Student implementation of a unique greenhouse heating project

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schmaltz, Kevin ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPOSTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GREENHOUSES; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PILES; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS; SCHEDULE AND BUDGET; SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION; WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029030012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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