Process to grow plants in a greenhouse
AssigneeVan der Hoeven Horticultural Projects B.V.
InventorGerardus Hugo Antonius van Bergenhenegouwen
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Abstract
A process to grow plants in a greenhouse includes supplying cooled air to the interior of the greenhouse and supplying irrigation water to the plants. The cooled air is obtained by directly cooling air against evaporating water in one or more cooling pads where water flows downwardly via an open structure and in which open structure the air directly contacts the evaporating water to obtain cooled air and non-evaporated water. Part of the non-evaporated water is used as irrigation water and part is reused in the one or more cooling pads.
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A process to grow plants in a greenhouse, the process comprising:
- supplying cooled air to an interior of the greenhouse and supplying irrigation water to the plants in the interior of the greenhouse,
- wherein cooled air is obtained by directly cooling air against evaporating water in one or more cooling pads where water flows downwardly via an open structure and in which open structure the air directly contacts the evaporating water to obtain cooled air and non-evaporated water, and
- wherein part of the non-evaporated water is used as irrigation water and part of the non-evaporated water is reused in the one or more cooling pads.
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