Computer Applications in Agricultural Environments
Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science
- 1st Edition - December 16, 1986
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: J.A. Clark, K. Gregson, R.A. Saffell
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 9 5 3 - 2
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 0 7 - 0 0 4 2 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 1 9 5 - 2
Computer Applications in Agricultural Environments talks about the influence of computers on the industry of agriculture. The text explains how computers help to simplify… Read more
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Request a sales quoteComputer Applications in Agricultural Environments talks about the influence of computers on the industry of agriculture. The text explains how computers help to simplify calculations and other duties related to the field. The book's 21 chapters revolve around the relationship of computers, agriculture, and the environment. The majority of the chapters talks about the different simulation controls that the computer can do. Controls include climate control, greenhouse control, greenhouse climate feedback/feed-forward control (GCFFC) control, glasshouse control, crop drying control, sulfur dioxide control, retort control, animal control, broiler-house ventilation control, and poultry-house control. Other topics related to computers and agriculture are also discussed, such as monitoring rainfall interception, grain drying, monitoring techniques for ammonia, and various techniques for remote monitoring. The text covers a wide range of topics in the mentioned fields, and can therefore serve as an excellent reference for students or professors in the field of agriculture.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsContents1 Analysis and Synthesis of Greenhouse Climate Controllers2 The Modeling and Control of Nutrient Film Systems3 The Use of a Pet Micro Computer in Rainfall Interception Studies of Heathland4 Monitoring Soil Water Content5 Practical Considerations for Computer-Based Environmental Control of Glasshouses6 A Distributed Computer Network to Monitor and Control the NIAE Research Greenhouses7 Distributed Microprocessor Control for Simulated Tropical Climates8 Control of Solar Air Systems in Agriculture9 Computer Control of Crop Drying10 Computer Simulation and Control of Grain Drying11 Computer Control of SO2 Fumigation in a Study of Crop Response to Pollution12 The Use of Computers in Canning13 Computer Control of the Environment in Animal Housing14 Computer Control of Broiler House Ventilation and Heating15 Use of Low-Cost Microcomputers for Control of Environment in Poultry Houses16 Monitoring Poultry House Environment17 A Technique for Remote Monitoring of Atmospheric Ammonia Concentrations in Intensive Poultry Buildings, Using a Micro Computer18 Electronic ControlS for Livestock Buildings19 Microprocessor Control of the Environment for Finishing Pigs, Using Lower Critical Temperature20 Computer-Aided Control for a Life-Cycle Swine Farmstead Complex21 The Computer as an Aid in Feeding Sows in Gestation and in Monitoring ProductionList of Poster PresentationsList of ParticipantsIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 16, 1986
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 316
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483129532
- Hardback ISBN: 9780407004290
- eBook ISBN: 9781483161952
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