Development of a Greenhouse Side-ventilation Controller driven by Photovoltaic Energy

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-641

  Yano, A ^a   Tsuchiya, K ^b   Nishi, K ^c   Moriyama, T ^d   Ide, O ^d  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Taiyo Kogyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c TDK CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; VENTILATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; SHUTTING TEMPERATURES;

GREENHOUSES;

VENTILATION;

EID: 33947378829     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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