ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2012, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 229-232. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-7091.2012.06.044

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Study on the Heat Convection between Tomato Fruitage and Air

CHEN Jing-ling, ZHU Xiu-hong, WANG Qian, YUAN Yuan, MIAO Lei, ZHAO Yong, WU Ming-zuo   

  1. Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
  • Received:2012-08-01 Published:2012-12-28

Abstract: To obtain the convection between tomato fruitage and air, the differences in temperature of tomato fruitage surface and air on controlled environment temperature, light intensity in different wind speeds were measured. The convection coefficient between tomato fruitage and air was calculated according to heat balance law,and kc,ks parameters of the models were calculated using Porter and Mitchell's models. The influence of hidden heat coming from tomato water loss was analyzed through 24 h time interval weight loss of the tomato fruitage. The result showed the hidden heat of the tomato fruitage was 2. 3 W/m2. The measurement result of the convection coefficient increased according to the increase of wind speed,which confirms the view point of former researchers about convection coefficient. It gives a definite parameter for convection heat analyses. Not only did this paper provide a measurement method of the convection coefficient, it settled a base for tomato fruitage climate space study also.

Key words: Tomato, Heat convection, Climate space, Convection coefficient

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CHEN Jing-ling, ZHU Xiu-hong, WANG Qian, YUAN Yuan, MIAO Lei, ZHAO Yong, WU Ming-zuo. Study on the Heat Convection between Tomato Fruitage and Air[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2012, 27(6): 229-232. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-7091.2012.06.044.

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