International Symposium on Multiphase flow and Transport Phenomena April 22-25, 2012, Agadir, Morocco

SIMULATION OF NATURAL CONVECTION INSIDE A GREENHOUSE MONO CHAPEL A. Boukhriss, R. Mir, Y. El Hammami
Laboratoire dIngnierie des Procds, de l'Energie et de lEnvironnement (LIP2E) National School of Applied Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco Correspondence author. Email: rachid_mir@ensa-agadir.ac.ma

ABSTRACT Greenhouses are a favorable environment for the development of different cultures. The mastery of internal climatic conditions is the principal concern of farmers. The study of Berroug et al [2010], consists in introducing geometry into an energy balance model and to quantify its effect on the temperature inside the greenhouses. Draoui et al. [2005] studied the influence of the form factor in natural convection transient in greenhouse mono chapel. Majdoubi H. studied the fields of climate variables in a large greenhouse submitted to a forced convection [2007]. S. Wang and all studied the experimental air speed profiles in the centre of a naturally ventilated greenhouse [2000]. The aim of this work is to study numerically the convective heat transfer in a greenhouse. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of Rayleigh number on the dynamic and thermal fields. The physical model studied, with the boundary conditions, is shown at the figure (1).

T=Tf u=v=w= 0

u=v=w= 0

u=v=w= 0

u=v=w= 0 0

u=v=w= 0 0

T=Tc u=v=w= 0 0

Figure 1. Physical model

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Fig (2): isotherms for Ra=10 at plans (a) z=0.25; (b) z=0.5 and (c) z=0.75 Figure (2) shows the shape of the isotherms for Rayleigh Ra = 10 5 at plans z=0.25, z=0.5 and z=0.75. Warm air rises from the left wall, and cold air descends through the right wall. The large temperature gradients are observed near the horizontal walls; however, the region of low temperature gradient is large and is in the middle of the field. REFERENCES
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