Greenhouse structures and plant growth control systems for energy efficient crop production

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 633, Issue , 2004, Pages 17-27

  Short, T H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Controlled environment agriculture; Decision model; Energy conservation; Fan ventilation; Fan pad cooling; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449104919     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.633.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

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5. Elwell, D.L., Roller, W.L. and Short, T.H. 1984. Heat and moisture transfer in heated greenhouse soils and floors. Proc. 3rd Intl. Symposium on Energy in Protected Cultivation, Columbus, Ohio, 21-26 August 1983. Acta Hort. 148(1):377-384.
6. He, L., Short, T.H. and Yang, X. 1991. Solar radiation transmittance of a double-walled acrylic pellet-insulated greenhouse. Transactions of the ASAE 34(6): 2559-2563.
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24. Wiersma, F. and Short, T.H. 1983. Evaporative cooling. Chapter 6, p.103-118. In: Ventilation of Agricultural Structures, ASAE Monograph Number 6 in a series published by Amer. Soc. Agri. Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan.