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Dairy & Beef Ventilation - Hydor

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ive CoolIvy House <strong>Dairy</strong> Farm, Nottinghamshire, UKThe <strong>Hydor</strong> evaporative cooling system has been successfullyinstalled at Ivy House farm, who specialise in producingorganic milk.Installed within the innovative 36 bay rotating milking parlourand holding areas, owner Mark Hornbuckle comments:“The cooling capacity of the system is excellent. The herd ismilking better and is far more comfortable. Moreover, ourproblem with flies in the parlour has been dramatically reduced.”The system was installed by <strong>Hydor</strong>, as shown in Figure 7, withplans currently in place to extend (as marked in red) to thefeeding lines within the cubicle areas.As well as the <strong>Hydor</strong> Evaporative Cooling System, the farm hasinstalled eight <strong>Hydor</strong> 1250mm belt drive air movement fans inthe cubicle sheds. These fans are suspended in series along thecubicle shed and their purpose is to blow fresh air through thecubicle shed, capturing any heat and moisture rising from theherd and removing it from the building.Evaporative Cooling System and Planned Extension.Figure 7.Images courtesy of Ivy House <strong>Dairy</strong> Farm31

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