https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2021.1177

Effect of glazing configuration as an energy-saving strategy in naturally ventilated greenhouses for strawberry (Seolhyang sp.) cultivation

Vol. 52 No. 2 (2021)
Published: 10 May 2021
Fuel consumption, humidity, microclimate, temperature, winter.
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Timothy Denen Akpenpuun
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3211-3005
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Smart Agriculture Innovation Centre, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
Wook Ho Na
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-9734
Smart Agriculture Innovation Centre, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
Qazeem Opeyemi Ogunlowo
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-8162
Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea; Federal College of Agriculture, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Anis Rabiu
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4499-4161
Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
Misbaudeen Aderemi Adesanya
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-4112
Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.
Kwame Sasu Addae
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3807-4876
Department of Agriculture, Kwahu South Municipal, Kwahu, Mpraeso, Ghana.
Hyeon Tae Kim
Department of Bio-Industrial Machinery Engineering, Gyeongsang National University (Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences), Jinju, Korea, Republic of.
Hyun-Woo Lee
whlee@knu.ac.kr
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-2099
Smart Agriculture Innovation Centre, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea; Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of.

Strawberry cultivation is highly dependent on environmental parameters and energy in winter. Two gothic greenhouses with different glazing material combinations, i.e. polyolefin-thermal screen (PoTS) and polyolefin-thermal screen-polyethylene (PoTSPe), were used for strawberry cultivation. The energy-saving capabilities of the two configurations and their impact on the microclimates of the greenhouses were investigated. Temperature, relative humidity, vapor pressure deficit, leaf temperature, and solar radiation over the experimental period in the PoTS greenhouse were 13.0±2.3°C, 75.8±6.5%, 0.4±0.1 kPa, 13.6±1.7°C, and 168.8±82.3W/m2, respectively, whereas in the PoTSPe setup they were 13.1±2.3°C, 80.0±5.7%, 0.3±0.1 kPa, 13.5±1.6°C, and 183.1±90.5 W/m2. The mean fuel consumption by the PoTS and PoTSPe greenhouses were 5.5 and 3.5 L, respectively. The performance analysis shows that both greenhouses were able to maintain the environmental parameters and leaf temperature within the recommended ranges, although more energy was consumed with PoTS. A higher yield was obtained in the PoTS greenhouse, which, however, was not significantly different from the PoTSPe yield.

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Akpenpuun, T. D. (2021) “Effect of glazing configuration as an energy-saving strategy in naturally ventilated greenhouses for strawberry (<em>Seolhyang sp.</em>) cultivation”, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 52(2). doi: 10.4081/jae.2021.1177.
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