Analysis of the role of sidewall vents on buoyancy-driven natural ventilation in parral-type greenhouses with and without insect screens using computational fluid dynamics

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-96

  Baeza, Esteban J ^a   Pérez Parra, Jerónimo J ^a   Montero, Juan I ^b   Bailey, Bernard J ^a   López, Juan C ^a   Gázquez, Juan C ^a  

^a Estación Experimental Las Palmerillas   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ROOFS; VENTS;

AIR EXCHANGE RATES; BUOYANCY-DRIVEN; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; GREENHOUSE COOLING; NATURAL VENTILATION; ROOF VENTILATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; VENTILATION RATE;

GREENHOUSES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 68349120359     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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