Influence of an insect screen on greenhouse ventilation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1083-1090

  Kittas, Constantinos ^a   Boulard, Thierry ^b   Bartzanas, Thomas ^a   Katsoulas, Nikos ^a   Mermier, Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Discharge coefficient; Natural ventilation; Screened openings; Tracer gas; Ventilation rate

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; VENTILATION;

INSECT SCREENS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

DISCHARGE COEFFICIENT; GREENHOUSE; SCREEN; VENTILATION;

INSECTA;

EID: 0346665776     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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