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Maintenance Guide for Greenhouse Ventilation, Evaporative Cooling Heating Systems

Ying Zhang, Jonathan Watson, , , and

Release Date: 8/31/2021

Reviewed At: 11/8/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae024-2002

Agriculture

Abstract

Heating, cooling and ventilation are three main environmental control methods to maintain the desired growing environments. Regular maintenance of the equipment is the key to an effective performance. Any small changes or a minor downtime could reduce the overall efficiency of these systems which could lead to crop failure. This fact sheet will emphasize corrective and preventive maintenance procedures for ventilation, evaporative cooling and heating systems.

About this Publication

This document is AE26, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 1992. Revised July 2002 and June 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Buffington, D. E., Bucklin, R. A., Henley, R. W., & McConnell, D. B. (2018). Maintenance Guide for Greenhouse Ventilation, Evaporative Cooling Heating Systems. EDIS, 2018(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae024-2002

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Ying Zhang
Ying Zhang
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assistant professor, controlled environments, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL

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Jonathan Watson
Jonathan Watson
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associate professor, agricultural economics and postharvest, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Ray Bucklin
Ray Bucklin

professor emeritus (deceased), Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Richard W. Henley
Richard W. Henley

professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Mid Florida Research and Education Center

Dennis McConnell
Dennis McConnell

professor emeritus, UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture

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