This study was carried out to investigate the effect of side vent heights on temperature and relative humidity inside and outside the single-span plastic greenhouse (W: 7 m, L: 40 m H: 3.9 m) during natural ventilation. Four different heights (120, 100, 80, 60 cm) of the side vent were used as an experimental condition. Variations of temperature and relative humidity inside and outside the greenhouse and the differences between heights were compared by using one-way ANOVA. In the daytime, the difference in temperature between inside and outside the greenhouse was dropped from 14.0°C to 7.1°C as the side vent height increased. The temperature difference in the nighttime was less than 0.2°C regardless of the height. One-way ANOVA on the temperature difference between heights presented that the statistical significance was founded between all of the combinations of height in the daytime. The difference in relative humidity between inside and outside the greenhouse was grown from –13.8% to – 22.2% with a decrease in the side vent height. The humidity difference in the nighttime was less than 1% regardless of the height. One-way ANOVA on the humidity difference revealed that most of the side vent heights showed significance in the daytime but between 100 and 80 cm was not significant. It seemed because the external air became cooler during the experiment with a height of 80 cm. Conclusively, this study empirically demonstrated that the higher side vents resulted in the decrease of differences in temperature and relative humidity between inside and outside the greenhouse, and also the effect of side vent height was statistically significant. This study may be helpful for deciding the height of the side vent effective for controlling temperature and relative humidity in a single-span greenhouse during natural ventilation.

하절기 온실 내 온도와 상대습도를 동시에 제어할 목적으로 압축공기를 이용한 이류체 분무 포그 냉방 을 도입한 유리온실에서 측창의 개폐수준이 온실내의 온도와 상대습도 제어에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 분석하였다. 제어과정은 온실 환경변수들을 측정하고, 이를 반영하여 온실 내 수분평형방정식과 열평형방정식을 정립한 다음, 이 방정식들을 프로그램으로 코딩하여 각 사이클의 천창 개폐량과 포그 분무량을 결정하고 제어하였다. 온실의 온습도 제어목표는 온도와 습도를 각각 28, 75%로 설정하였고, 실험은 측창이 전혀 열리지 않은 0%, 50% 열린 경우, 100% 열린 경우 세 가지 모드를 비교분석하였다. 제어실험결과 온실 내 건구온도의 평균은 모드에 따라 각각 28.2, 27.2 26.3℃로 나타났으며, 표준편차는 0.4∼0.8℃이 었다. 상대습도는 측창을 완전히 닫은 모드인 0%의 경우 평균 76.3% 정도로서 목표 상대습도인 75%에 상당히 근접해서 제어되고 있었으며, 표준편차가 2.1%로서 다른 모드에 비해 상당히 안정된 범위에서 유지되는 것으로 나타났다. 0%의 모드에서 가장 목표온도로 잘 제어되고 있는 것으로 나타났다.