A study of evaporative cooling pad performance for a photovoltaic powered greenhouse

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 710, Issue , 2006, Pages 153-164

  Al Helal, Ibrahim ^a   Al Abbadi, Naif ^b   Al Ibrahim, Abdulrahman ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clogging; Evaporative cooling; Fan and pad; Photovoltaic power; Shading

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 33749340104     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.710.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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