Today, advancements in greenhouse technology and modifications have pushed science-
based solutions for optimal plant production in all seasons worldwide by adjusting internal …

Highlights•Review of greenhouse designs and technologies in hot climates was
conducted.•CFD approaches for exploring various greenhouse cooling technologies are …

This paper reviews the available worldwide cooling technologies for agricultural
greenhouses and discusses the representative applications of each technology. Relevant …

To protect humans from heat stress risks, thermal comfort and heat stress potential were
evaluated under arid environment, which had never been made for such climate. The …

Micro–spray is usually used to improve plant growth environment to avoid growth inhibiting
and yield decreasing due to the high temperature inside the greenhouses in summer. To …

Using spray cooling technology to solve the overheating issue in double skin façade (DSF)
is an important attempt to reduce building energy consumption. While, the thermal …

Excessive heat generation by the high solar radiation is the major issue for agricultural
greenhouses in hot climatic regions. This issue has been of great concern to summer …

Energy produced from plant residue composting has stimulated great interest in heat
recovery and utilization. Composting is an exothermic process often controlled through …

The objective of the present study is to identify the applicability of a low pressure fogging
system for cooling commercial tomato greenhouse. In particular, the cooling system in this …

One of the major advantages of producing vegetable crops and ornamental crops under
protected cultivation around the world is the ability to produce high yields throughout the …