Enhancing fog evaporation rate using an upward air stream to improve greenhouse cooling performance

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Toida, H ^a,b   Kozai, T ^a   Ohyama, K ^c   Handarto, ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COOLING; EVAPORATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOZZLES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR STREAMS; EVAPORATION RATE; FOGGING SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE COOLING;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 32144434795     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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