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  2. Passive infrared sensor - Wikipedia

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    PIR sensors are commonly used in security alarms and automatic lighting applications. PIR sensors detect general movement, but do not give information on who or what moved. For that purpose, an imaging IR sensor is required. PIR sensors are commonly called simply "PIR", or sometimes "PID", for "passive infrared detector".

  3. Groundwater recharge - Wikipedia

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    Natural processes of groundwater recharge. Adjustments affecting the water table will drastically enhance or diminish the quality of groundwater recharge in a specific region. Water is recharged naturally by rain and snow melt and to a smaller extent by surface water (rivers and lakes).

  4. Polyisocyanurate - Wikipedia

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    The generalised chemical structure of polyisocyanurate showing the isocyanurate group. The polyols are abbreviated as R-groups.. Polyisocyanurate (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˌ aɪ s oʊ s aɪ ˈ æ nj ʊər eɪ t /), also referred to as PIR, polyol, or ISO, is a thermoset plastic [1] typically produced as a foam and used as rigid thermal insulation.

  5. Water quality - Wikipedia

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    The National Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress is a general report on water quality, providing overall information about the number of miles of streams and rivers and their aggregate condition. [65] The CWA requires states to adopt standards for each of the possible designated uses that they assign to their waters.

  6. Infrared signature - Wikipedia

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    Infrared signature, as used by defense scientists and the military, is the appearance of objects to infrared sensors. [1] An infrared signature depends on many factors, including the shape and size of the object, [2] temperature, [3] and emissivity, reflection of external sources (earthshine, sunshine, skyshine) from the object's surface, [4] the background against which it is viewed [5] and ...

  7. Freshwater environmental quality parameters - Wikipedia

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    Freshwater environmental quality parameters are those chemical, physical and biological parameters that can be used to characterise a freshwater body. Because almost all water bodies are dynamic in their composition, the relevant quality parameters are typically expressed as a range of expected concentrations.

  8. Water pinch analysis - Wikipedia

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    The source and sink composite curves is a graphical tool for setting water recovery targets as well as for design of water recovery networks. [5] A 2018 study found by water pinch and water footprint analysis that for bricks with typical materials of clay and shale, the water consumption footprint was 2.02 L of water per brick. [6]

  9. Bacteriological water analysis - Wikipedia

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    Bacteriological water analysis is a method of analysing water to estimate the numbers of bacteria present and, if needed, to find out what sort of bacteria they are. It represents one aspect of water quality. It is a microbiological analytical procedure which uses samples of water and from these samples determines the concentration of bacteria ...