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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Memon, Fayyaz Ali (Editor), Ward, Sarah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : IWA Publishing, 2015.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Section I: Rainwater Harvesting and Condensate Recovery Systems""; ""Chapter 1: Performance and economics of internally plumbed rainwater tanks: An Australian perspective""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 Background""; ""1.2.1 IPRWT systems in Australia""; ""1.2.2 RWH and IPRWTs around the globe""; ""1.3 Australian Case Study""; ""1.3.1 Context of investigation""; ""1.3.2 Data gathering and end-use study experimental procedure""; ""1.3.3 IPRWT modelling""; ""1.3.4 Life cycle cost analysis""; ""1.3.5 Sensitivity analysis""
  • ""1.4 International Comparisons""""1.5 Discussion""; ""1.6 Summary and Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Evaluating rain tank pump performance at a micro-component level""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Background""; ""2.2.1 Pump energy intensity and associated costs""; ""2.2.2 Common configurations for rainwater tank systems""; ""2.2.3 Previous studies""; ""2.3 Australian End-Use Pump Performance Study""; ""2.3.1 Research objectives""; ""2.3.2 Methodology""; ""2.3.3 Results and analysis""; ""2.4 Alternative Supply Spectrum Comparisons""; ""2.5 Discussion and Conclusions""
  • ""Chapter 4: Rainwater harvesting for domestic water demand and stormwater management""""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.1.1 Types of RWH""; ""4.1.2 The background research""; ""4.2 Uncertainties Associated with Designing RWH Tanks for Stormwater Control""; ""4.3 The Stormwater Sizing Methodology""; ""4.4 The Pilot Study âß? Hanwell Fields (Banbury, Uk)""; ""4.4.1 Design of individual tanks (models 1 & 2)""; ""4.4.2 The importance of actual vs. assumed occupancy for the performance of RWH stormwater control systems""
  • ""4.4.3 Model 1 âß? performance of the design scenario: Tanks for individual properties with occupancy levels based on mean occupancy statistics""""4.4.4 Model 2 âß? performance of the actual scenario for individual tanks""; ""4.4.5 Model 3 âß? performance of the design scenario for a communal tank""; ""4.5 A Methodology for Assessing Uncertainty of Property Occupancy""; ""4.6 Active Management of RWH Systems""; ""4.6.1 Active control decision rules""; ""4.7 Conclusions""; ""References""