Energy saving in agricultural buildings through fan motor control by variable frequency drives

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 953-960

  Teitel, Meir ^a   Levi, Asher ^a   Zhao, Yun ^b   Barak, Moti ^a   Bar lev, Eli ^a   Shmuel, David ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Besor Experimental Station   (Israel)

Author keywords

Energy; Greenhouse; Poultry house; Variable speed drives; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FANS; FLOW RATE; GREENHOUSES;

COMMERCIAL-SIZE GREENHOUSE; MOTOR CONTROL; POULTRY HOUSE;

VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

EID: 38949212519     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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