Development of a single energy balance model for prediction of temperatures inside a naturally ventilated greenhouse with polypropylene soil mulch
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14703
ISSN: 0168-1699
ISSN: 1872-7107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.08.020
ISSN: 0168-1699
ISSN: 1872-7107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.08.020
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Reyes Rosas, Audberto; Molina Aiz, Francisco Domingo; Valera Martínez, Diego Luis; López Martínez, Alejandro; Khamkure, SasirotFecha
2017-09-01Resumen
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 with a polypropylene mulch covering the soil in a Mediterranean climate. The model was validated using experimental data of 5 non-successive periods of 5 days throughout the crop season in the province of Almería (Spain). During the evaluation period, the transmissivity of the cover ranged between 0.44 and 0.80 depending on whitening, and the leaf area index of the tomato crops growing inside the greenhouse varied from LAI = 0.74 to 1.30 m2 m−2. The model mainly consists of a system of 6 non-linear differential equations of energy conservation at inside air, greenhouse plastic cover, polypropylene mulch and three layers of soil. We used multiple linear regressions to estimate the crop temperature in a simple way that allows a reduction in the number of parameters required as input. The main components of the ...