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Dew water /

The world's ever-increasing need for fresh water has led to the use of non-conventional sources such as rain and fog water collection. Although rain water collection is relatively simple, the supply is often erratic. Passive fog water collection has been used in several parts of the world but i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beysens, D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gistrup, Aalborg, Denmark : River Publishers, [2018]
Colección:River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forewords
  • Preface
  • Participants of the reviewing process
  • Glossary
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • History
  • Water on Earth
  • Atmosphere and materials radiative properties
  • Humid air
  • Dew nucleation and growth
  • Dew collection by gravity
  • Dew yield estimation
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Dew measurement and collection
  • Dew water quality
  • Economic aspects
  • Appendix A: Slab and hemisphere emissivities
  • Appendix B: The Clausius-Clapeyron equation
  • Appendix C: Relation between vapor and heat transfer coefficients
  • Appendix D: Volume of a spherical cap
  • Appendix E: Wetting and super wetting properties
  • Appendix F: Sand blasting roughness
  • Appendix G: Meniscus in a groove
  • Appendix H: The Penman-Monteith equation
  • Appendix I: Relation between dew yield and dry air cooling.