Greenhouse cooling and heat recovery using fine wire heat exchangers in a closed pot plant greenhouse: Design of an energy producing greenhouse

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 263-270

  Bakker, J C ^a   De Zwart, H F ^a   Campen, J B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Closed greenhouse; Cooling; Energy producing greenhouse; Fine wire heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186075     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.719.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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