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DOI	10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106807
	Intelligent greenhouse design decreases water use for evaporative cooling in arid regions
	Tsafaras, I; Campen, J. B.; Stanghellini, C.; de Zwart, H. F.; Voogt, W.; Scheffers, K.; Al Harbi, A.; Al Assaf, K.
通讯作者	Tsafaras, I (corresponding author), Wageningen Univ & Res, Business Unit Greenhouse Hort, POB 644, NL-6700 AP Wageningen, Netherlands.
来源期刊	AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
ISSN	0378-3774
EISSN	1873-2283
出版年	2021
卷号	250
英文摘要	Production of vegetables for fresh consumption in arid regions usually takes place in greenhouses with evaporative cooling during the warm months of the year. In this period, water use for cooling easily exceeds irrigation water use. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how far water use for evaporative cooling can be lowered by adapting design elements of the greenhouse and the evaporative cooling system. In a greenhouse trial in a desert environment, in Riyadh (KSA), two different greenhouses: one traditional and one modified, both equipped with a pad and fan system, have been compared in terms of productivity and water use with main focus on water use for cooling. The modified greenhouse design resulted in about 14% higher fresh weight production and more than 40% water saving was achieved on evaporative cooling. The climate and water use data recorded during the trial were used to validate a greenhouse climate simulation model including pad and fan cooling. Then, we used the validated model in a scenario study and we quantified the effect of each one of three design elements on use of cooling water. It was shown that the extracted air temperature has a major influence on water use for cooling. Increasing the extracted air temperature with 4 K resulted in about 27% saving in water use for cooling. The latter was done by repositioning of the exhaust fans in order to take advantage of the vertical air temperature gradient in the greenhouse. Additionally, a 5% higher cooling efficiency of the pad wall could yield an extra 12% water saving for evaporative cooling. Finally, the greenhouse cover-to-ground area ratio was also found to affect the water use for cooling. In summary, we have shown that there is much scope for saving on water use for evaporative cooling by improving design of greenhouses and of the cooling system, and that a good greenhouse climate model can be a useful tool in this process. The findings of the current research provide clear guidelines for the construction of more water efficient evaporatively cooled greenhouses.
英文关键词	Evaporative cooling Water use efficiency Greenhouse design Pad and fan Water saving Greenhouse climate simulation
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000636459600012
WOS类目	Agronomy ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Water Resources
来源机构	King Saud University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349339
作者单位	[Tsafaras, I; Campen, J. B.; Stanghellini, C.; de Zwart, H. F.; Voogt, W.; Scheffers, K.] Wageningen Univ & Res, Business Unit Greenhouse Hort, POB 644, NL-6700 AP Wageningen, Netherlands; [Al Harbi, A.] King Saud Univ, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; [Al Assaf, K.] King Saud Univ, SABIC Sustainable Agr Ctr Estidamah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tsafaras, I,Campen, J. B.,Stanghellini, C.,et al. Intelligent greenhouse design decreases water use for evaporative cooling in arid regions[J]. King Saud University,2021,250.
APA	Tsafaras, I.,Campen, J. B..,Stanghellini, C..,de Zwart, H. F..,Voogt, W..,...&Al Assaf, K..(2021).Intelligent greenhouse design decreases water use for evaporative cooling in arid regions.AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT,250.
MLA	Tsafaras, I,et al."Intelligent greenhouse design decreases water use for evaporative cooling in arid regions".AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT 250(2021).