The High Water Plants Water Road in Cleaning

Cohesion of Water in Plants.

Forces applied tlhrough the cohesion of wvater have been generally accepte(d as the cause of the rise of the transpirationi streaml since the early publications of Dixon and( Joly (8). The water absorbing forces of the leaf mlesophyll cells caln be shown to be adequate to lift w!ater to the height of the leaves. The cohesion theorv assumiies that the (liffusion of water from the non-collapsible...

Self-Propelled Micromotors for Cleaning Polluted Water

We describe the use of catalytically self-propelled microjets (dubbed micromotors) for degrading organic pollutants in water via the Fenton oxidation process. The tubular micromotors are composed of rolled-up functional nanomembranes consisting of Fe/Pt bilayers. The micromotors contain double functionality within their architecture, i.e., the inner Pt for the self-propulsion and the outer Fe f...

Feed Water Line Cracking in Pressurized Water Reactor Plants

Cleaning in place with onsite-generated electrolysed oxidizing water for water-saving disinfection in breweries

The use of acid electrolysed water (AcEW) is a relatively new sanitizing technique for brewery equipment. Experiments showed that a 30% AcEW (a free chlorine concentration of above 17mg/L) was a sufficient and effective alternative to conventional sanitizers such as peracetic acid (2%). On the basis of the results of industrial-scale clean-in-place tests, an effective AcEW-based clean-in-place ...

The Water Circuit of the Plants - Do Plants have Hearts ?

There is a correspondence between the circulation of blood in all higher animals and the circulation of sap in all higher plants-up to heights h of < ∼ 140 m-through the xylem and phloem vessels. Plants suck in water from the soil, osmotically through the roothair zone, and subsequently lift it osmotically again, and by capillary suction (via their buds, leaves, and fruits) into their crowns. I...