AREN 307 — Farm Structures and Environmental engineering
Agricultural Engineering · University of Ghana
Different types of on-farm structures. Planning of a farm structure: selection and preparation of site, layout and design. Building materials: selection, properties, wood, plywood, earth as a building material. Elements of construction, frames. Structures for poultry, dairy, cattle and pigs. Heat and moisture production by crops and animals, environmental control, feeding systems and waste management, thermal insulation and moisture barriers, ventilation control and quantification of performance, ventilation rates, energy and mass balance, equipment for environmental control.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AREN 301 — Soil and Crop Mechanics Application to Mechanization
- AREN 302 — Agricultural Materials Handling
- AREN 304 — Soil Mechanics
- AREN 305 — Heat Transfer
- AREN 306 — Hydrology and Water Resources Management
- AREN 308 — Agricultural Machinery Technology
- AREN 309 — Soil and Water Engineering
- AREN 312 — Energy and Power Utilization on Farms
- AREN 101 — Engineering Graphics
- AREN 102 — Engineering Drawing
- AREN 201 — Engineering Surveying
- AREN 202 — Physical and Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).