Instructor: Keld Sørensen
Danish Exergy Technology A/S, Skorping, Nordjylland, Denmark
Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021.
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Language: This workshop will be in english
Cost: see Registration
StaldVent 5.0 is a decision support PC-program for the design and troubleshooting of ventilation and heating systems for livestock buildings. It may also be used to model and analyze energy consumption when used with local climate data. Users can input customized component data files for equipment specification and parts lists using market-available ventilation equipment.
The main focus of this workshop is to understand the capabilities of the StaldVent software, to be able to set up a livestock housing project and work through the ventilation and heating design, and to learn how to create weather files and component files that maximize the versatility of the software.
StaldVent can be used for ventilation design for dairy, swine, and poultry houses, with options for different types of production and flooring systems.
Course Overview
This introductory half day workshop covers key topics in setting up livestock building ventilation projects in StaldVent:
- Overview of StaldVent
- Installation and Basic Settings:
- assigning directories,
- CSV-format compatibility
- heat production model selection
- Navigation for Design:
- menus for data entry
- design values for ventilation and heating
- summer and winter design process
- case study example: broilers
- case study example: hogs
- Ventilation Troubleshooting:
- ventilation setting adjustment options
- Creating Custom Files:
- weather files
- component files
- Energy Use Simulation
- referencing weather file
- case study example: broilers
- Additional Modules Overview
- ammonia/air-cleaning
- cooling/humidifying
- tunnel ventilation
Following completion of this course, the trainee should
- have an understanding of the ventilation design and troubleshooting capabilities of StaldVent, including how to work through a new project design
- have basic knowledge of how to prepare component files for equipment specification
- have a working knowledge of how to prepare weather files for energy use simulations
Who can attend?
Anyone who has an interest in livestock facility ventilation design can attend. No previous experience with StaldVent is required (the trial version will be provided to participants in advance of the workshop). This training workshop may be particularly useful for consulting professionals, biosystems/agricultural engineering students and ventilation/heating equipment suppliers.
Please note that the participants should bring their own PC laptops if they want hands-on experience in working through the lecture topics.
Technical requirements:
Participants should bring their own laptop to the session with StaldVent software trial version installed in advance of the workshop.
About the instructor
Keld Sørensen, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineer, was educated at the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. He has been working in the agriculture industry since 1995. Keld developed the StaldVent software together with the Danish Agriculture Research Centre, Bygholm, now managed by Aarhus University. As the owner of Danish Exergy Technology A/S, Keld is now responsible for maintenance and development of the StaldVent software working in close cooperation with Danish Universities and leading ventilation companies.
During his career, Keld has been working with the design and troubleshooting of barn systems, and models for the prediction of gas emission from animal houses including air cleaning systems.
Mr. Sørensen is currently involved in several research projects in collaboration with Universities, Research Institutes and ventilation companies. Recently a model for wind effects on natural and mechanical ventilation systems has been developed.
Besides his work within the agriculture industry, Keld also has been involved in the design of numerous biomass and solar boilers.
For more information, please contact Keld at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.