A very large dew and rain ridge collector in the Kutch area (Gujarat, India)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 405, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 171-181

  Sharan, G ^a,b   Clus, O ^b,c   Singh, S ^a   Muselli, M ^b,c   Beysens, D ^b,d,e  

^a DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b International Organization for Dew Utilization (OPUR)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e ESPCI   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dew harvesting; Dew plant; Radiative cooling; Water resource

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DEW HARVESTING; DEW PLANT; LIGHT TREATMENTS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; PLASTIC FOILS; POLYSTYRENE FOAMS; RADIATIVE COOLING; RECIRCULATIONS; SEMIARID AREA; SURFACE AREA; WATER YIELD; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDS; POLYSTYRENES; POTABLE WATER; PROFITABILITY; RAIN; WATER RESOURCES;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS);

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSATION; COOLING; DEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SURFACE AREA; TROUGH; WATER RESOURCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 79959973335     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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