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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Sprinkler Systems"”.
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Decision Making in Fire Risk Management
… involve decisions regarding investments in water sprinkler systems for facilities belonging to the companies ABB and Avesta Sheffield, respectively. Calculations of the net present value of these investments are dealt with in the case studies.
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Collector size effect on the measurement of applied water depth from irrigation systems
Center pivot irrigation systems are used in crop production across the state of Kansas. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) standard on uniformity testing of a center pivot system calls for collectors to be used to measure the water depth emitted by the irrigation …
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Stochastic Modelling and Optimal Control of Compartment Fires
… part three of this thesis investigates automatic sprinkler systems and the mathematical theory of optimal control. Optimal control theory is applied to automatic sprinkler systems to model sprinklered compartment fires. To reduce water damage inside a compartment due to sprinkler activation from …
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Economic feasibility of using weather-altering technology on apple orchards in Virginia
… can be altered by wind machines and overhead sprinkler systems. Therefore, the major purpose of the study was to determine if these types of weather-altering technologies could be economically feasible for use in Virginia. The first step in determining the economic feasibility of the two …
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Encapsulation of Waste in Cementitious Systems for use in Civil Engineering Applications
… high volumes of waste plastics in cementitious systems using encapsulation technology. It also investigates the aptness of using the resulting encapsulated plastic waste forms in civil engineering applications. In order to evaluate the usability of the encapsulated waste form, material …
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Laboratory Test Program of Rotary Plate Sprinklers
<br>Sprinkler irrigation is used to supplement natural rainfall on cultivated lands. In 1999 there were approximately 63.0 million irrigated acres in the United States of which 48.5% were under sprinkler irrigation (Irrigation Journal, 2000). Significant portions of these sprinkler systems are …
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Particulate matter emissions from commercial beef cattle feedlots in Kansas
… control PM emissions from cattle feedlots, water sprinkler systems can be implemented; however, limited data are available on their PM control efficiency. This research was conducted to determine the control efficiency of a water sprinkler system in reducing PM[subscript]10 emission from a cattle …