Effect of vent configuration and wind speed on three-dimensional temperature distributions in a naturally ventilated multi-span greenhouse by wind tunnel experiments

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 801 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 393-400

  Kacira, M ^a   Sase, S ^b   Ikeguchi, A ^b   Ishii, M ^b   Giacomelli, G ^a   Sabeh, N ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Cooling; Design; Modeling; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449104478     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.801.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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