Heat pumps for the heating and night-cooling of greenhouse crops: A simulation study

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 575-584

  Willits, D H ^a,b   Gurjer, Y R ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Greenhouses; Heat pumps; Heating

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CROPS; GREENHOUSES; HEATING; WEATHERING;

GREENHOUSE CROPS; NIGHT-COOLING;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HEATING;

CHRYSANTHEMUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 3042767721     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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