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Ventilation Design Handbook on Animal Research Facilities Using Static Microisolators 
4. 1 .2.8.4 Summary of Experimental Data 
The average mass generation rates of CO 2 and H 2 O, the average consumption rates of O 2 , and the 
generation rates of heat for the scotophase and photophase from all experimental tests are 
tabulated below in Table 4.1.13, and presented graphically in figure 4.43. The table and figure 
emphasize that the generation rates are higher during the scotophase than the photophase. 
Table 4.1.13 Average Gas Mass Generation/ Consumption Rates, and Average Generation 
Rates of Heat for the Scotophase and Photophase from all Experimental Tests. 
Variable 
Scotophase 
Photophase 
CO 2 (g / hr/ lOOg bw) 
9.05e-l 
6.92e-l 
C0 2 (ppm) 
6147 
4554 
H 2 0 (g / hr/ lOOg bw)* 
8.3] 
e-1 
O 2 (g / hr/ lOOg bw) 
6.60e-l 
6.75e-l 
Heat (W/ lOOg bw) 
2.69 
2.40 
No distinction was made between lights on/ off in calculation of water generation. 
The NH3 data cannot be summarized in such a way, because the generation rate varies 
significantly with RH, light phase and the day in the experiment, figure 4.44 shows the variation 
of NH3 (ppm) with the day in experiment for different RH levels, and for scotophase and 
photophase. 
