Liquid radiation filter greenhouses (LRFGs) and their use of low quality hot and cold water, for heating and cooling

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 440, Issue , 1996, Pages 93-98

  Gale, J ^a   Feuermann, D ^a   Kopel, R ^a   Levi, S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Controlled environment; Cooling; Greenhouses; Heating; Radiation filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749241966     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.440.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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