Technology for managing thermal energy flows in industrial greenhouses

Abstract

Abstract The paper presents technical solutions to improve the energy efficiency of growing greenhouse vegetables using artificial irradiation. The authors describe the technology of controlling the flow of thermal energy during irradiating of plants. A comparison of the developed technology with the fifth generation Ultra Clima greenhouse technology has been carried out. Key technical solutions have been identified, the introduction of which increases the efficiency of using thermal energy by 6%, increases the area irradiated by a single irradiator by 2.5% while maintaining photosynthetically active irradiation reaching the biocenoses, and provides an increase in the yield of vegetable crops by 2-5%. It has been established that with equal economic conditions of greenhouse growing of vegetables, the savings in energy costs compared to Ultra Clima technology is 5-6%, depending on the climatic conditions of the environment.