A method of coupling CFD and energy balance simulations to study humidity control in unheated greenhouses

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-141

  Piscia, D ^a   Munoz P ^a   Panades C ^a   Montero, J I ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Energy balance models; Simulation; Unheated greenhouses

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSES; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; VENTILATION;

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; ENERGY BALANCE SIMULATIONS; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; NIGHT-TIME VENTILATION; POLYETHYLENE COVERED GREENHOUSE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIMULATION; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84930935263     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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