Dew Water

Daniel Beysens

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English

River Publishers
28 February 2018

Drought & water supply; Water supply & treatment

Series: River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering

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.

By: Daniel Beysens
Imprint: River Publishers
Country of Publication: Denmark
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9788793609471
ISBN 10: 8793609477
Series: River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 28 February 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; Participants of the Reviewing Process; 1. History; 2. Water on Earth; 3. Atmosphere and Materials Radiative Properties; 4. Humid Air; 5. Dew Nucleation and Growth; 6. Dew Collection by Gravity; 7. Dew Yield Estimation; 8. Computational Fluid Dynamics; 9. Dew Measurement and Collection; 10. Dew Chemistry and Biology; 11. Economical Aspects; Appendices (The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation; Relation Between Vapor and Heat Transfer Coefficients ; Slab and Hemisphere Emissivities; Volume of a Spherical Cap; Wetting & Super Wetting Properties; Sand Blasting Roughness; Relation Dew Yield - Dry Air Cooling); Author Index; Keyword Index

Daniel Beysens, PhD in Physics and in Engineering, is a world specialist of water collection from air. He is the co-founder and President of OPUR International Organization for Dew Utilization. He is also emeritus Director ofResearchatEcoleSup´erieuredePhysiqueetChimiePariswherehecarries outwithhisteamexperimentalandtheoreticalstudyondewcondensationand phase transition. He started the ﬁeld at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) when he was Head of Institute. He has authored or co-authored more than 450 publications in international scientiﬁc Journals and 11 books. He was awarded many prices in Physics and Environmental Sciences and is Knight of the Order of Academic Palms.