@article{upm2569, month = {April}, volume = {6}, number = {2}, publisher = {INIA}, journal = {Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research}, title = {Experimental results and modelling of humidity control strategies from greenhouses in continental and coastal setting in the Mediterranean reg{\'i}on. I : Experimental results and model development.}, pages = {189--198}, year = {2008}, url = {http://www.inia.es/gcontrec/pub/189-198\%5fExperimental(1)\%5f1212061477921.pdf}, issn = {1695-971X}, keywords = {energy consumption, heating, moisture content, ventilation. - calefacci{\'o}n, consumo energ{\'e}tico, higrometr{\'i}a, ventilaci{\'o}n.}, abstract = {Experimental strategies for controlling humidity were compared in a greenhouse sited in Madrid, a continental site in the Mediterranean region. Small roof window apertures significantly reduced the relative humidity with only a limited increase in associated energy consumption. A simplified climate model with four energy exchange terms (heating, insolation, losses through structure, and losses through windows) and three mass exchange terms (evapotranspiration, losses through structure, and losses through windows) was validated, allowing relative humidity to be predicted with an error of {\ensuremath{<}} 9\%. - Se ensayaron una serie de estrategias experimentales para el control de la humedad en un invernadero de Madrid, Espa{\~n}a. Se comprob{\'o} que peque{\~n}as aperturas de la ventana cenital reduc{\'i}an significativamente el nivel de humedad con limitados incrementos del consumo de energ{\'i}a en calefacci{\'o}n. Se valid{\'o} un modelo clim{\'a}tico simplificado con cuatro t{\'e}rminos de intercambio de energ{\'i}a (calefacci{\'o}n, radiaci{\'o}n solar, p{\'e}rdidas a trav{\'e}s de la cubierta y p{\'e}rdidas a trav{\'e}s de las ventanas) y tres t{\'e}rminos de intercambio de humedad (evapotranspiraci{\'o}n, p{\'e}rdidas a trav{\'e}s de la cubierta y p{\'e}rdidas a trav{\'e}s de las ventanas), modelo que permiti{\'o} predecir la humedad relativa con un error inferior al 9\%.}, author = {Perdigones Borderias, Alicia and Vali{\~n}o L{\'o}pez, Vanesa and Garc{\'i}a Fern{\'a}ndez, Jos{\'e} Luis and Baptista, F. and Montero, J. I. and Benavente Le{\'o}n, Rosa Mar{\'i}a and Plaza P{\'e}rez, Saturnino de} }