Journal article
Evaluation of an evaporation suppressing monolayer system in a controlled wave tank environment: A pilot investigation
P Schouten, S Putland, C Lemckert, I Underhill, D Solomon, D Sunartio, A Leung, E Prime, D Tran, G Qiao
Australian Journal of Water Resources | TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS | Published : 2012
Abstract
Due to long-term drought conditions coupled with the apparent influence of global warming, compounding water loss has been a very serious issue across the vast majority of the Australian continent. During these drought conditions, the evaporative effect outweighs the amount of precipitation being received on a year to year basis. Several methods have been introduced in recent history to inhibit the amount of evaporative loss from various types of water bodies such as the application of thin layer chemical films (monolayers). A series of solvent, solid and suspension derived prototype monolayers, based on ethylene glycol monooctadecyl ether (C18E1), are examined in this current study as an ap..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors of the manuscript would like to thank both the Urban Water Security Research Alliance and the Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers for funding this project. Also, the authors of this manuscript would also like to thank Geoff Turner, Malcolm Duncan and Dave Bellchambers from the School of Engineering Griffith University Gold Coast campus, for their technical guidance and assistance