THERMAL CONDITION AND COOLING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF CULTIVATION GREENHOUSE IN SUMMER

Abstract

The greenhouse cultivation is often used by the agriculture. It is possible to grow vegetables in the greenhouse in summer if the greenhouse is airconditioned. In addition, the amount of agrichemicals decreases, because the insects do not enter the air-conditioned closed greenhouse. However, there are few air-conditioned greenhouses. It is uncertain whether the air-conditioned thermal environment is appropriate to cultivation. Authors measured thermal environment of the greenhouse and electric consumption of air-conditioning in summer, and showed the result of the cooling load and electric consumption calculated with TRNSYS.