WelChic – Welfare Enhanced Living Conditions for healthier Chickens.

该项目的总体目标是开发和测试一种高效、环保的精确工程解决方案来冷却/加热，以改善室内空气质量和热舒适性，以促进家禽舍更好的动物福利和生产力。该系统将使用一种新型的基于膜的露点蒸发技术，以水和空气为工质，在夏季提供温度调节和改善空气质量。此外，一个低成本的多热交换器就绪回路集成太阳能屋顶集热器将被用来利用太阳能加热流体驱动热泵。这是一种在鸡舍内提供供暖要求的有效方法。太阳能集热器的设计简单，直接集成在鸡舍屋顶上。该项目将涉及一个原型冷却/加热系统的设计、建造和测试。新系统将提供一种环保和经济的解决方案，与传统的暖通空调系统竞争。

The overall aim of the project is to develop and test an efficient and environmentally-friendly, precision engineering solution for cooling/heating to improve indoor air quality and thermal comfort to promote better animal welfare and productivity in poultry houses. The system will use a novel membrane -based dew point evaporative technology using water and air as the working fluids to provide thermal regulation and improved air quality in the summer period. In addition, a low-cost poly heat exchanger ready loop integrated solar roof collector will be used to harness solar energy to heat wor king fluid to drive a heat pump. This is an efficient method for providing heating requirments in poultry houses. The solar collector has a simple design with direct integration in the poultry house roof. The project will involve the design, contruction and testing of a prototype cooling/heating system. The new system will provide an environmentally friendly and economic solution to compete with traditional HVAC systems.