Effect of heating control strategies on greenhouse energy efficiency: Experimental results and modeling

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-155

  Perdigones, A ^a   Garcia J L ^a   Pastor, M ^a   Benavente, R M ^a   Luna, L ^a   Chaya, C ^a   De La Plaza, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate control; Energy saving; Greenhouse; Heating

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; FLOOR SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; SOILS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

HORTICULTURE;

EID: 33645449941     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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