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RE: Energy Consumption model in Poultry farming

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• Subject: [mg35532] RE: [mg35507] Energy Consumption model in Poultry farming
• From: "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com>
• Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:06:16 -0400 (EDT)
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I saw a presentation on it at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in
1982, in a math department seminar.  There may be a faculty member there
that you should talk to.

Bobby Treat

-----Original Message-----
From: DLUNDIN at aol.com [mailto:DLUNDIN at aol.com] 
Subject: [mg35532] [mg35507] Energy Consumption model in Poultry farming


All,

I'm using Mathematica to model energy consumption in chicken farms given
basic data. Then I'm planning to use regression -BUT- before I do I wanted to 
check in with the gurus.

Normally, energy consumption is a function of Heating/Cooling Degree Days and 
I'd like to hear if someone believes this is NOT the case here.

Has anyone developed a purely mathematical model based on radiant, convective 
and conductive heat transfer? I'd rather not take the regression approach if 
I can get a theoretical model instead.

Thanks!
Doug Lundin