ice stupa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A cone of ice that is reminiscent of the shape of a stupa.
Noun[edit]
ice stupa (plural ice stupas)
- A rough cone of ice created by spraying piped water into the air in freezing conditions, used to store water in a form that allows gradual release over an extended time.
- 2016, Carey Clouse, “Design for Autonomy: Water Resources in Ladakh”, in Anandajit Goswami, Arabinda Mishra, editors, Economic Modeling, Analysis, and Policy for Sustainability, Business Science Reference, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 255:
- Ice stupas were designed by Sonam Wangchuk in 2014, as scalable ice towers that can store fall and winter water, as ice, for use during the following spring and summer.
- 2023, Hersh Haladker, Raghunath Mashelkar, “Can a Popsicle Ease Global Warming Problems?”, in Exprovement: Exponential Improvement Through Converging Parallels, Penguin, →ISBN, page 65:
- By controlling the state of water—converting it from a fast-flowing liquid into ice, and then later into a slow-flowing liquid state, whilst also ensuring that none of it is lost via evaporation—the ice stupa has inadvertently utlized freeze concentration in a new and unique way, adapting it to the farming industry.