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Thermal Balance of Plants and Plant Communities

2018
This chapter focuses on the physical basis of the exchange of solar energy. As an introduction to the topic, the energy balance of the atmosphere is explained, followed by a section on the microclimate near the ground surface. It is the exchange of energy that determines the temperature near the ground as modified by biotic and abiotic factors.
Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Beck, Erwin, Buchmann, Nina, Clemens, Stephan, Müller-Hohenstein, Klaus, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael   +5 more
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Water Balance of Plants

2018
This chapter examines the mechanisms and driving forces operating on water transport within the plant and between the plant and its environment. It begins the discussion about water transport by focusing on water in the soil. It also describes how water moves from the soil into the roots and from the roots up through specialized transport cells to the ...
Lincoln Taiz, Eduardo Zeiger, Ian Max Møller, Angus Murphy   +3 more
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Availability Balance of Steam Power Plants

Journal of Engineering for Power, 1959
The well-known expression for availability, b = h − T0s, is developed in a simple yet general manner. The changes in availability throughout several typical single and double reheat steam plants having different steam conditions have been calculated. Balances of availability are presented for each of the several plants.
C. A. Meyer, G. J. Silvestri, J. A. Martin   +2 more
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The Carbon Balance of Plants

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1972
There has been considerable recent interest in the assessment of the en­ ergy allocation of plants (38, 50, 52). It is likely that through a quantitative understanding of how different plants gain and allocate their resources it will be possible to make predictions as to their success in any given physical envi­ ronment in combination with any ...
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Water Balance of Plants

This chapter examines the mechanisms and driving forces operating on water transport within the plant and between the plant and its environment. To meet the contradictory demands of maximizing carbon dioxide uptake while limiting water loss, plants have evolved to control water loss from leaves, and to replace the water lost to the atmosphere with ...
Lincoln Taiz, Ian Max Møller, Angus Murphy, Wendy A. Peer   +3 more
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Optimization of plant hormonal balance by microorganisms prevents plant heavy metal accumulation

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019
Heavy metal contamination is a threat to global food safety. Reducing heavy metal uptake in plants is a promising way to make plants safer, yet breeding the right set of traits can be tedious. We test whether microorganisms are able to impact the plant's hormonal balance hereby helping to manage plant heavy metal uptake.
Mohammadhossein Ravanbakhsh, George A. Kowalchuk, Alexandre Jousset   +2 more
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Balance of Plant Corrosion Issues in Aging Nuclear Power Plants

2011
Balance of plant systems in nuclear plants, such as service water systems, are a critical part of the facility’s infrastructure. System integrity and performance are vital for plant reliability and essential to achieving a plant life of 40 years and beyond.
George Licina, Dilip Dedhia
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Nuclear Power Balance of Plant Corrosion Strategies

Materials Performance, 2018
Nuclear power plant operators are chartered to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective electricity to millions of homes. The reliability and long-term viability of nuclear plants as infrastructure investments is supported by numerous corrosion management programs, tools, and systems to meet this challenge after 20, 30, and even 40 years or more of ...
Graig Cilluffo, Mehul Gandhi
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