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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2015.24.3.147

Empirical Analysis on the Cooling Load and Evaporation Efficiency of Fogging System in Greenhouses  

Nam, Sang-Woon (Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Seo, Dong-Uk (Institute of Agricultural Science, Chungnam National University)
Shin, Hyun-Ho (Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.24, no.3, 2015 , pp. 147-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to develop the cooling load estimation method in the greenhouse, the cooling load calculation formula based on the heat balance method was constructed and verified by the actual cooling load measured in the fog cooling greenhouse. To examine the ventilation heat transfer in the cooling load calculation formula, we measured ventilation rates in the experimental greenhouse which a cooling system was not operated. The ventilation heat transfer by a heat balance method showed a relatively good agreement. Evaporation efficiencies of the two-fluid fogging system were a range of 0.3 to 0.94, average 0.67, and it showed that they increased as the ventilation rate increased. We measured thermal environments in a fog cooling greenhouse, and calculated cooling load by heat balance equation. Also we calculated evaporative cooling energy by measuring the sprayed amount in the fogging system. And by comparing those two results, we could verify that the calculated and the measured cooling load showed a relatively similar trend. When the cooling load was low, the measured value was slightly larger than calculated, when the cooling load was high, it has been found to be smaller than calculated. In designing the greenhouse cooling system, the capacity of cooling equipment is determined by the maximum cooling load. We have to consider the safety factor when installed capacity is estimated, so a cooling load calculation method presented in this study could be applied to the greenhouse environmental design.
Keywords
cooling efficiency; design factor; greenhouse cooling; spray rate; ventilation rate;
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