Abstract
Surface heating is the application of warm water to the outside surface of a greenhouse to reduce conventional heating requirements. A computer model was used to predict the energy cost savings resulting from surface heating. The effects of water flow rate, water temperature, greenhouse temperature, pumping head, unit cost of pumping energy and unit cost of heating energy were studied for four U.S. locations. The results will help designers decide whether surface heating is a viable option for their design conditions, and help them select the optimum water flow. Higher heating energy costs, lower pumping energy costs, higher water temperatures, and colder locations all produce higher energy cost savings for surface heating.
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