Abstract:
At present, the government has a policy to supporting energy saving and use energy effectively. Which raising ducks in greenhouses is a career with high electricity consumption costs. The researcher therefore conducted this research. With research objectives to study the energy consumption in a duck farm, and study the guidelines for energy conservation for the duck farm, and analyze the payback period. This research surveyed three sizes of duck farms in Banglen, Nakorn Pathom Province. The survey was implemented from February to May 2022. Results showed that the small, medium, and large duck farms had an average energy consumption of around 226.8, 968.4, and 1,289.1 kWh/month, respectively, and the specific energy consumption per duck was around. 82.14, 199.25, and 148.17 W/month respectively. For the study of energy conservation in duck farms, the medium-sized duck farm was studied as a case study. There were two plans for energy cons ervation in the duck farm: the replacement of fluorescent light bulbs with LED light bulbs and the combination of on-grid solar cell system with LED light bulbs. Results showed that replacing fluorescent light bulbs with LED light bulbs could conserve electric energy around 581.66 kWh/year with a payback period of six months. Moreover, due to the combination of replacing fluorescent light bulbs with LED light bulbs and the 4.95 kW on-grid solar cell system, 7,227 kWh/year of electric energy was conserved with a payback period of 5 and 8.3 years, depending on the installation cost.