Effect of ventilator configuration on the distributed climate of greenhouses: A review of experimental and CFD studies

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-217

  Bournet, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Boulard, Thierry ^b  

^a Research Unit Environmental Physics and Horticulture Research   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Climate models; Convection; Navier Stokes equations; Ventilation efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR MOVEMENT; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONVECTION; DRIVING FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; LABORATORY SCALE; MODELLING APPROACHES; NATURAL VENTILATION; VENT CONFIGURATIONS; VENTILATION EFFICIENCY; WIND SPEED;

AIR; BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CROPS; GREENHOUSES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VENTS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BUOYANCY; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HOMOGENEITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; VENTILATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 78049236972     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.08.007     Document Type: Review

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