Evaporation Retardation by Monomolecular Layers: An Experimental Study at the Aji Reservoir (India)
Kishor Panjabi, Ramesh Rudra, Pradeep Goel · Open Journal of Civil Engineering (2016)
Key finding (our summary)
A field trial applying a cetyl/stearyl alcohol monolayer to the Aji Reservoir in a tropical semi-arid region of India reported a 19.26% reduction in evaporation loss over a roughly six-month season, preserving about 0.18 million m³ of water — evidence that chemical films can deliver meaningful, low-cost savings in the field, while still well below near-full-coverage physical methods.
A real-reservoir data point on monolayers in a hot, semi-arid climate — useful, modest field savings rather than the higher figures seen in calm-air lab work.
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