ISHS Acta Horticulturae 566: II International Symposium on Application of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain; MODEL-IT
A VIRTUAL REALITY MULTI-SPAN GLASSHOUSE |
| Authors: | S. Reichrath, T.W. Davies |
| Keywords: | Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Venlo-Type, Internal climate, Tomate crop |
| Abstract:
The subject of this paper is the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the modelling of the internal climate of a commercial multi-span Venlo-type glasshouse containing tomato crops. The step-by-step process to build a comprehensive glasshouse model is summarised and examples of typical results are presented. A good agreement of predictions with available experimental data was found. Along with the latest results from the authors’ leading edge research programme, the aim of which is the development of a fully three-dimensional model of a full-scale commercial multi-span Venlo-type glasshouse, the future of CFD in glasshouse research is briefly discussed. | |
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