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Dew Water (Hardcover)
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Dew Water (Hardcover)
Series: River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering
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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 is only relevant to certain
geographical locations. Dew occurrence, however, is far more
widespread, can form in most climates and geographic settings, show
high frequency and prevalence throughout the year. During the past
20 years, dew collection has therefore been investigated as a
serious supplemental source of fresh water. Dew Water offers a
thorough review of dew, its formation characteristics and potential
for dew collection, for audiences that include policy-makers,
non-governmental organizations involved in development aid and
sustainable development, engineers, urban planners, researchers and
students. After providing a background on atmospheric water, humid
air, and sky and materials emissivity, the book deals with dew
formation and its estimation with a focus on the use of
meteorological data. Dew measurement techniques are reviewed and
discussed as well as dew collection by passive means. Computational
fluid dynamics technique is described for better design of dew
collectors. Dew quality (chemistry, biology) is assessed in view of
potable water quality. Costs and economic aspects are also
considered.
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