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DEVELOPMENT OF CFD MODEL OF A GREENHOUSE WITH WATER-SPRINKLING ROOF

Article number
893_64
Pages
613 – 620
Language
English
Abstract
Use of a highly hydrophilic greenhouse cover with a photoactive TiO2 film and a water sprinkler is expected to decrease air temperatures in greenhouses without wetting crops and workers.
To investigate this cooling effect, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was developed.
Water vapor and heat transfer on the photo-induced hydrophilic roof with a water film were modeled and loaded to a Fluent® solver using user-defined functions (UDFs). Comparisons with experimental results for roof temperatures with a water film and inside air of a small closed glasshouse are presented.
The results of the simulation showed good agreement with the experimental results, especially for the difference in air temperatures between compartments with and without water film.
Simulated heat fluxes from a roof with a water film also suggested that the cooling effect on the inside air by the vaporization from uniform water film is relatively stable compared to that on the outside air.

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Authors
T. Kuroyanagi, M. Iyonaga, K. Sunada, N. Ohnishi, K. Hashimoto
Keywords
cooling, photo-induced hydrophilicity, photocatalyst, TiO2 film
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