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Recycling - the process of transforming waste into new materials - represent a modern alternative for eliminating waste and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Recycling - part of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in the hierarchy of waste пїЅ helps to reduce the consumption of raw materials and to reduce energy consumption, air pollution (in phase of combustion waste) and water (in phase of waste storage). Among the recyclable materials such as glass, paper, plastic, metal, textiles are used tires. These tires...

Ground based radar interferometry is one of the currently used, remote measurement technologies allowing to determine the displacements of the monitored area. This technology use a radar operating in the microwave band, which emits a beam in the direction of the monitored area, and then after reflection processes and registers it in the form of radar image. In order to determine the value of the displacement it is necessary to perform at least two measurements on the basis of which the interferogram is generated. ...

In this paper we want to highlight the advantages of creating and using forms for collecting data regarding the main changes in an urban environment, including cadastral and utilities data. These forms can be accessed from mobile devices and the reported results are analyzed in a desktop application. The users are able to send their location linked with attribute data. This approach can be used successfully in a working team or can be disseminated for interested community members, as a crowdsource possibility. Cro...

The periodical inspection of areas from closed/in closure process mines is a very difficult and labor-intensive activity. Processing of data , mainly in digital and graphical form, together with written reports can be substantially simplified using simple, available and cheap common purpose GIS/GPS hardware and software tools. The paper deals with a tracking algorithm for monitoring the closed mines area in order to obtain periodic images and maps with the state of facilities. The main achievement is the trans-cal...

Lignite open pit mines have large extent, the excavating and stacking equipment are far one from other, the conveying equipment ale very long, so, the face / mine managers have to record a big amount of data when making daily/weekly/monthly inspections. Also, they are critical inspection points, which are moving with the face's advance. The paper deals with a method and procedure of using smart phones with GPS for taking photos, which are after inspection geo-referenced on the mine plan and on the maps. The author...

The article discusses an urgent problem of developing wastewater treatment technologies that ensure high efficiency with simultaneous reduction of energy consumption and mass and size of a plant. Cavitation treatment is one of the modern and promising physico-mechanical wastewater treatment methods. Cavitation is a rupture of dropping liquid under the action of tensile stresses due to the change of characteristics of the velocity and pressure fields occurring at rarefaction in the considered point of the liquid. D...

The main aim of this research work is to compare the performance of hyperspectral and multispectral data for spectral land cover classes and develop their spectral library in Samara, Russia. We were analyzed and compared Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Hyperion hyperspectral data to Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Advance Land Imager (ALI) multispectral data. Hyperspectral imagers, currently available on airborne platforms, provide increased spectral resolution over existing space based sensors that can docum...

In Russia, terms пїЅmarker substanceпїЅ or пїЅmarker parameterпїЅ have been used in regulatory acts on Best Available Techniques (BATs). For BAT-related purposes it is needed to select most significant, marker (or indicator) parameters characterizing applied technologies and useful for setting BAT-associated emission limit values. When reliable environmental performance data are scarce and self-monitoring practices are not fully developed, marker parameters should be chosen by means of expert analysis. Russian inf...

During longwall mining extraction, extremely high permeable spaces, called пїЅgobsпїЅ, are often created within crushed strata. Those gobs and abandoned: pathways, tunnels, ventilation entries or shafts, could be capacious storage deposits for coal-released gases, particular methane. This methane may be valuable source of both, energy and heat production, in active and post mining areas. Gases form crushed, fractured zones are explored by vertical boreholes drilled from surface, called gob gas ventholes (GGVs). GG...

Geophysical monitoring is a new trend in applied geophysics studying the impact of ground waters on foundations of modern buildings. Here we show that recording variation of physical fields associated with ground water dynamics is a highly efficient tool for understanding the impact of ground and industrial waters on architectural monuments. This new methodology was first tested by the author on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin to determine the nature of geological processes that influence building foundations i...

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), which have become more popular in recent years, can obtain data on demand in a short time with a resolution within centimeters. Data collection is environmentally friendly and low-cost from an economical point of view; of course it is best for small areas, such as square kmпїЅs, only by using winged drones or in a few hectares by use of multi-copters. Both types have their advantages and disadvantages. Our laboratory of photogrammetry has, since 2012, focused on using RPAS...

Carbonate eluvium is suffusion unstable soil, where voids and cavities can be formed. This can lead to adverse effects and disasters in the constructions of buildings and structures. This article presents the results of using the Plaxis Software for the determination of the critical depth and critical diameter of the cavities in which the possible collapse. The total thickness of the carbonate eluvium exceeds twenty meters in the study area. The calculation model of the cavity growth included the geometric model o...

In this paper we describe the results of satellite monitoring of Mount Etna on Sicily from January to December 2015. According to data of The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Italy), INGV, there were three strong eruptions of Etna (31 January, 13 May and 03 December 2015). Satellite data of the retrieved concentration of sulphur dioxide was used for monitoring. The data was obtained from OMI instrument (Ozone Monitoring Instrument, AURA satellite) measurements in the ultraviolet band. According to...

Recently, the volume of scientific literature has grown rapidly raising an imminent question about its storage and organization. Many research papers are often available only through the websites of the relevant scientific journals. It is an essential problem when different classification codes are used in order to organize these papers or when specific categorization in a certain scientific field is missing. This leads to unnecessary complications in the researchers' aims who want to quickly and easily find liter...

Historical artifacts are not inherited to us, but are the most precious works we will pass on to future generations.Documentation and preservation of historical works is one of the common tasks of human being. Historical artifacts are constantly eroded and worn over time in natural and unnatural ways. The restoration and consolidation of these structures should be taken as a whole in their work. Measurements and modeling of the work should be made from technological developments. The terrestrial photogrammetry tec...

The paper presents an innovative strain and temperature measurement method using the fibre Bragg grating (FBG) technology to monitor the design and operating safety of selected underground mining machinery and equipment. The system is based on the fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors or sensors using the optical time domain reflectometry (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) technology. The essence of the solution is to introduce FBG sensors into the structure to make them act as its пїЅnervous systemпїЅ. Compared to c...

This article presents issues related to model building for tasks of forming and modifying a custom user interface. We describe the possibility of using neural network methods to process the input data and classify the categories of user interfaces. The investigated task is solved by modeling the structure of an artificial neural network based on a multilayer perceptron. The preparation of a training data set and the use of this set for the training of neural network are provided. Input layer is considered a distri...

The paper presents the original results regarding a computer program for production and reproduction data management in dairy cattle farms, with the statistics module necessary for the farmerпїЅs current processing and the genetic improvement of the livestock. The statistics module processes the data entered by the farmer and provides statistical data for several parameters specific to cattle farms, such as: X , пїЅs x , s, V%, genetic parameters (heritability, correlations, repetability) and the genetic evaluatio...

Plastics are materials used in almost all areas of human activity and also in various branches of industry and in life in general. The growing production of plastics, their volume are evenly growing up also in the waste, therefore it is necessary to solve the plastic waste problem. The contribution deals with the using of recycled plastics plates and testing of sorted plastic waste. From the plastic waste as the semi-products re prepared for example the plastic plates by extruding technology, it means recycled pla...

Most of the enterprises operate in a competitive environment and in very rapid development of ICT (information and communication technology) and other technological facilities. So, enterprises are forced to be transformed from classic way of manufacturing into manufacturing digitalization to be competitive on the today market. This paper presents the usage of ICT on the FMI (Furniture and Metalworking Industry) of Kosovo and their impact on the path to the digital factory. Introducing computerized system and other...

The cycle transport is fast developing in the Czech Republic. Gradually becomes not only a sport and way for use free time, but also a full-fledged type of transport. For this to become cycling transport alternative to mobility in cities is need to urban development must also adapt to the needs of cycle transport. It is not only the development of cycle track, but also integrating of cycling transport into the transport system. For fluent and particularly safe keeping cycle transport is also used by interchanges. ...

An increasing frequency and magnitude of flash floods motivates water managers and other authorities to focus on enhancing flood protection of small headwater watersheds, which are especially vulnerable to this type of flooding. One of the ways how to achieve this goal is to increase the volume of existing small water reservoirs (SWR) dedicated to store flood wave. This paper investigates the possibilities of utilizing a SWR Vrbovce (west of Slovakia), which is currently being used for water supply and fishery, in...

In underground mines the methane, accompanying the exploitation of the primary mineral - hard coal, and is discharged into the atmosphere in two ways: with ventilation air (70%) and methane drainage system (30%). The development of methane from coal seams is important for the following reasons: as it can be used for the production of electricity and heat or in cogeneration. This is because the emission of methane into the atmosphere contributes to the greenhouse effect. Currently the work is being carried out by t...

Close to human residences the places often abound where anthropogenic activity and external factors cause their changes. The changes can often influence their inhibitantsпїЅ life thanks to incipient dangerous places. The project of successful design of measures to ensure stability of unstable running blocks depends on chosen approaches and primary resource preparation. Utilization of modern technologies in their taking and processing is required nowadays. The paper describes the taking and processing of datas for ...

FREEWAT Platform is a free open-source tool for water resource management created within the frame of HORIZON 2020 project FREE and open source software tools for WATer resource management, financed by the EU Commission. The projectпїЅs Consortium is constituted by partners from various water sectors from 10 EU countries, plus Turkey and Ukraine and large stakeholdersпїЅ involvement is thought to guarantee results in its dissemination and exploitation. The FREEWAT platform is an integrated modelling environment fo...

Cyclophosphamide - N,N - bis (2 - chloroethyl) - 1,3,2 пїЅ oxazaphosphinan пїЅ 2 -amine 2-oxide is one of the widely used drugs in cancer treatment, which presents genotoxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic potential. Previously reported studies proved that long time exposure to cyclophosphamide and their metabolites leads to negative effects upon the environment and human health. Therefore, there is a need for more performant treatment processes for cyclophosphamide advanced degradation from which heterog...

Over 400,000 shells of different calibers were dumped in Burgas Bay after the end of WWI. The operation, under the coordination of the British forces, was completed without the dumping areas to be clearly mentioned and mapped, allowing us today to assume that they can be anywhere in Burgas Bay. Many other shells were also dumped in the sea at the end of WWII. During the first phase of expansion of Burgas harbor, carried out between 2001 and 2006, a great deal of unexploded ammunition, originating from both WWI and...

The goal of article is to present an influence of V2G and G2V technology on electric power system. They were presented different ways of balancing the National Electric Power System by electric vehicles, which are taking part in V2G and G2V systems. By using technologies which support integration of electric vehicles with grid, a traditional grid can be developed and transformed to the Smart Grid. One of the systems that support electric vehicles is called Smart Metering. пїЅNegawattпїЅ is a theoretical unit, whic...

The paper presents a proposal for validation of a numerical model of a sedimentation process with use of a flow system. The essence of the proposed solution is to verify the numerical model using quantitative data, expressed by the flow rate and concentration of the suspension at the input and output of the device, as well as the qualitative data describing their granulometric composition. The analysis was carried out using a laboratory settler, as a sedimentation device, in which, during the purification process ...

The purpose of the paper is inventarization, mapping and valorization of coal mining waste dumps, which occur in the area of Gliwice city (southern Poland, NW part of USCB), for the needs of reclamation and management of examined objects and defining potential recovery of coal from the dumps. Valorization of post-mining waste dumps has been done using original methodology, considering problems of reclamation, management, accessibility of the dumps as well as environmental hazards. On three valorized post-mining wa...

Following mining and processing activity, results a significant amount of mining wastes, in the form of sterile mineral. These wastes are stored largely in mining tailing ponds or heaps. The chemical composition of the sterile material depends from one mining site to another. For long time worldwide, tailing deposits were considered waste deposits, without the possibility of future use. A few of the negative effects on the environment my constructing and exploiting mining tailing ponds, heaps, landfills, are the d...

The article presents the results of investigations into the chemical composition, contents of selected rare earth elements and the reaction of eluates obtained from the waste (ash and slag) produced in the process of hard coal combustion in a pulverized-fuel boiler. Samples for tests were taken from the ash and slag landfill from three 10-metre vertical profiles. The total content of REEs in the examined ash-slags ranges from 295 to 366 mg/kg. The average concentration of rare earth elements is 330 mg/kg, with a s...

Variable rate application (VRA) of mineral nitrogen fertilizers (NF) represents one of the parts of the new farming practice пїЅ precision agriculture. VRA has been developed to address the spatial variability of fields and vegetation. The objective of this study was to assess the potential effect of VRA of NF on qualitative parameters of grain and grain yield in real farm conditions. Assessment of the potential effect of VAR of NF application was performed in Spearhead Czech Company which has been using VAR techn...

Processing of copper ore strongly depends on its parameters, therefore the more accurate identification of them should improve the process efficiency. The ore exploited in the KGHM underground mines in Poland is among the most difficult for processing, mostly due to its differentiated lithological compound. It can be identified at mining faces but on the way to processing plants through the complex transportation system consisting of trucks, sectional and main belt conveyors and ore bunkers, the portions of ore ha...

In this work the received analytical material on bottom sediments more than 200 lakes is generalized in different landscape (climatic) zones of Western Siberia. The bottom sediments were studied by a set of modern methods of geochemistry, mineralogy, and crystal chemistry. We will try to highlight some of the general laws of horizontal and vertical distribution of natural radionuclides (NRN) in different types of bottom sediments of the inland lakes of Siberia. Based on NRN distribution in the bottom sediment of t...

The upper part of the Tatarstan Republic section is complexed by sedimentary of multi facies complexes of Middle Upper Permian, Mesozoic and Pliocene-Quaternary rocks. The surface and ground water are characterized by a wide variability in composition, mineralization, water hardness and other parameters. These variations are determined by a complex of natural and technogenic factors. The most important natural factor is interaction of the atmospheric precipitation and their derivates with soils and rocks of the se...

The study of the variations in the volume activity of radon-222 under natural conditions attests to their association with changes in porosity and permeability due to the stressstrain state of rocks. In most cases, the observed changes in the volume activity of radon in time are explained by lunar-solar tides, meteorological conditions, and a number of other factors. However, it is difficult to explain the observed relationship between the variations in volumetric activity of radon and tectonic events remote to ma...

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers are currently the standard equipment for precision positioning, navigation and timing, but their use in difficult environments, such as open mining pits, deep quarries, roads in canyons, is hindered by multipath propagation conditions or interference from adjacent equipment. In this paper, the improvements in signal tracking brought by use of vector tracking loops in GNSS receivers are analyzed. The effects of multipath conditions on tracking errors are diminishe...

Croatian territory is located at the transition region of Southeast Europe and the Mediterranean. Stretching through this area, Croatian territory is increasingly affecting dry periods affecting Europe. The task of this study was to perform analysis of ecosystems using MODIS products. Due to the large amount of data work was created using GIS tools for ease of reference in the data. The paper detailing the purpose and process of making it would be easier to interpret. Conclusions contribute to a better understandi...

Nowadays surveying пїЅ geological departments of Polish coal mines conduct forecasts of leverages of underground mining on area and construction works based on J. BialekпїЅs formulas including, among others, distant leverages, reactivation of old workings and mining margin. The objective of this article is the adequacy study of the conducted forecasts of area deformation in this way with relation to real values of deformation indicators confirmed by surveys. For this purpose, an example of a really terminated expl...

Wood based panels are mostly used in the building industry. Using these panels in details of flat roofs is one from their advantages. Problem occurs in the case of increased humidity mainly by leakage or water vapor condensation in the construction which causes degradation of panels. That causes also changes in basic characteristics and reduces the bearing capacity. This work contains utilization of the most used wooden panels. In thesis author evaluates influence of humidity in flat roofs details on creation of m...

Twenty years after finishing the dam ?unovo on river Danube about 15 km beneath Bratislava were after regular controls gradually exclude from system some observation boreholes. There were realised new investigation boreholes. The main reason of these boreholes was verification of the soil characteristics in depth where the periodical changing of water in Danube and in reservoir had negative influence on the permeability characteristics. One of the most important factors of safety is filtration stability of granula...

With the advance of mining to greater depths, the fully protecting safety pillar of shafts is progressively diminishing. Thus a certain part of the mineshaft and of the protected area on the surface is influenced by undermining. In such a case, it is necessary to assess the expected effect of mining on the mineshaft and the surface objects in relation to the preservation of their stability. Subsequently, it is necessary to carry out direct measurements of movements, and, if the case may be, deformations both in th...

Detecting people in videos or images in order to interpret their behaviour is nowadays an important part of safety and security monitoring. Detection of persons in videos is more challenging than detection of any other moving objects, be it animals or vehicles. This paper reviews the recent work on a developing tool - STATBOX for spatial analysis and modelling. STATBOX concept is based on the video data collection for a given territory, which can be taken using different devices such as mobile phones, surveillance...

In this paper, a case study of vinyl sheet pile application under the historical Sakarya Bridge on Sakarya River is studied. The main challenge of the project was the height of the application site. The design length of the piles were 10 m and the height of the bridge where the application was going to be made under; was 7,5 meters. In addition, gabions are present under the bridge ambutment and Provincal Authority of Historic Monuments expect no damage around the bridge. The soil of the site were well-degraded sa...

Various types of spatial data can be used in different parts of crisis management. We concentrate on support for evacuations. Analyses of the current situation show, that cartographic visualization can be used in different phases of an evacuation. We test the potential of open data in this paper. They can be used without legislative restrictions and for free. We choose the region around nuclear power plant Dukovany (Czech Republic) for the pilot study. Handbook for public in the case of radiation accident already ...

End-of-life solar photovoltaic (PV) panels represent a waste stream that will show high and rapid increase from 2020 onwards. Annual quantities could rise by a factor of 25 or higher in the period 2020 to 2050, turning waste PV panels into a material stream that will account for a significant share of waste electrical and electronic equipment occurrence. Assessing the types of modules on the market displays a high and further growing variety of PV panels, showing differences in design, basic technology and used co...

As direct consequence of the urban development, waste management is a multidimensional issue that incorporates political, institutional, social, environmental, and economic aspects. The paper aims to analize the efficiency of waste management strategy, implemented in the town of Boto?ani. It is also considering, the populationпїЅs level of education and perception, regarding selective collection and the quality of public Sanitation Services. Boto?ani is a second rank town (the most important in Boto?ani county), l...

Sustainable waste management has been increasing its importance recently inside the industrialized world. In accordance with European Union guidelines, Spain is carrying through an advanced policy that encourages waste reuse and recycling, it has also at social and economic agents disposition integrated management plans. From 2015 to 2022, it has been approved a plan which provides guidelines. However, that document, which is quite perfect, doesnпїЅt include an inventory of suitable mining holes for being use as l...

This study presents the evolution of residual chlorine concentration in the water distribution network for a town with 10 000 inhabitants. The distribution system consists of a tank, pump station, 41 loops, 175 junctions and 166 pipes. The paper presents also a methodology for computing the residual chlorine concentration decay in water distribution system, over a 7 days period of time. Chlorine is injected at the tank, with a constant concentration of 0.5 mg/l. A variable water demand over a 168 hours period is i...