Field Experiments and Economic Evaluation of an Evaporative Cooling System in a Silkworm Rearing House

Performance of Six Bivoltine Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Silkworm Strains in Kenya

“…One reason for the reduction in their productive performance might be elevated ambient temperatures, which induce heat stress [20]. Research has been performed on the use of a chawki-rearing technique named "Chawki Foam Pad Cover" developed at Central Research Station BAIF, to avoid unfavorable environmental conditions.…”

Experimental study of air evaporative cooling process using microporous membranes

“…Numerous studies analyzed the possibilities of using the evaporative cooling in various options, to maintain comfort conditions in living quarters and to lower air temperature in industrial facilities [1]. This type of air cooling can be characterized by less energy consumption compared to conventional solutions used in air conditioning [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. The disadvantages of evaporative cooling include dependence on the outside air parameters and the lack of possibility of air drying.…”

Review on Evaporative Cooling Systems

“…Heat stress is believed to be a cause of low silkworm production, therefore cooling can be an important addition to the silkworm environment. Using a fan to force air through a wetted pad, a 6-13 0 C drop in temperature was observed along with an increase of 30-40% relative humidity (Lertsatitthanakorn et al, 2006) Fig 2: Working of an evaporative cooler (Sreeram, 2014) Many examples of the application of the phenomenon of evaporative cooling can be found, such as the metabolic regulation of the human body temperature through the evaporation of sweat from the skin, the use of cooling towers or evaporative condensers, the cooling of pools by the evaporation of the water (Gomez et. al, 2010).…”