APPARATUS FOR CO₂ IN GREENHOUSES

The subject to be dealt with shall be discussed along the following line:

Something (sources) is burnt with the aid of some apparatus to CO₂ and water.
The CO₂ will be distributed and give rise to a change of the CO₂-concentration.

In more detail the following points will be looked at:

Sources.
As such are known: 1° gases CH₄, C₃H₈ and C₄H₁₀; 2° fluids paraffin and ethylalcohol; 3° pure CO₂ and 4° organic material.
The possibilities for use depend on the S-content.

Apparatus.
Demands made upon combustion gases by man and plant.
Causes of uncomplete combustion, products of uncomplete combustion and damage done on plants.
Several types of burners.

Distribution of CO₂, by means of a fan or without.
The influences of apparatus, glasshouse cover, windspeed, photosynthesis and weather on CO₂-concentration.

Symposium on Plant Environment in Glasshouses

N. VAN BERKEL

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1968.6.17