@article{article_397155, title={Comparison of Different Cover Materials and Energy Resources in Determining Greenhouse Heat Requirements in Kırşehir Province of Turkey}, journal={Journal of Applied Biological Sciences}, volume={11}, pages={15–20}, year={2017}, url={https://izlik.org/JA92KC23AT}, author={Boyacı, Sedat}, keywords={Greenhouse heating,Heat requirements,Fossil fuel,Geothermal energy}, abstract={<p>Creating suitable temperatures for the plants in a greenhouse is possible by heating the greenhouse when temperature is not suitable for plant  <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">breeding. In this study, it is aimed to determine different amounts of fuel (natural gas, imported coal, fuel oil and geothermal) to meet the calculated  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">heat requirements of a greenhouse with different cover materials (single-layer polyethylene, double-layer polyethylene, single-layer  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">glass and polycarbonate), their costs and and the amounts of carbon dioxide emissions to be given to the atmosfere by calculating the heat  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">requirements for Kirsehir province when the indoor temperature of the greenhouse is kept at 16 °C and 18 °C.  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">In the study, it has been determined that the need for heat in the greenhouses in Kirsehir province is minimum when double-layer (PE) plastic  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">cover material is used (321.62 kWh/m2 year at ti=16 ºC). A change of 2 °C (16/18 °C) in indoor temperature of the greenhouse caused an  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">increase of heat consumption of approximately 15% in the greenhouse. In addition, it has been determined that an economical saving by 81%  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">could be achieved compared to natural gas, by 91% compared to imported coal, by 92.3% compared to fuel oil when available geothermal  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">resources are used for heating purposes instead of fossil fuels in greenhouse cultivationin Kirsehir province. As a result of the study carried out,  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">it has been determined that a more economical and sustainable breeding can be achieved when geothermal energy is preferred for the purpose  </span> <span style="font-size: 0.9em;">of heating the greenhouses in Kırşehir province. </span> </p>}, number={1}