This research was conducted to investigate the effects of three heating systems on cucumber yield,and cost and gas volume consumed in greenhouses located in Varamin region,Tehran province,Iran.Conventional heating sys...This research was conducted to investigate the effects of three heating systems on cucumber yield,and cost and gas volume consumed in greenhouses located in Varamin region,Tehran province,Iran.Conventional heating systems used in the greenhouses are:central heating system(including boiler+hot water pipes),gas heater system(including double-walled tank+blower)and traditional furnace system(including ignition chamber+torch+pipes carrying a mixture of hot air and flammable gases).The study was carried out for two consecutive cucumber cultivation periods from January to June.Average values of crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed were determined separately for each heating system.Results of the study indicated that the central heating system with the highest crop yield(295 t/ha),and the lowest volume(100,000 m^(3)/ha)and cost(840 USD/ha)of gas consumed was the best and most suitable heating system for greenhouses producing cucumbers in Varamin region and other regions with the same and similar climate as well as regions with active greenhouses in the cold season.展开更多
This research was conducted to study the effect of different heating systems in cucumber production greenhouses in Varamin region,Tehran province,Iran on crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed.Three types of conve...This research was conducted to study the effect of different heating systems in cucumber production greenhouses in Varamin region,Tehran province,Iran on crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed.Three types of conventional heating systems,namely the central heating system(including boiler+hot water pipes),gas heater system(including double-walled tank+blower)and traditional furnace system(including ignition chamber+torch+pipes carrying a mixture of hot air and flammable gases)were studied during two consecutive periods of greenhouse cucumber cultivation in the cold season(from January to June),and average values of crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed were determined separately.Results of the study indicated that the central heating system with the highest crop yield(295 tha^-1),and the lowest volume(100,000 m3ha^-1)and cost(210,000,000 Rialsha^-1)of gas consumed was the best and most suitable heating system for greenhouses producing cucumbers in Varamin region and other regions with the same and similar climate as well as regions with active greenhouses in the cold season.展开更多
基金the Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization(AREEO)。
文摘This research was conducted to investigate the effects of three heating systems on cucumber yield,and cost and gas volume consumed in greenhouses located in Varamin region,Tehran province,Iran.Conventional heating systems used in the greenhouses are:central heating system(including boiler+hot water pipes),gas heater system(including double-walled tank+blower)and traditional furnace system(including ignition chamber+torch+pipes carrying a mixture of hot air and flammable gases).The study was carried out for two consecutive cucumber cultivation periods from January to June.Average values of crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed were determined separately for each heating system.Results of the study indicated that the central heating system with the highest crop yield(295 t/ha),and the lowest volume(100,000 m^(3)/ha)and cost(840 USD/ha)of gas consumed was the best and most suitable heating system for greenhouses producing cucumbers in Varamin region and other regions with the same and similar climate as well as regions with active greenhouses in the cold season.
基金The supports provided by the Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization,Iran in research project number 2-41-14-031-960719 are gratefully acknowledged.
文摘This research was conducted to study the effect of different heating systems in cucumber production greenhouses in Varamin region,Tehran province,Iran on crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed.Three types of conventional heating systems,namely the central heating system(including boiler+hot water pipes),gas heater system(including double-walled tank+blower)and traditional furnace system(including ignition chamber+torch+pipes carrying a mixture of hot air and flammable gases)were studied during two consecutive periods of greenhouse cucumber cultivation in the cold season(from January to June),and average values of crop yield,volume and cost of gas consumed were determined separately.Results of the study indicated that the central heating system with the highest crop yield(295 tha^-1),and the lowest volume(100,000 m3ha^-1)and cost(210,000,000 Rialsha^-1)of gas consumed was the best and most suitable heating system for greenhouses producing cucumbers in Varamin region and other regions with the same and similar climate as well as regions with active greenhouses in the cold season.
