dc.contributor.author | Otim, Haggai Junior | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-02T06:12:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-02T06:12:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Otim, H.J. (2023). Development and testing of a solar-powered heating system for brooding [unpublished undergraduate thesis]. Makerere University, Kampala | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/15290 | |
dc.description | Thesis submitted to the Department of Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Engineering of Makerere University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Uganda’s total poultry population is estimated at 47.6 million chickens. The most important
brooding condition to control is the body temperature because chicks are unable to regulate
their body temperature post-hatch. In a bid to provide optimum temperatures in poultry
houses, farmers widely use the traditional pots, in which they burn charcoal. However, this is
a labor-intensive method of heating, and emits CO2 which adversely affects the environment.
The scope of this research is designing a solar powered heating system through designing a
working 12 V DC-powered inductive heating electrical circuit; sizing an appropriate solar
PV; constructing a circuit housing; integrating it with induction heating electrical circuit; and
testing the performance of the heating system. Induction heating provides contactless, fast,
and efficient heating of conductive materials. The designed circuit operates at a switching
frequency of 35.779 kHz from a resonant tank whose effective capacitance is 4.7 µF and
inductance of 4.21 µH. The results show that it is possible to maintain the required
temperature of 28 oC to 34 oC for brooding using the solar powered heating system. The
maximum temperature (32.6 oC) was attained at the end of the testing period (50 minutes),
directly below the heating system when the heating system was raised 15 cm above the
ground. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Brooding | en_US |
dc.subject | Temperature | en_US |
dc.subject | Charcoal | en_US |
dc.subject | Induction heating | en_US |
dc.subject | Solar-powered | en_US |
dc.subject | Heating systems | en_US |
dc.title | Development and testing of a solar-powered heating system for brooding | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |