Ventilation rate models of mediterranean greenhouses for control purposes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 197-204

  Perez Parra J ^a   Ramirez Arias A ^b   Berenguel, M ^c   Rodriguez F ^c  

^a Cajamar Experimental Station 'Las Palmerillas'   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control model; Cooling; Empirical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849187379     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.719.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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