Improvement of the greenhouse climate using a solar air heater with latent storage energy

Energy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 663-672

  Bouadila, Salwa ^a   Kooli, Sami ^a   Skouri, Safa ^a   Lazaar, Mariem ^a   Farhat, Abdelhamid ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Control climate greenhouse; Latent heat storage; Packed bed solar air heater

Indexed keywords

HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; PACKED BEDS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR SYSTEM; AIR PREHEATERS; FUEL STORAGE; GREENHOUSES; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

GREENHOUSE CLIMATES; GREENHOUSE HEATING; HEATING SYSTEM; LATENT STORAGES; SOLAR AIR HEATER; SOLAR AIR HEATER COLLECTORS; SPHERICAL CAPSULE; WINTER SEASONS;

GREENHOUSES; SOLAR HEATING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FRUIT; HEATING; INSTALLATION; RESEARCH WORK; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERB;

TUNISIA;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84891452670     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.10.066     Document Type: Article

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