Cultivation in greenhouse requires high water quantity for irrigation and sometimes for internal climate conditioning. Water resource is becoming more and more poor. The proposed system allows making greenhouses self-sufficient from the point of view of water needs and self-conditioned at a very low energy cost. Moreover it could allow cultivation in areas where drinkable water is scarce, since it can use as primary source saline or brackish water. This is a new concept of greenhouse, patented by Centro Ricerche FIAT (CRF), in which membranes, waterproof but permeable to vapor, are used in order to improve a cooling system. The management of membrane contactors allows, with lower energy expense with respect to standard air conditioning systems, allows to control both temperature and lowest humidity level inside the greenhouse, thus reducing water need. Saline water is used upstream for cooling and clean water is obtained, by means of downstream condensation.
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ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
July 4–7, 2006
Torino, Italy
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0-7918-4248-7
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Development of Membrane Contactors for Greenhouse Climate Control
Giulio M. Lo Presti,
Giulio M. Lo Presti
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Carloandrea Malvicino,
Carloandrea Malvicino
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Stefano Mola,
Stefano Mola
Centro Ricerche Fiat, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Nunzio Mastrodomenico,
Nunzio Mastrodomenico
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Matteo M. Rostagno
Matteo M. Rostagno
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Giulio M. Lo Presti
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Carloandrea Malvicino
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Stefano Mola
Centro Ricerche Fiat, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Nunzio Mastrodomenico
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Matteo M. Rostagno
Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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ESDA2006-95393, pp. 125-129; 5 pages
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September 5, 2008
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Lo Presti, GM, Malvicino, C, Mola, S, Mastrodomenico, N, & Rostagno, MM. "Development of Membrane Contactors for Greenhouse Climate Control." Proceedings of the ASME 8th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. Volume 1: Advanced Energy Systems, Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Automation and Robotics, Noise Control and Acoustics, and Systems Engineering. Torino, Italy. July 4–7, 2006. pp. 125-129. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ESDA2006-95393
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