Experimental study of an air conditioning system to control a greenhouse microclimate

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 543-553

  Attar, I ^a   Naili, N ^a   Khalifa, N ^a   Hazami, M ^a   Lazaar, M ^a   Farhat, A ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Photovoltaique   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Capillary heat exchanger; Chapel greenhouse; Energy storage; Heating cooling storing; Solar energy; Vacuum solar collector

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GREENHOUSE AIR; GREENHOUSE HEATING; GREENHOUSE MICROCLIMATE; HEATING AND COOLING; MEASURED VALUES; STORED THERMAL ENERGY; VACUUM SOLAR COLLECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLING; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 84893127228     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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