Buoyancy-driven ventilation in a greenhouse cooled by a fogging system

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 534, Issue , 2000, Pages 327-334

  Arbel, A ^a   Shklyar, A ^a   Barak, M ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Evaporative cooling; Fog; Greenhouse; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845762476     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.534.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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