Effect of natural ventilation rate on relative humidity and water use for fog cooling in a semiarid greenhouse

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 385-392

  Sase, S ^a   Ishii, M ^a   Moriyama, H ^a   Kurata, K ^b   Sabeh, N ^c   Romero, P ^c   Giacomelli, G A ^c   Kubota, C ^d   Hayashi, M ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RURAL ENGINEERING   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control algorithm; Evapotranspiration; Proportional control; Tracer gas

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 35648968876     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.719.43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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