Greenhouse microclimate and dehumidification effectiveness under different ventilator configurations

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3774-3784

  Kittas, C ^a   Bartzanas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Climate distribution; Humidity control; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SPACE HEATING; VENTILATION; WIND;

CLIMATE DISTRIBUTION; DEHUMIDIFICATION; GREENHOUSE MICROCLIMATE; NATURAL VENTILATION;

GREENHOUSES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GREENHOUSES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; SPACE HEATING; VENTILATION; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VENTILATION;

EID: 34250014167     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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