Temperature control of nutrient solution in floating system cultivation

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1055-1065

  Cortella, Giovanni ^a   Saro, Onorio ^a   De Angelis, Alessandra ^a   Ceccotti, Luca ^a   Tomasi, Nicola ^a   Costa, Luisa Dalla ^a   Manzocco, Lara ^a   Pinton, Roberto ^a   Mimmo, Tanja ^b   Cesco, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooling; Corn salad; Greenhouse; Model; Soilless

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING WATER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GREENHOUSES; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OPERATING COSTS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CONDITION; CORN SALAD; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; REFRIGERATING POWER; SOILLESS; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CULTIVATION;

EID: 84907404500     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.08.068     Document Type: Article

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