| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 646231 | Applied Thermal Engineering | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
An experimental study is conducted to evaluate a latent storage energy unit inside a tunnel greenhouse. This unit maintains the air temperature inside the greenhouse lower than the diurnal setpoint, during the hot day and higher than the nocturnal temperature, during the cold night. This latent storage unit is constituted of a LPHE (Latent Polypropylene Heat Exchanger) that is filled with a PCM (Phase Change Material). As a result, the diurnal temperature reach inferior to 40 °C, for an air flow rate equal to 280 m3/h and the nocturnal temperature reach superior to 25 °C, for 220 m3/h. An economic evaluation of the LPHE and a comparison with a SPHE (Sensible Polypropylene Heat Exchanger).
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Authors
Mariem Lazaar, Salwa Bouadila, Sami Kooli, Abdelhamid Farhat,