A methodology approach to simulate, by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, a greenhouse equipped with a fan and pad evaporative cooling system is presented. Using the main aspects of evaporative cooling ...

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical analysis and simulation tools of fluid flow processes have emerged from the development stage and become nowadays a robust design tool. It is widely used to study various ...

The effect of ventilation configuration of a tunnel greenhouse with crop on airflow and temperature patterns was numerically investigated using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code. The numerical model was ...

Aim of the present paper was to present, analyze and compare detailed experimental data and CFD simulation results in a greenhouse equipped with insect screens. The studied greenhouse was a round arch type with vertical ...

The influence of insect screens and vent configurations on airflow and temperature patterns in an arched plastic covered greenhouse used for cultivating tomatoes was analysed using a commercial computational fluid dynamics ...

A CFD code was used in order to study the influence of different types of insect screens on greenhouse microclimate and natural ventilation performance. The validity of the code was checked against experimental data. The ...

A methodology of application of a numerical technique in order to simulate the dispersion of pesticides from greenhouses is presented. The proposed simulation approach is based on preliminary calculations that concern the ...

In this paper the effect of solar radiation distribution in a typical screenhouse was numerically investigated, taking into account the thickness and aerodynamic properties of the screen and its spectral, optical and thermal ...

An efficient natural ventilation system in dairy cattle buildings is essential both for animal welfare and for environmental issues since the naturally ventilated livestock buildings are a major source of greenhouse gas ...

Full-scale experimental data and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods are used to determine the accuracy of four different turbulence models [standard k-ε, k-ε renormalisation group (RNG), k-ε realisable, Reynolds ...