Simulation model for buoyancy-driven ventilation for a greenhouse cooled by a fogging system

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 719, Issue , 2006, Pages 417-424

  Arbel, A ^a   Shklyar, A ^a   Barak, M ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Evaporative cooling; Fog; Greenhouses; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849188150     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.719.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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