Energetic performance test of an underground air tunnel system for greenhouse heating

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4079-4085

  Ozgener, Leyla ^a   Ozgener, Onder ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy; Geothermal energy; Underground air tunnel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GREENHOUSES; SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVERAGE VALUES; ENERGY; ENERGY INSTITUTE; GREENHOUSE AIR; GREENHOUSE HEATING; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT EXTRACTION RATE; HEATING CAPACITY; HEATING COEFFICIENTS; HEATING MODE; HEATING SEASON; MAXIMUM COP; MINIMUM VALUE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; UNDERGROUND AIR TUNNEL;

HEATING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEATING; INSTALLATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR POWER; TUNNEL; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77956170537     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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