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Animal, Fish and Seafood
Animal, fish and seafood: smart ventilation technology for agriculture, stables and processing sectors
In the animal, fish and seafood category there are two application groups, as per the sectors of Economy. The primary sector includes livestock, breeding and aquaculture production – this involves agricultural ventilation, ventilation technology and ventilation concepts for stables and fish farms, as well as slaughterhouses.
The secondary sector includes the large and diverse field of meat, fish and seafood processing as well as the (further) processing of animal products (e.g. milk). This sector includes processes such as freezing, drying, smoking or controlled aging of meat, fish and seafood, as well as the ripening and preservation of cheese. Ventilation technology, the crown jewel at ZIEHL-ABEGG, plays a decisive role in all this because in drying and cooling rooms, ripening chambers and other processing facilities, air flows have to be generated and air volume, air movement and air quality have to be constantly monitored and kept within the optimum range.
Air-conditioning equipment used for livestock breeding must provide the animals, e.g. cattle, pigs, poultry, fish, or other freshwater or saltwater animals, with enough clean, fresh air on the one hand and transport the used air (exhaust air, stable air) to the outside on the other. If necessary, the exhaust air is filtered beforehand to prevent pollutants and unpleasant odours from escaping into the environment.
Whether you are dealing with cattle sheds, pig pens, poultry houses, fish or prawn farms, fattening areas slaughterhouses, or meat, fish and seafood producers, that the ventilation equipment can fulfil its hugely important tasks perfectly depends, above all, on its design. The highly efficient, energy-saving and particularly quiet ventilation, drive and control technology from ZIEHL-ABEGG provides for the implementation of future-oriented, animal and human-friendly ventilation designs based on biomimetic fan technology, intelligent air feeds and smart control.
We rely on the biomimetic design principle to achieve this: The fan blades are modelled on owls’ wings, which allows us to achieve optimum efficiency with minimal noise emission. Using durable materials, the best production processes and excellent corrosion protection, we can ensure that our fan systems are real problem-solvers that can help you play it safe for the long term. Alongside this, our ECblue motors are small “energy-saving marvels” in our range, which work perfectly together with the fans and control units, and also provide an all-round carefree package in terms of power consumption.
We always look at the specific application and the whole picture so that we can offer our customers in the agricultural, livestock and food production and processing sectors much more than the isolated benefits of the individual products in our portfolio. Our service department is also part of the Royal League: You can contact them for comprehensive, personal advice. We are happy to support you in planning and product selection or to advise you on site to develop the best system for your application.
One of the essential standards for the ventilation of closed, thermally insulated pig pens, cattle sheds, poultry houses, sheep sheds and horse stables is DIN 18910-1. It serves as a basis for calculation and planning, both for forced-ventilated stable systems and for those with purely passive ventilation, i.e. air exchange without fans.
DIN 18910-1 defines the air volume flow that is required in winter and in summer operation to ensure that the animals inside the barns or stables do not come to any harm. This requires the ventilation equipment to be precisely regulated: In winter, the exhaust air is discharged together with harmful gases and water vapour, but as much heat as possible is retained. However, in summer, a higher air flow volume is required to dissipate both the excess heat and the pollution in the space and the air. This is necessary to ensure that the temperature in the stable or barn remains at a level that is comfortable and acceptable for the animals.
When planning and implementing modern ventilation systems in livestock breeding applications, however, it is not only a matter of complying with DIN 18910-1, but also of taking into account the immediate surroundings of the system when routing and discharging the exhaust air. For example, farmers and animal owners do not want to disturb their neighbours or antagonise residents in the surrounding areas when discharging odour-contaminated stable ventilation air – especially at a time when agriculture and livestock breeding are observed more closely and questioned more critically than in the past.
A basis for modern animal welfare management is ISO/TS 34700:2016, which also takes into account the principles of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (TAHC) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Thanks to intelligent air feed concepts, international agreements on the reduction of ammonia emissions can be implemented – with smart technology from ZIEHL-ABEGG. These concepts are designed to fit almost anywhere without major conversion measures and also optimally supplement and improve existing central or decentralised ventilation and exhaust air purification systems.
The excellent sound levels and the resulting quiet operation of our fan systems make a significant contribution to animal-friendly stable and barn management, as they reduce the stress of the animals or fish kept inside as well as that of the people who work there. In addition, pleasant environmental conditions increase the performance and productivity of the animals, promote growth and health, and effectively prevent undesirable behaviour such as (auto)aggression.
For farmers, producers and the processing industry, the price, operating costs and economic benefits of the ventilation equipment are all decisive. Indeed, intelligent ventilation systems make a significant contribution to reducing operating costs and increasing profits, as well as providing improved animal welfare and health, which directly results in increased and improved products. Thanks to an animal-friendly and environmentally friendly overall design of the ventilation system, quiet and therefore stress-free ventilation and the significant energy savings that can be achieved with our biomimetic fans and innovative drive and control systems, production is sustainably improved with lower electricity and maintenance costs, so that investments in modern ventilation technology are quickly won back.
This is the case not only when it comes to new constructions, but also for retrofitting: When retrofitting with Royal League technology from ZIEHL-ABEGG existing ventilation equipment can be completely or partially modernised to precisely plan and coordinate investment costs and effort. For example, significant improvements can be achieved by replacing old fans that are no longer economical or by converting the existing fans from AC to EC drives, which can be precisely controlled in order to produce in future in a much more energy-efficient manner and thus save electricity and reduce costs.
* These ZIEHL-ABEGG products, which are suggested as possible solutions for these applications, are purely informative and serve as a rough guide. Consequently, individual contact with our technical sales experts is necessary and advisable with regard to a specific application so that the individual use can be checked and approved with regard to the explicit conditions.