Optimisation of Almería-type greenhouse ventilation performance with computational fluid dynamics

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 691, Issue , 2005, Pages 433-440

  Molina Aiz, F D ^a   Valera, D L ^a   Pena A A ^a   Gil, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airflow; Climatic control; Finite Elements Method; Insect proof screens; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947211505     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.691.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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