English

Noun

siccity ‎(uncountable)

1. Dryness.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.156:

     To the preservation of life the natural heat is most requisite, though siccity and humidity […] be not excluded.

   • 2006, Joseph A. Munk, Arizona Sketches, p.124, ReadHowYouWant.com, ISBN 1442938609.

     Only by extreme siccity is such land possible when more water rises in evaporation than falls by precipitation.

   • 2007, Patricia Arlabosse, Jean-Henry Ferrasse, Didier Lecomte, Michel Crine, Yohann Dumont, Angélique Léonard, "Efficient sludge thermal processing: from drying to thermal valorization", in Evangelos Tsotsas, Arun S. Mujumdar (eds) Modern Drying Technology, Energy Savings, p.319, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 3527315594.

     At least regarding combustion, it is advisable to derive conditions for the auto-ignition of the wet sewage sludge from an enthalpy balance with a flame temperature of 600 °C. This generally gives values of siccity close to 50%.

Derived terms

• exsiccation