Effect of Pot Size in Soil Heat Transfer

Mohamad Fariz, Mohamed Nasir* and Hii, Tuong Sing and Abdul Rahim, Mat Sarip and Muhammad Izzat Nor, Ma'arof and Girma, Tadesse Chala (2022) Effect of Pot Size in Soil Heat Transfer. Journal of Innovation and Technology, 2022 (13). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2805-5179

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Abstract

Climate change occurring globally has caused many effects in the current world, such as the rise of sea level, unstable weather, and rise of temperature. Agriculture is among the sector that is affected and since the past few decades’ methods such as controlled environment greenhouses and the hydroponic cultivation has become an alternative to outdoor farming due to the benefits of increased yield and higher efficiency. This study shows that greenhouses design requires various cooling methods such as shading, venting, evaporative cooling, and soil cooling. The soil cooling provide a heat transfer analysis of soil cooling in different pot size and design to contribute related data to encourage further studies. Simulations of a soil cooling system repeated with different pot size under different parameters were conducted; the simulation results were validated and verified with mathematical models and existing data. It is found that smaller pot size has a higher rate of heat conduction in soil due to its higher surface to volume ratio.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Climate change, heat transfer, cooling simulations, agriculture greenhouse
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email masilah.mansor@newinti.edu.my
Date Deposited:	13 May 2022 02:29
Last Modified:	13 May 2022 02:29
URI:	http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/id/eprint/1624

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