Building Energy Simulation model application to greenhouse microclimate, covering material and thermal blanket modelling: A Review

TD Akpenpuun, QO Ogunlowo, A Rabiu… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
This review documents the present knowledge and knowledge gap in applying building
energy simulation (BES) dynamic models to greenhouses. The focus of this review is to …

TRNSYS simulation and experimental validation of internal temperature and heating demand in a glass greenhouse

MA Adesanya, WH Na, A Rabiu, QO Ogunlowo… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The energy demand in greenhouses is enormous, and high-performance covering materials
and thermal screens with varying radiometric properties are used to optimise the energy …

Dynamic modeling and techno-economic assessment of hybrid renewable energy and thermal storage systems for a net-zero energy greenhouse in South Korea

MA Adesanya, AO Yakub, A Rabiu, AB Owolabi… - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
The implementation of hybrid renewable energy and thermal energy storage systems
(HRETESSs) in greenhouses holds great promise in terms of greenhouse gas emission …

A review of strawberry under protected cultivation: yields are higher under tunnels than in the open field

CM Menzel - The Journal of Horticultural Science and …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Strawberries are grown under tunnels to protect the plants from cold, frosts, rain, and fruit
diseases. A review was conducted to determine the performance of plants under plastic …

Energy-and yield-based performance evaluation of a phase change material–integrated single-span double-layered with a thermal screen greenhouse

QO Ogunlowo, TD Akpenpun, WH Na… - Thermal Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Greenhouse technology emerged to ensure the optimum yield of the host crop—a
prerequisite to achieving Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 2. To achieve this …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the Characteristics of Pollutant Discharge in Tomato Hydroponic Wastewater (HWW) for Sustainable Water Management in Korea

J Son - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
In South Korea, the use of hydroponic cultivation has been on the rise. However, this system
produces a large amount of wastewater. In this study, the amount of wastewater generated …

Effect of envelope characteristics on the accuracy of discretised greenhouse model in TRNSYS

QO Ogunlowo, WH Na, A Rabiu… - Journal of …, 2022 - agroengineering.org
TRNSYS is a standard tool recently used to model and simulate greenhouse energy
demand and utilisation using building energy simulation (BES). Previously, a single thermal …

Effect of thermal screen position on greenhouse microclimate and impact on crop growth and yield

E Zakir, QO Ogunlowo, TD Akpenpuun, WH Na… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Worldwide, researchers are develo** methods in which producers can obtain higher
yields and conserve more energy in greenhouse crop cultivation. To achieve this, thermal …

A practical hybrid control approach for a greenhouse microclimate: A hardware-in-the-loop implementation

G Cevallos, M Herrera, R Jaimez, H Aboukheir… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present work, a hybrid scheme based on the on–off, PID, and Fuzzy-PI controllers is
shown, which was applied to the model of a greenhouse for the control of the vapor pressure …

Optimizing greenhouse design: Effect of argon double glazing on climatic factors distribution and energy savings

A Bazgaou, N Aqili, A Benahmed, K Ibaaz… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing significance of covered crops in recent decades has prompted the
establishment of objectives for greenhouse design and management, aiming to strike a …