Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
| Title | Fog harvesting meshes physical, economic and environmental characterization |
| Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Hadba L., Mendonça P., Silva L. T., and Carvalho M. |
| Abstract | As fresh water becomes scarce nowadays, fog harvesting appeared as a new opportunity to be considered as an economical and a reliable fresh water source. Thus Fog collectors represent a functional solution to provide fresh water to be used in agriculture and in some cases, also as drinking water. Fog harvesting techniques had been used first by farmers as some types of adjoining cavities and containers were added around plants to take advantage of the humid weather, after that, these techniques were turned into structures. With fog harvesting techniques emerging, new materials and new structures |
| Conference Name | 4th International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics |
| Journal | Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Energy & Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics |
| Pagination | 263-368 |
| Date Published | 2019-05-28 |
| Publisher | Universidade do Minho |
| Conference Location | Guimarães |
| ISSN | 2183-3982 |
| ISBN | 978-989-97050-9-8 |
| URL | https://coutin68.wixsite.com/icee2019 |
| Keywords | Energy, Environmental Impact, Fog harvesting |
| Rights | openAccess |
| Peer reviewed | yes |
| Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 37 researchers holding a PhD of which 27 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt