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A ship designed to blast off from Earth, make an airless landing on the Moon, return and make an atmosphere landing, would be so cluttered up with heavy special equipment used only once in the trip that it could not show a profit at a thousand dollars a pound! Imagine combining a ferry...
The bad things: Requires large area, power not predictable, used only when wind available, Difficult transport of blades. High installed capital cost per kWh. Remote from load centers. Low capacity factor. Large output losses. Wind turbulence issues. Requires import of reactive power at ...
Point-source pollution refers to contamination originating from a single tank, disposal site, or facility. Industrial waste disposal sites, accidental spills, leaking gasoline storage tanks, and dumps or landfills are examples of point sources. Chemicals used in agriculture, such as fertilizers,pesticide...
The term“HVAC system”is used to refer to the equipment that can provide heating, cooling, filtered outdoor air, and humidity control to maintain comfort conditions in a building. Not all HVAC systems are designed to accomplish all of these functions. Some buildings rely on only natural...
Grease interceptors: this article describes the different types of grease interceptors or grease traps used to prevent drain & sewer system clogging by catching & permitting the removal of FOG (fats, oil, grease) from a building's plumbing system. The ar
Although numerous pumping stations (PS) have been used by water managers for numerous applications on rivers, canals and other water bodies, their impact on fish populations is poorly understood. This study investigates European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), mortality after natural downstream passage ...
Pipeline, line of pipe equipped with pumps and valves and other control devices for moving liquids, gases, and slurries (fine particles suspended in liquid). Pipeline sizes vary from the 2-inch- (5-centimetre-) diameter lines used in oil-well gathering s