Dimensionless analysis for designing domestic rainwater harvesting systems at the regional level in Northern Taiwan

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3913-3933

  Liaw, Chao Hsien ^a   Chiang, Yu Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Dimensionless analysis; Domestic rainwater harvesting system (DRWHS); Regional level

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HARVESTING;

DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; DIMENSIONLESS RATIOS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; REGIONAL LEVELS; STORAGE CAPACITY; SUPPLY RELIABILITY;

RAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FRACTIONATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84920887118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6123913     Document Type: Article

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