SOLAR HEATING
OF COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSES
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David R. Meors
* J. Roberts
John P. Cipolletti
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Agricultural Engineering
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Final Report, Phase V
By
David R. Mears, William J, Roberts, and John P, Cipolletti
Tune 1980
Revised May 1981
Contract No. EG-77-C-05-5454
Prepared For
United States Department of Energy
Division of Conservation and Solar Energy
Prepared By
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Cook College
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903PROJECT AND FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
This work was performed as a part of NIAES Projects No, 03130 and 03932,
supported by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, The US/DOE,
Kube Pak Garden Plants, Inc., Stauffer Chemical Co., Monsanto Commercial
Products Corp., The Van Wingerden Greenhouse Co,, and X. S. Smith, Inc.
NIAES Research Report R03932-02-81.
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