Search Results - subject:"Bio-fouling"

Bio-fouling of subsurface type drip emitters applying reclaimed water under medium soil thermal variation

Oliver, M.M.H.; Hewa, G.A.; Pezzaniti, D. - In: Agricultural Water Management 133 (2014) C, pp. 12-23

Emitter clogging is very common in reclaimed water drip irrigation schemes. The clogging biomass appears due to bio-fouling … which originate from the reclaimed water. This study investigates the process of bio-fouling in three types of pressure …

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A review on potential applications of carbon nanotubes in marine current turbines

Ng, Kai-Wern; Lam, Wei-Haur; Pichiah, Saravanan - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 28 (2013) C, pp. 331-339

Marine current turbine is one of the promising marine renewable energy technologies that could provide clean and sustainable energy. This field has undergone rapid growth in both industry and academia during the last decade. However, there was no study being done in incorporating nanotechnology...

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Experimental performance evaluation of a novel dry-expansion evaporator with defouling function in a wastewater source heat pump

Chao, Shen; Yiqiang, Jiang; Yang, Yao; Shiming, Deng - In: Applied Energy 95 (2012) C, pp. 202-209

experimentally tested and the test results are reported. The evaporator is a retrofitted shell and tube heat exchanger where bio-fouling … effect of tube bio-fouling on the operating performance of the WWSHP was conducted. The test data suggested that with the … growth of bio-fouling on the evaporator surface during the testing period, the daily averaged refrigerant temperature leaving …

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THE USE OF COST-TRANSFER ANALYSIS TO ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF A POTENTIAL ZEBRA MUSSEL INFESTATION IN FLORIDA

Rossi, Frederick J.; Adams, Damian C.; Lee, Donna J. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2004

Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) colonization of the eastern United States has resulted in expenditures of tens of millions of dollars spent by consumptive surface water users, in order to mitigate infrastructure impairment caused by this invasive species. Analogous to benefit-transfer...

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