@inproceedings{7ab7eebbda624f5da2ac0620145c555b,
title = "Design and validation of robust controllers for fog and ventilation in mechanically ventilated greenhouses",
abstract = "This work presents the development and validation of robust controllers for greenhouses equipped with a climate control system that consists of variable-pressure fogging and variable-speed extracting fans. The controllers were designed using the robust control method {"}Quantitative Feedback Theory{"} that guarantees adequate performance of the controlled system despite large modeling uncertainties and disturbances. The design of the controllers and their initial validation were performed in a small experimental greenhouse, and the same controllers were later implemented in a much larger greenhouse located in a warmer and drier region. Good tracking performances were observed in both greenhouses.",
keywords = "Climate control, Controlled environment agriculture, Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT)",
author = "Raphael Linker and Avraham Arbel and Murat Kacira and Oren Gutman",
year = "2011",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781618391568",
series = "American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011",
publisher = "American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers",
pages = "5793--5811",
booktitle = "American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011, ASABE 2011",
note = "American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2011 ; Conference date: 07-08-2011 Through 10-08-2011",
}