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9 Appendices
9.1 Appendix 1 - List of symbols
Summation
latent heat of vaporisation at temperature
t
°C kJkg = 2501 – 2.36 x
t
kJkg
journey length s or hr
journey increment s
animal
moisture loss ghranimal
lat
latent heat loss Wanimal
manure
evaporation from manure kgs
sen
sensible heat loss Wanimal
tot
total heat production Wanimal
total
total water vapour generated by load gs
a
evaporation coefficient kgm²hrPa ACH
air changes per hour ACH C
CO
2
concentration mgm³ in influent air C
n
CO
2
concentration mgm³ at time n
C
n-1
CO
2
concentration mgm³ at time n-1
CO
2 cargo
CO
2
emitted by cargo mgs c
p
specific heat of moist air Jkg°K c
pd
specific heat of dry air Jkg°K
C
pr
CO
2
production d
stocking density m²head
E
evaporative loss MJm².d e
s
saturation vapour pressure kPa
F
depth of coat or fleece mm F
v
ventilation rate kgs
H
m
metabolic heat production MJd =
k x W
n
I
e
external insulation °C.m².dMJ
I
t
tissue insulation °C.m².dMJ
k
a coefficient
LCT
lower critical temperature °C L
v
latent heat of vaporisation Jkg
LWT
liveweight kg
n
an empirically derived exponent 0.72
P atmospheric pressure in the aircraft hold kPa
p
stage of gestation days post-mating P
sl
atmospheric pressure at sea level kPa Q
v
ventilation rate m³s r
mixing ratio water:air as gkg
R
ventilation rate m³s r
inflow mixing ratio water:air as gkg
rad
radius of animal body mm
RH
relative humidity r
n
outflow mixing ratio water:air as gkg at time n
r
n-1
mixing ratio water:air as gkg at time n-1
r
s
mixing ratio at saturation water:air as gkg.
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r
outflow mixing ratio water:air as gkg at time
r
w
wet bulb mixing ratio water:air as gkg
S
d
manure surface area m²
THI
temperature humidity index
t
ambient temperature °C
t
b
core body temperature °C
t
db
ambient dry bulb temperature °C T
temperature °K T
d
dry bulb temperature °K T
inflow temperature °K T
n
outflow temperature °K or °C at time n
T
n-1
outflow temperature °K or °C at time n-1
T
w
wet bulb temperature °C or °K
UCT
upper critical temperature °C
v
air speed kmh V
empty hold volume m³ V
h
hold headspace volume m³
y
1
milk production kgday
y
2
daily liveweight gain kgday
Z
thermal insulation °C.m².dMJ Ρ
density of hold headspace air kgm³ ρ
sl
density of air at sea level kgm³
pw
vapour pressure differential Pa between the air and evaporative surface
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9.2 Appendix 2 – Aircraft Data Tables used in version 2 of LATSA