TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaporation Reduction from Impounding Reservoirs in Arid Areas Using Palm Leaves
AU - Nurdin, Janwar AU - Ahmed Mohammed, Thamer AU - Al-Hassoun, Saleh A. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
SP  - 247
EP  - 250
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2009.247.250
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2009.247.250
KW  - open water surfaces
KW  -evaporation reduction
KW  -mat
KW  -Palm leaves
KW  -arid region
AB  - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia experiencing water shortage due to limited water resources, high evaporation rate and stress on water demand. Evaporation reduction can help in increasing water saving. Due to the large number of date palm trees in the Kingdom, a massive waste from these trees is disposed annually. Palm leaves as an agricultural waste can be converted to mats and then used as a floating cover on water surface to reduce evaporation. In this study, three pools were constructed at a selected site at King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to test the affectivity of the proposed mat. Data collected from the study site shows that evaporation from fully concealed pool area is about 63%, while that form half concealed pool area is about 26%. This result confirms the affectivity of the mats in evaporation reduction. A proposed parabolic relationship between evaporation reduction and concealed area by the mats is presented. Water quality analysis shows that the mats have no serious affect on water quality.
ER  -