Article
Modeling Newborn Piglet Thermal Interactions with a Surface Energy Balance Model
Transactions of the ASAE
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Abstract
A mathematical model was developed to describe the radiative and convective thermal interactions between a newborn piglet and it’s surroundings. The model incorporates surface energy balances for each surface in the enclosure. The model was verified with results from a simulated creep area and from published calorimetric studies on newborn pigs. Mathematical results were all within 5.5% of the measured results from a simulated creep-area. Compared with published studies, the mathematical model over-predicts heat loss in high-demand environments and under predicts heat loss in low-demand environments.
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Open
Copyright Owner
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Copyright Date
1993
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Steven J. Hoff, Kevin A. Janni and Larry D. Jacobson. "Modeling Newborn Piglet Thermal Interactions with a Surface Energy Balance Model" Transactions of the ASAE Vol. 36 Iss. 12 (1993) p. 151 - 159 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steven_hoff/51/
This article is from Transactions of the ASAE 36, no. 1 (1993): 151–159.