The time-dependent temperature distributions inside a Chinese solar greenhouse are
numerically predicted from external climatic conditions using a computational fluid dynamics …

The use of low-impact energy sources for greenhouse cultivations is growing quickly due to
environmental demands, constrained by the increased price of fossil energy sources, market …

In this study, a semi-empirical dynamic model of energy balance was developed to predict
temperatures (air, plants, greenhouse cover and soil) in a naturally ventilated greenhouse …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to study the effect of greenhouse sidewall
vents on buoyancy-driven natural ventilation, which is the most difficult situation for …

Vegetation is increasingly being valued for its contribution to urban cooling, with implications
for mitigation of urban heat islands, building energy efficiency and human thermal comfort …

Most of thermal models used to estimate the natural ventilation of greenhouses (m˙ a) use
an average value for the cover transmittance (τ c) to estimate the input solar energy to the …

Active radiometric reflectance is useful to determine plant characteristics in field conditions.
However, the physics of silicone diode-based sensing are temperature sensitive, where a …

Abstract Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr. is the causal agent of grey mould disease and is one of
the most important diseases affecting tomato crops in unheated greenhouses. Ventilation is …

This paper presents the results of development of dynamic mathematical models of
greenhouses with and without phase change materials. Greenhouses with a reduced size …

Easily simulating inside climate conditions in the large insect screened Canary type
greenhouses used intensively along the Moroccan coast is particularly important in …