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1. What is misting?
Fogging consists in producing a mist, a suspension in the air of a multitude of micro-droplets of water, each about ten micrometers in size. This two-phase mixture forms a water aerosol.
This technique is currently very much in vogue, as it is applied in many areas of everyday life, such as comfort (ambient cooling), entertainment (vaporous, colorful atmospheres), medicine (respiratory tract therapy) and, generally speaking, wherever humidification is necessary, advantageous or beneficial.
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the misting technique was used to refresh marathon runners.
The effectiveness of this technique is due to the very large heat and matter exchange surface created between the aerosol and any objects in contact by the very fine dispersion...
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What is misting?
Bibliography
Software tools
Properties of moist air online or downloadable http://nte.mines-albi.fr/Thermo/co/uc_PresentationCalculateur.html
Websites
Online course on moist air http://tifi2006.free.fr/logiciels/humidite%20cours.pdf
Events
SFT (Société Française de Thermique) conferences http://www.congres-sft.fr
International Spray Conference and exhibition May 2015, California USA http://www.asminternational.org/web/itsc-2015
Regulations
Decree of December 14, 2013 on the general requirements applicable to facilities covered by the registration regime under heading no. 2921 of the nomenclature of facilities classified for environmental protection.
Directory
Nozzle and spray system manufacturers
NRP http://www.pnr-france.fr/site-web/
Spraying System Co. http://www.spray.com/
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