15AGRITECHCAT3 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、精密的制冷/制热工程解决方案，以改善室内空气质量和热舒适度，提高禽舍的动物福利和生产力。该系统将采用新型膜式露点蒸发技术，以水和空气为工作流体，在夏季提供热量调节和改善空气质量。此外，一个低成本的聚热交换器准备循环集成太阳能屋顶集热器将被用来利用太阳能加热工作流体，以驱动热泵。这是一种有效的方法，以满足家禽饲养场的供暖要求。太阳能集热器设计简单，可直接集成到禽舍屋顶。该项目将涉及设计、建造和测试一个原型冷却/加热系统。新系统将提供一种环保和经济的解决方案，与传统的HVAC系统竞争。创新英国赠款的支持将确保这项技术在英国开发，在项目完成后的2-5年内，创造20多个英国就业机会和税收，使创新英国投资的回报率达到20至30倍。

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 working fluid to drive a heat pump. This is an efficient method for providing heating requirements in poultry houses. The solar collector has a simple design with direct integration in the poultry house roof. The project will involve the design, construction 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. The support from the Innovate UK grant will ensure this technology is developed in the UK creating over 20 UK jobs and tax revenue giving a 20 to 30 times return on the Innovate UK investment, over the 2-5 years after the project completes.