Root temperature and energy consumption at different cable depths in electrically heated substrates

A finite element method-based model of a substrate heated by an electric heating cable buried in a thermal isolated container was experimentally validated with root mean square error values of root zone temperature ranging 0.25 to 0.62 ºC. The two-dimensional transient model allowed variations in th...

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Main Authors: María Dolores Fernandez, Manuel Ramiro Rodriguez, Rafael López Pidre, Teresa Teijeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-10-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000500001&lng=en&tlng=en