Use of a phase change material (PCM) for the reduction of peak temperatures in a model greenhouse

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 443, Issue , 1997, Pages 105-110

  Kürklü, Ahmet ^a   Özmerzi, Aziz ^a   Wheldon, Anne E ^b   Hadley, Paul ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Greenhouse; Phase change material; Temperature reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002539760     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.443.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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