Improvement of the greenhouse climate using a solar air heater with latent storage energy

Performance of the coupling of the flat plate collector and a heat pump system associated with a vertical heat exchanger for heating of the two types of greenhouses system

“…Bouadila et al in Ref. [6] improved the greenhouse inside climate by solar air heater coupled with latent storage energy; the storage system was a packed bed of spherical capsules with phase change materials [7]. In the sum field, the demand of thermal energy in Mediterranean region presented the obligation of the numerical research in Ref.…”

Performance and economic analyses of linear and spot Fresnel lens solar collectors used for greenhouse heating in South Korea

“…Bouadila et al [11] used a solar air heater with and without latent heat systems to improve the climate inside a greenhouse during the winter season. The latent storage energy system consisted of spherical capsules filled with phase change material.…”

A low cost seasonal solar soil heat storage system for greenhouse heating: Design and pilot study

“…However, most agricultural applications are short-term (diurnal) storage [3][4][5], which can only deal with a small part of heating loads and may not be sufficient in consecutive overcast and rainy days. In contrast, seasonal thermal energy storage (STES), also called long-term storage, which uses excess heat collected in summer to compensate for the heat supply insufficiency in winter can be an attractive option.…”