TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ii
UNDERTAKING v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
ABBREVIATIONS xi
TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii
LIST OF FIGURES xv
LIST OF TABLES xvii
CHAPTER-1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background: 1
1.2 Aim: 2
1.3 Research Question: 2
1.4 Research Objective: 2
1.5 Scope and Limitation 3
CHAPTER-2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4
2.1 Factors affecting the process of Evapotranspiration 4
2.2 Existing research studies and adopted methodologies 4
2.2.1 Simulation based studies 5
2.2.2 Experimental based studies 6
2.3 Summary 7
CHAPTER-3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 8
3.1 Overview: 8
3.2 Selection of Trees for research study: 9
3.3 Data Collection for Characteristic of Trees 9
3.3.1 Data collection from literature 9
3.3.2 ENVI-met Tree modelling 10
3.4 Empirical equations to determine latent heat flux at canopy layer and change in
outdoor climatic conditions. 12
3.5 Empirical equations to determine Latent load of indoor space 13
CHAPTER-4: RESULTS 14
4.1 Calculation results for Neem tree: 15
4.2 Calculation results for Banyan tree: 16
4.3 Sensitivity analysis: 17
4.3.1 Sensitivity analysis for RH: 18
4.3.2 Sensitivity analysis for DBT: 19
4.3.3 Sensitivity analysis for LAI: 20
4.3.4 Correlation between change in outdoor specific humidity and the change in
indoor latent load due to single tree: 22
CHAPTER-5: CONCLUSION 24
REFERENCES 25
APPENDIX 28