Review of energy efficiency in controlled environment agriculture

N Engler, M Krarti - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) applications, such as vertical farms and
plant factories, have the potential to shift food production to be close to urban centers …

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C Von Zabeltitz, C von Zabeltitz - 2011 - Springer
If growers want to produce a healthy crop, with good quality and high yield, they have to
provide appropriate climatic conditions for crop production inside the greenhouse. Night …

Minimizing VPD fluctuations maintains higher stomatal conductance and photosynthesis, resulting in improvement of plant growth in lettuce

T Inoue, M Sunaga, M Ito, Q Yuchen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is considered to be one of the major environmental factors
influencing stomatal functions and photosynthesis, as well as plant growth in crop and …

Effect of micro–spray on plant growth and chlorophyll fluorescence parameter of tomato under high temperature condition in a greenhouse

C Zhang, W Zhang, H Yan, Y Ni, M Akhlaq, J Zhou… - Scientia …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Control of vapor pressure deficit (VPD) in greenhouse enhanced tomato growth and productivity during the winter season

N Lu, T Nukaya, T Kamimura, D Zhang, I Kurimoto… - Scientia …, 2015 - Elsevier
In greenhouses during the winter season, a high vapor pressure deficit (VPD), particularly
due to air exchange during midday period, can limit plant biomass and yield. Thus, the VPD …

Nonlinear simulation for coupling modeling of air humidity and vent opening in Chinese solar greenhouse based on CFD

G Zhang, Z Fu, M Yang, X Liu, Y Dong, X Li - Computers and Electronics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Chinese solar greenhouse (CSG) ensures farming activities to continue and allow the
harvest timing to be manipulated and become an important part of Chinese agricultural …

Simulated performance of a greenhouse cooling control strategy with natural ventilation and fog cooling

F Villarreal-Guerrero, M Kacira, E Fitz-Rodríguez… - Biosystems …, 2012 - Elsevier
In addition to ventilation, daily cooling must be provided for greenhouses located in semiarid
climates to maintain the desired climate conditions for year-round crop production. High …

Physiological Response of Tomato and Cucumber Plants to Micro-Spray in High-Temperature Environment: A Scientific and Effective Means of Alleviating Crop Heat …

R Xue, C Zhang, H Yan, J Li, J Ren, M Akhlaq… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drought and heat stresses are severe threats to crop production and food security in arid
and semi-arid regions of the globe, especially during the summer. This study investigates …

Effects of cooling systems on greenhouse microclimate and cucumber growth under Mediterranean climatic conditions

G Nikolaou, D Neocleous, N Katsoulas, C Kittas - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Two experiments were conducted in different cropping seasons under Mediterranean
climatic conditions to investigate the impact of two cooling systems (fan-pad evaporative as …

Evaporative cooling in greenhouses: Effect on microclimate, water use efficiency and plant respons

JI Montero - International Symposium on Greenhouse Cooling 719, 2006 - actahort.org
Evaporative cooling occurs as a result of the conversion of sensible heat into latent heat in
mechanically supplied evaporated water. This article presents results from models based on …