Technical note: Building a gradient calorimeter for measuring heat production in insects

Travis McEachern; Morgan Hayes

doi:10.13031/aim.201800026

Technical note: Building a gradient calorimeter for measuring heat production in insects

Travis McEachern, Morgan Hayes

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

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Abstract

Due to their small size, the heat production of insects and insect larvae is hard to quantify. A gradient calorimeter was designed and constructed to isolate insect larvae from the outside environment and measure the heat rate they produce during normal activity. The following paper describes the design and construction of the gradient calorimeter, how it was calibrated, and how to use it to collect heat rate data of small organisms.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13031/aim.201800026
State	Published - 2018
Event	ASABE 2018 Annual International Meeting - Detroit, United States Duration: Jul 29 2018 → Aug 1 2018

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Conference	ASABE 2018 Annual International Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	Detroit
Period	7/29/18 → 8/1/18

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© 2018 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Calorimetry
Gradient calorimeter
Seebeck effect
Thermocouple

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Bioengineering
Agronomy and Crop Science

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Technical note: Building a gradient calorimeter for measuring heat production in insects

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