EVATUATION SYSTEM OF EXHAUST FANS USED ON VENTILATION SYSTEM IN COMMERCIAL BROILER HOUSE

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Wagner
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Moura,Daniella, Carvalho-Curi,Thayla, Seber,Rogério, Massari,Juliana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Engenharia Agrícola
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162017000500887
• topic: broiler; neural network; ventilation systems; air flow

ABSTRACT: This study aim to develop a system, called FANS-N, for evaluation the exhaust fans in the ventilation system of broiler facilities. The system is divided into: 1) Mechanical Structure - consisting of two stepper motors for positioning a anemometer sensor in the vertical and horizontal coordinates; 2) Electronic Interface - control of the anemometer positioning and record data of wind speed; 3) Control Programming Module – accountable for the cursor movement, measurement and record the wind speed data with the anemometer at predetermined points; and 4) Analysis Programming Module - responsible for the interpretation of wind speed values at each point. The software uses artificial neural networks (Multi-Layer Perceptron) for images analyses of data base. The output of neural network give to the user the following recommendations: "possible changing", "maintenance", "standard limit", and "within standard". The system was able to evaluate the exhaust fans, identify the failures and proposing solutions to farmers of a preventive diagnosis.