Study on the wall optimization of solar greenhouse based on temperature field experiment and CFD simulation

Study on the wall optimization of solar greenhouse based on temperature field experiment and CFD simulation

Yang Yu Xiao Xu Wenxiu Hao

Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China

Corresponding Author Email: 
hwxansys@126.com
Page: 
847-854
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.360310
Received: 
25 December 2017
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Accepted: 
15 June 2018
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OPEN ACCESS

Abstract: 

In light of the great soil wall sizes of solar green houses and the low land utilization rate of solar greenhouses in China, this paper carries out a temperature field experiment in a solar greenhouse in order to understand the distribution of temperature field in the greenhouses in Central Hebei region. On the basis of the experiment, this paper establishes a numerical model of the temperature field in the solar greenhouse using the CFD software, and optimizes the wall structure of the greenhouse by the numerical simulation of different heights and thicknesses. The results can provide technical reference for the construction of new-type energy-saving solar greenhouses.

Keywords: 

greenhouse, temperature field, experiment, CFD, wall optimization

1. Introduction
2. Temperature Field Experiment
3. Numerical Simulation Of The Temperature Field
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgements

This paper was supported by Hebei Province key research and development plan project (18227209D); Science and Technology research project of Hebei Province University (ZD2018209).

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