Evaluation of a liquid radiation filter greenhouse in a desert environment

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1781-1788

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

^a ASAE

^b Controlled Environment Desert Agriculture Unit ^*

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Controlled environment; Greenhouses; Heat rejection; Heat storage; Radiation filter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; HEAT STORAGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

LIQUID RADIATION FILTERS;

GREENHOUSES;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032215645     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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