concept for the cooling of farms in the sow breeding industry. This “airco” solution takes care of cooling and dehumidifying the incoming air in the house, while the outside temperature is always cooled down to 18°C.
Customers about the Inno+ cooling concept in their farms
– Sow farm Rotink: Proof that it works!
“During the warm period last summer, the incoming air went from +35⁰C to 17⁰C behind the heat exchanger. Then, due to the heat production of the animals and solar infiltration in the house, the air was warmed up to 23⁰C with a Relative Humidity of only 65%. The climate was so comfortable in the house that the staff on site even joked that we should move the canteen to the central corridor. The average cooling period per year is 2,000 hours when it is warmer than 18⁰C outside.”
Are you curious about the new possibilities we have to offer in terms of cooling in farms? Keep your head cool and contact us. We would be happy to tell you more about it and to provide you with very interesting figures on what farm cooling can do for you.
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Optimal cooling in the stables! How does it work?
Cold water at 10°C is produced with a cooling machine and is then sent to the incoming air via an air/water heat exchanger, which cools and dehumidifies the incoming air. On hotter humid days, the moisture drips down the heat exchangers and does not enter the farm, in contrast to pad and mist cooling systems that do introduce extra moisture into the farm.
This type of farm cooling in combination with solar panels is ideal. At times when there is a peak in the production of solar energy in the summer, there is also a peak in the energy requirement of the cooling machine. The energy costs of the cooling machine are then eliminated by its own production of solar energy.
Ultimate climate – combining the new stall cooling concept with heat recovery
When the new farm cooling concept of Inno+ is combined with heat recovery from the air scrubber in winter, an even more interesting business model is created. By using the same heat exchangers, pumps and controls in both winter and summer, an optimal climate in the stables can be achieved throughout the year, which leads to considerable savings in heating costs. An example of this has been built at a pig farm in Panningen in the Netherlands.
In the summer, the farrowing house and the covering house are cooled with a mechanical refrigerator; in the winter, the farrowing house, the covering house and the piglet house are pre-heated with the energy from the air washer. The investment costs for barn cooling are therefore lower, because the basic facilities of the installation are also used for pre-heating in the winter situation. Another major advantage of this solution is that the investment can take place under the Energy Investment Allowance (EIA) scheme. For more information, please contact us here!
