Effect of Heating System Position on Vertical Distribution of Crop Temperature and Transpiration in Greenhouse Tomatoes

• Published in: Journal of agricultural engineering research Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 57 - 64
• Main Authors: Kempkes, F.L.K., Van de Braak, N.J., Bakker, J.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Science Ltd 01.01.2000; Academic Press
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; CALENTAMIENTO; CHAUFFAGE; CONSOMMATION D'ENERGIE; CONSUMO DE ENERGIA; CONVECCION; CONVECTION; ECHANGE THERMIQUE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; EVAPORACION; EVAPORATION; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; GREENHOUSES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HEATING SYSTEMS; Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering; Instituut voor Mechanisatie, Arbeid en Gebouwen; INVERNADEROS; LATENT HEAT; LEAF AREA; LYCOPERSICON; MODELE DE SIMULATION; MODELOS DE SIMULACION; PIPES; Protected cultivation; SERRE; SIMULATION MODELS; Soilless cultures. Protected cultivation; SUPERFICIE FOLIAR; SURFACE FOLIAIRE; TEMPERATURA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFERENCIA TERMICA; TRANSPIRACION; TRANSPIRATION; TUBERIA; TUYAU; Latent heat; Temperature distribution; Energy consumption; Heating equipment; Agricultural facility; Protected cultivation; Plant leaf; Experimental study; Leaf area; Convection; Transpiration; Vegetable crop; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Lycopersicon esculentum; Spermatophyta; Solanaceae; Simulation model; Greenhouse; Solar radiation; Heat transfer

The presence of independently controllable heating systems enables local crop heating to influence the crop development. The position of the heating system also influences energy consumption. A simulation model was developed to predict the effects of the heating system on the vertical distribution o...