Aquacultural Facilities and Equipment
- 1st Edition - June 19, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Bimal Chandra Mal
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 6 9 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 9 9 9 - 4
Aquaculture Facilities and Equipment is a practical resource on the technical aspects needed for experts in the field to understand a high-performance aquaculture facility,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAquaculture Facilities and Equipment is a practical resource on the technical aspects needed for experts in the field to understand a high-performance aquaculture facility, its design and form, and the materials and systems used within the facility. The book is written at a level suitable for both field experts and students alike. It includes topics such as pond construction machinery, pumps for aquaculture, aeration for aquaculture, fish feeders, filtration systems in aquaculture, hatchery, raceways and tanks, and cage and pen culture.
This book is based on 30 years of research that is presented as a useful reference to enhance efficient aquaculture production. It will be very helpful for experts working in related fields of fishery development and for those teaching fishery science and engineering courses.
- Includes numerical equations for solving practical problems within an aquacultural facility
- Combines knowledge of aquaculture science that is supported by relevant engineering inputs that boost production
- Presents information on different types of traditional breeding, including hapa breeding, glass jar incubators, bundh breeding, induced carp breeding, hypophysation, and GnRH based inducing agents
Aquaculture practitioners, aquaculture system designers, aquaculture students and researchers. Students in the fields of Fishery Biology, Aquaculture and Environmental Engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the author
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Chapter 1. Pond construction machinery
- Abstract
- 1.1 Land-clearing machinery
- 1.2 Bulldozers
- 1.3 Excavators
- 1.4 Scrapers
- Exercise-1
- References
- Chapter 2. Pumps for aquaculture
- Abstract
- 2.1 Modern pumps
- 2.2 Example for use of Fig. 2.9
- 2.3 Data for selecting pump
- 2.4 Numerical on pumps
- Head loss on suction side
- Head loss on delivery side
- Head loss on suction side
- Head loss on delivery side
- Suction side
- Delivery side
- Equivalent lengths (from standard table)
- Suction side
- Delivery side
- Equivalent length
- Pumping system for supply of seawater
- Suction side
- Delivery side
- Suction side of selected pumps
- Delivery side
- Equivalent lengths
- Pumping system for supply of freshwater
- Exercise-2
- References
- Chapter 3. Aeration system for aquaculture
- Abstract
- 3.1 Need of aeration
- 3.2 Functions of aerators
- 3.3 Classification of aerators
- 3.4 Gravity aerator
- 3.5 Surface aerators
- 3.6 Diffuser aerators
- 3.7 Turbine aerator
- 3.8 Stepped cascade aerators
- 3.9 Spiral aerator
- 3.10 Oxygen transfer process
- 3.11 Oxygen transfer rate equation under pond condition
- 3.12 DO content in brackish water under saturated condition
- 3.13 Aerator system design for aquaculture
- 3.14 Aeration in shrimp ponds
- 3.15 Design procedure of paddle wheel aerator (single hub)
- 3.16 Economics
- 3.17 Numericals on aeration
- Exercise-3
- References
- Chapter 4. Fish feeders
- Abstract
- 4.1 Automated feed dispenser of Hawaii
- 4.2 IIT fish feed dispenser (modified Hawaii feeder)
- 4.3 Demand feeder developed at CIFA, Bhubaneswar, India
- 4.4 Automatic fish feeder of CIFA, Bhubaneswar
- 4.5 Automatic fish feeder operated by solar power (developed at CIFA)
- 4.6 Demand feeder developed at Hiroshima, Japan
- 4.7 Numericals on fish feeder
- Exercise-4
- References
- Chapter 5. Filtration system in aquaculture
- Abstract
- 5.1 Mechanical filters
- 5.2 Screen filters
- 5.3 Vibratory screens
- 5.4 Sand filters
- 5.5 Biological filter
- Exercise-5
- References
- Chapter 6. Hatchery
- Abstract
- 6.1 History of artificial carp breeding
- 6.2 Different types of traditional breeding
- 6.3 Induced carp breeding
- 6.4 Circular Chinese carp hatchery
- 6.5 Water requirement in portable fiber-reinforced plastic carp hatchery developed by Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar, India: a case study
- 6.6 Prawn hatchery
- 6.7 Shrimp hatchery
- Exercise-6
- References
- Chapter 7. Raceways and tanks
- Abstract
- 7.1 Layout
- 7.2 Water management in raceway culture
- 7.3 Waste removal and management
- 7.4 Tanks
- Exercise-7
- References
- Chapter 8. Cage and pen culture
- Abstract
- 8.1 Cage and pen culture and its history
- 8.2 Site and species selection
- 8.3 Main components and devices in cage culture
- 8.4 Cage location
- 8.5 Fish stocking
- 8.6 Feeding fish in cages
- 8.7 Water quality considerations
- 8.8 Advantages and disadvantages of cage culture
- 8.9 Design of cage
- 8.10 Pen culture
- Exercise-8
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 19, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 320
- No. of pages (eBook): 320
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323856911
- eBook ISBN: 9780323899994
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Bimal Chandra Mal
Dr. Bimal Chandra Mal is a Research Professor with over 28 years of teaching Aquacultural Engineering at both Graduate level and Ph. D. level students for their dissertation at IIT Kharagpur. He received his Ph. D. from IIT Kharagpur followed by a post-doctoral study from Colorado State University, USA. He is a consultant of aquaculture to many related research and consultancy projects across the globe has and ~60 papers in Elsevier and other reputed journals. Dr. Mal is a well-known expert in his field has been awarded several awards, is an invited speaker and has 21 on-going sponsored research projects and 17 consultancy projects.
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Research Professor of Aquacultural Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, IndiaRead Aquacultural Facilities and Equipment on ScienceDirect