Cooling strategies for greenhouses in summer: Control of fogging by pulse width modulation

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-586

  Perdigones, A ^a   Garcia J L ^a   Romero, A ^a   Rodriguez A ^a   Luna, L ^a   Raposo, C ^a   de la Plaza, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC MODELS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; STEEL STRUCTURES;

GREENHOUSE FOGGING SYSTEMS; METHACRYLATE; VENTILATION COOLING TECHNIQUES;

GREENHOUSES;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 40249105908     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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