Assessment the Effects of Temperature and Humidity Control in Greenhouse Cucumber Productions in Jiroft and Kahnooj Region

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Article 5, Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 3, 2012   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jam.v2i1.14292

Authors

D. Momeni^{* 1}; M. H. Rahmati²

¹Agricultural Engineering Research Institute branch in Jiroft

²Mechanical Engineering of Biosystem Departement, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences &Natural Resources

Abstract

Temperature and humidity are two important parameters affecting the quality and quantity of greenhouse products so two double greenhouses were manufactured in 3.5, 40 and 11 m in height, length and width respectively in agricultural research center of jiroft and kahnooj to study these effects. Both of greenhouses are similar in materials, final height, gutter height, covering and field operation but in one of them one heating system, two ventilation fans and one wooden pad were assembled and temperature and humidity besides yield were registered in both of them. The results showed that temperature changing trend inside and outside of the unheated greenhouse were in same phase and this isn't suitable in cold night so the greenhouse with heating system had more yield and picking cucumber fruit numbers than another. Therefore it is necessary to be heated by artificial systems. Because of rapid relative humidity changing in outside of greenhouse in the end of the season, the efficiency of fan and pads cooling system is so low then using of evaporating cooling systems such as fans and pad wasn't proposed and recommend to optimize the temperature by ventilation and shading the greenhouse and in hot days production will be cut.

Keywords

Greenhouse; Heating system; Cooling systems; Cucumber; yield

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