Simulation model of a greenhouse with a heat-pipe heating system

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 268-276

  Du, Jun ^a   Bansal, Pradeep ^b,d   Huang, Bo ^c  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Greenhouse; Heat pipe; Simulation model; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSES; HEAT PIPES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD WEATHER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEATING POWER; HEATING SYSTEM; SIMULATION MODEL; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84858000933     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.12.069     Document Type: Article

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