Each spring semester, students in the Animal Science 403 pork production course get a brief introduction to ventilation fans, air inlets, environment control and manure management. Today, we share the information about the BESS lab in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at U of I. A unique laboratory, BESS conducts ventilation fan performance testing for companies, and posts results in an online database that anyone can access and use to select fans.

BESS Lab website is here: bess.illinois.edu
Handout for AnSci 403 on how to pick a fan from the database.