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2006; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 07-118-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 965; Dairy; Cooling systems; Evaporative cooling; Water usage
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Consumptive Water Usage Of Evaporative Pads (2006), C. Schmidt, John F. Smith, Joseph P. Harner, Michael J. Brouk
Consumptive Water Usage Of Evaporative Pads (2006), C. Schmidt, John F. Smith, Joseph P. Harner, Michael J. Brouk
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Consumptive water usage by evaporative pads was measured during 7 days of a 3-week period at a Kansas (KS) dairy and a 2-day pe-riod at a North Dakota (ND) dairy. Water me-ters were installed between the water hydrants, and evaporative pads at each dairy, and were monitored. Data were recorded every 30 min-utes during 5 hr at the KS site and every 15 minutes during 1 to 2.5 hr at the ND site. Ra-tio of pad area to cow equaled 4.8 and 4.5 ft2 per cow at the KS and ND sites, respectively. Airflow rates through the pads were 1.2, …