Buoyancy driven ventilation in tropical greenhouses

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 534, Issue , 2000, Pages 41-48

  Montera, J I ^a   Anton A ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Greenhouse; Scale models; Thermal buoyancy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0012465830     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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