Modified thermal model to predict the natural ventilation of greenhouses

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Al Helal, I M ^a   Waheeb, S A ^b   Ibrahim, A A ^a   Shady, M R ^a   Abdel Ghany, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Greenhouse; Natural ventilation; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVERAGE VALUES; NATURAL VENTILATION; SOLAR-RADIATION FLUXES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL INERTIA; UNSTEADY STATE CONDITIONS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84928723988     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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