Reducing ventilation requirements in semi-closed greenhouses increases water use efficiency

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-99

  Katsoulas, N ^a   Sapounas, A ^a   De Zwart, F ^a   Dieleman, J A ^a   Stanghellini, C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Condensation; Greenhouse cooling; Omega coupling factor; Transpiration; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONDENSATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; COUPLINGS; CROPS; EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY CONTROL; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TRANSPIRATION; VENTILATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

COUPLING FACTOR; GREENHOUSE COOLING; GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT; INCREASING WATER-USE EFFICIENCIES; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL; VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

GREENHOUSES;

CONDENSATION; COOLING; CROP YIELD; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; MODEL TEST; RECYCLING; VENTILATION; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATER VAPOR;

ALGERIA; GREECE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84928313100     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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