Experimental Studies on Reduction of Evaporation from Plain Reservoirs in Drought Areas by Benzene Board Covering Technology

Abstract

ABSTRACT Jiang, H.; Tang, K., and He, X., 2015. Experimental studies on reduction of evaporation from plain reservoirs in drought areas by benzene board covering technology. Plain reservoirs in drought areas are often characterized by low water levels and large surface areas. These reservoirs lose much of their water to evaporation. To counteract this, this paper proposes reducing invalid evaporation from plain reservoirs by way of benzene board covering technology. In field experiments, we measured the efficiency of the evaporation reduction rate of water, analyzed the connection and fixation mode for stabilizing the benzene boards, and discussed engineering measures of water saving by preventing water from evaporating from the plain reservoirs in drought areas. Experimental results showed that invalid evaporation from plain reservoirs was reduced by as much as 51.25%. This demonstrates that with a reasonable connection and fixation of benzene boards, this technology can be used to effectively reduce inv...