UK collaboration develops new broiler shed radiator

One of the UK’s largest independent broiler producers, Alan Simpson Farming, has worked with agricultural ventilation specialists Hydor to develop a new radiator for use with its destratification fans.


It is common knowledge that warm (heated) air rises to the highest point of any enclosed area, thus pushing cooler air down to floor level. To counter this natural effect, maintaining temperatures at floor level has traditionally been achieved by prolonged and continued, if not continuous, heating of the entire space. This generally results in greater fuel consumption and higher costs than is really necessary. Without destratification fans installed in a ventilated poultry building, rising heat collecting in the ceiling void can mean a difference in temperature levels of as much as 5°C.