Theory and validation of a liquid radiation filter greenhouse simulation for performance prediction

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-184

  Feuermann, D ^b   Kopel, R ^b   Zeroni, M ^b   Levi, S ^b   Gale, J ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Controlled environment; Performance prediction; Radiation filter; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PERFORMANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID RADIATION FILTER; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RADIATION;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 0030890926     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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