Greenhouse design, construction, and operation (citations from the Engineering Index Data Base). Report for 1970-Dec 77

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6881578

Hundemann, A S

Thermal environment, construction materials, and structural integrity of greenhouses are discussed in abstracts from worldwide literature. Topic areas cover the use of plastics and glass in greenhouse construction, with emphasis on the use of plastics; heating with solar energy and waste heat; methods of reducing heat loss; and wind load and wind induced heat transfer studies. Abstracts on air supported greenhouses and combination greenhouse-solar distillation units are included. (Contains 123 abstracts)

• Research Organization: National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6881578
• Report Number(s): NTIS/PS-78/0006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY TRANSFER
MATERIALS
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