Small cardamom known as 'Heel Khurd’ (fruits of Elettaria cardamomum Maton.) and large cardamom 'Heel Kalan’ (fruits of Amomum subulatum Roxb.) are used in Unani System of Medicine to treat gastrointestinal disorders. These seeds are used as stomachic (Muqavvi-e-Meda), desiccant (Mujaffif), resolvent (Muhallil), digestive (Hazim) carminative (Kasir-eRiyah), etc. Their essential oils and petrole...

A passive diffusion method for the determination of radon concentration has been optimised and calibrated. The device consists of a scintillation vial containing activated charcoal, a diffusion barrier and a desiccant agent. The response to diverse atmospheric humidity and variable exposure intervals was studied. The result is a detector independent of atmospheric humidity till 7 days of exposu...

Evaporative cooling technology (ECT) has been deemed as an alternative to the conventional vapor-compression air conditioning system for dry climates in recent years due its simple structure and low operating cost. Generally speaking, ECT includes two types of different technologies, direct evaporative (DEC) indirect (IEC). Both technologies can theoretically reduce temperature wet-bulb outdoor...

Harvesting atmospheric water by solar regenerated desiccants is a promising source that energy-efficient, environmentally clean, and viable. However, the generated amounts of are still insignificant. Therefore, more intensive fundamental research must be undertaken involving experiments modeling. This paper describes several experiments, which were conducted to predict improve behavior absorpti...

• Novel Ionic Liquid that is not corrosive to aluminum used as liquid desiccant. New three-fluid fin-tube desiccant contactor fabricated using aluminum. Experimental performance of the IL solution investigated. The fin–tube showed superior than packed bed contactor. Lower flow rates and pumping power expected experimental a new novel ionic investigated compared with those an adiabatic LiCl for ...

Background The use of desiccant herbicides can allow the anticipation common bean harvesting by providing a reduction in humidity plants and grains. Objective Determine effect doses on moisture content (stems, leaves grains), 100 grains mass, grain yield physiological quality seeds two contrasting cultivars. Methods experimental design for each cultivar (BRS FC 104, super early cycle, 60 days [...