A control method for agricultural greenhouses heating based on computational fluid dynamics and energy prediction model

Applied Energy

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 106-118

  Chen, Jiaoliao ^a,b   Xu, Fang ^a   Tan, Dapeng ^a   Shen, Zheng ^c   Zhang, Libin ^a   Ai, Qinglin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural greenhouses; Computational fluid dynamics; Energy prediction model; Heating control system; Heating efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HEATING FURNACES; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WATERS;

AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE; ENERGY PREDICTION; ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL; HEATING CONTROL; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; POROUS MEDIUM APPROACH; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEM; DATABASE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PUMP; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84937198942     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.026     Document Type: Article

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