The Background
Falcon House in Al-Ain, U.A.E is a project involved
in Falcon Conservation and Breeding. The President of UAE, Sheikh
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayhan, an avid environmentalist is financing
this scientific program to ensure the survival of ancient art of
Falconry.
It is believed
that Arabs have hunted with Falcons for the past 2,000 years.
Symbolizing bravery, Falcons are famous for their very keen
eyesight; when soaring high in the sky, they can spot any movement
of the prey more than 1 mile away. The cost of a Falcon depends
upon its strength, age, clarity of eyesight and speed of movement.
The price of a Falcon ranges from $330 to $330,000.
Facing extinction the Falcon is an endangered species. Many
projects have been initiated by the UAE government to support
Arab falconry, which includes breeding pure lines of Saker Falcons.
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The
breeding area is housed in a controlled environment of reduced oxygen,
increased carbon dioxide and vapor content.
Fresh
air is introduced in the area @100cfm per room to offset the
contaminants generated by the birds and their surrounding
like methane, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia added by decomposing
waste, animal activities, air movement and microscopic dust particle
from feed, bedding, and fecal material.
The breeding facility need
to be maintained at a temperature of 3 to 4°C @ 35±5%
RH.
Moisture present in the
fresh air being introduced did not allow required humidity conditions
to be maintained.
Bry-Air Solution
The solution provided by Bry-Air was to install a
customized desiccant dehumidifier with pre and post cooling, Model-MVB
10 B with fan coil units in each room to re-circulate the air to
maintain the desired temperature.
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