The use of Fresnel lenses to reduce the ventilation needs of greenhouses

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 107-113

  Souliotis, M ^a   Tripanagnostopoulos, Y ^a   Kavga, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Greenhouse; Illumination; Solar energy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849185250     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.719.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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