Modeling and analysis of a fan-pad ventilated floricultural greenhouse

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1092-1097

  Ganguly, A ^a   Ghosh, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Evaporative cooling; Greenhouse; Solar radiation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATIVE COOLING; THERMAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; VENTILATION;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 34447289172     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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