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Based on the lighting systems efficient utilization strategies analysis of lighting systems efficient utilization and through its synthesis with the options of intelligent control were for a design and calculation of lighting systems analyzes of the reference shop energysaving lighting system designs were carried out. The results of the rationalization procedures and measures that have been made for the purpose of a reduction of energy demand of industrial operations lighting systems, were the basis for a developm...

Water filling of remaining gaps of lignite open-pits are used frequently worldwide, is economically acceptable, having long-term benefits, regardless of the use of pit lakes. Choosing this type of use leads to appearance of a water surface, which may increase, for example, the ecological, productive, cultural value of both the landscapes and terrains. However, not every remaining gap can be flooded for extremely diverse reasons (slope stability issues, climate, regional development strategy, etc.). The paper propo...

Although the majority of the EU countries explore controlled waste management landfill sites for alternative electrical and thermal energy resources it has been found that some of these infrastructures exhibit several instability situations and environmental problems due to lack of landfill maintenance or inadequate waste separation, which may result in post closure inefficient biogas exploration or in reduction of potential landfill mining [1; 2]. In Portugal, there are presently several landfills in exploitation...

The article considers the theoretical aspects and practical methodology of cost-effective eco-directed structural design. Nowadays the problem of ecological safety of the construction process is significant all over the world. Most efficient ways to solve the problem are dealt with keeping the environmental requirements at all phases of construction and best possible conservation of the whole ecosystem. All kinds of environmental harm, caused by construction process, generally could be converted to certain amount ...

Currently, terrestrial laser scanning is one of the most common method of measurement used for registration of the shape of objects. This technology enables in short time to designate huge collections of spatial data, known as point clouds. Due to the amount of occupied memory, storing large data sets becomes now a big problem. One solution is to create algorithms that allows to reduce the amount of recorded data without losing the essential spatial information. On the market there are mostly paid programs, that a...

The results of research conducted in the field of development and application of mobile systems in problems of monitoring extreme weather situations (EWS). The proposed methods and development models take into account modern technologies like Map Reduce, Hadoop Java API, use of a precedent knowledge base about similar situations. The study places considerable emphasis on ensuring the reliability of the database and knowledge. Implementation of monitoring involves the use of a cloud of drones and other information ...

Soil erosion is a naturally occurring process on all land. The agents causing soil erosion are water (especially on sloping land) and wind (especially on horizontally land), each contributing a significant amount of soil loss each year. These factors are responsible for about 84% of the global extent of degraded land, making excessive erosion one of the most significant environmental problems worldwide. Soil erosion is a slow process that continues relatively unobserved, or it may occur at an alarming rate causing...

The object of this paper is represented by the analysis of a grid foundation for a light reinforced concrete structure. The need for this kind of analysis was imposed by the foundation ground conditions. In the case of sites presenting differentiate foundation ground conditions in the perimeter of a construction it is necessary a detailed analysis of the foundation conditions of the site and also, the behavior of the ensemble of the entire structure. So, is stent an adjustment of the foundation solution to the sit...

The paper presents and analyzes the experimental results obtained by the welding reconditioning of a pressure vessel made of 14CrMoV4, a Romanian trade of steel, which is the equivalent of 13CrMo4-5, in the European norm 10028-2/2009, steel, which functioned for a long period of time in the energetic industry. The welding process used for reconditioning is robotized gas metal arc welding (GMAW). A series of samples were realized using different technological parameters in order to obtain different geometrical conf...

The main theme of this article is a problem of storing underground utilities in different types of country. Supply services must meet dissimilar requirements for placing in rural or in the urban zone and respect all limits, which are binding in the known area. Technical security of urban settlement is a significant part of today's modern society, as is the flawless and reliable operation of water, energy and telecommunications networks. They all are a commonplace in each urbanized land and have an important impact...

Exploitation of groundwater deposits exerts an influence on the state of the hydrogeological objects and the environment at large. The special study is required for the areas with the limited-use surface water. Province of Kyzylorda is one of such regions in Kazakhstan. Its water supply is mainly realized by use of underground waters of Kyzylzharminski deposit. Methods of mathematical modeling play an important part in the process of studying the hydrogeological objects, which are subject to the effect of high tec...

Pig breeding is a profitable activity for small and large farms, being currently influenced in an increasing extent, by the international competition in this area. As a result, pig breeders must keep pace with changing technologies and production techniques to maintain the competitiveness of their farms. Also, it is necessary to take into account the new European regulations, particularly those relating to the environmental protection, the comfort of animal and food safety. The objective of this paper represents t...

Innovative methods in the investigation of low-grade uranium ores were tested. As the individual ore components in the rock are optically undetectable, we focused on the detection of selected elements (U, Zr, Fe, Nb), their possible associations and distribution. For this purpose, mineral mapping of sample surface was used. The studied samples are uranium-bearing sandstones with remarkable elemental and mineral compositions. Low concentrations of the main ore elements and the small size of mineral phases (in micro...

Soil organic matter is fundamental for the long-term sustainability of agro-ecosystems. An experiment was conducted on the experimental plot aiming to determine if organic matter represented by mulches with wool wastes and wood chips could induce changes in soil microbial community composition and activity and effects on improvement of soil suppressiveness to plant pathogens from the genus Fusarium. The soil was Technosol and the organic culture of edible roses was planted in 2015. In the summer of 2016 the soil w...

The most important stage of technological objects of control algorithms research is to develop an object model that reflects the processes taking place in the facility. Typical solutions for the management objects are based on the simplest models, operating parameters of the abstract. Such models, due to the abstract nature of the parameters do not allow a deep study and modify the characteristics of the object. For more deep research and synthesis of automatic control systems by introducing the interest of model ...

During summer field trips were collected several cores from Lake Rubskoe. Cores length is about 6 m and maximum age approximately 13 Ka according radiocarbon dating. For investigation chosen core ?4 (56.72545пїЅ N, 40.60657пїЅ E), were sediment sequence not destructed. Core was divided into 2 cm samples. Thermomagnetic curves measured for every fifth sample. The rate of heating was 100пїЅC/min. The measurements made in a constant magnetic field пїЅ 200 and 400 mT. We have got thermomagnetic curves of the first and...

This paper presents macro- and micromorphological, mineralogical and physicochemical characteristics of solonetzic processes that developed within a 14-cm-thick plough (P) layer of non-ameliorated Solonetz over a 50-year-long period of its post-agrogenic evolution. These processes have resulted in the formation of a microporofile with micromorphological features of eluvial-illuvial differentiation within the former plough layer. The mineralogical analysis of particle-size fractions (?1, 1пїЅ5, 5пїЅ10, >10 ?m) of t...

Due to the global problem of desertification, the demand in the diagnostics of the soil forming in the desert conditions is increased. The desert varnish and the vesicular (porous) crust horizon are distinctive morphological features of desert landscapes and, at the same time, generally recognized features of desert soil formation, being commonly referred to as the yermic horizons in different sub-groups within reference groups of desert soils. The objects of the present study were the surface horizons of vesicula...

The microseismic monitoring is a method of monitoring of fracture propagation during hydraulic fracturing process. Hydraulic fracturing is a method of reservoir stimulation used especially for unconventional gas recovery. A matrix of several thousand geophones is placed on the surface of earth to record every little tremor of ground induced by fracturing process. Afterwards, the signal is analysed and the place of tremor occurrence is calculated. The detection of microseismic event is not trivial especially in noi...

Despite the common application of a wide variety of IT solutions in organisations, one may relatively frequently come across processes under which information is manually processed by employees, and even if specific IT tools are used for the processing, the extent of operations conducted manually remains considerable. In numerous cases, similar processes may be supported by tools created using spreadsheets. Such tools can be developed by means of a rather narrow array of embedded spreadsheet features and mechanism...

In modified Tube reactor, where the average concentration of solids amounts to 0.1- 0.2 t/m3, i.e. the conditions for residence time are long enough for the thermal combustion of biomass waste and coal and extensive gas mixing with 60-70% excess air so enhancing biomass combustion and heat transfers to the boilers. It is necessary to create conditions of internal circulation without the transported coal and waste in modified Tube and boiler, 90-95% combustion yield were observed at the end of combustion. Total hea...

This paper describes the current applied research of microwave pyrolysis (MP) treatment of sewage sludge at laboratory and full-scale conditions at University of Pavia (UNIPV) and Brno University of Technology, AdMaS research centre (BUT AdMaS). Disposal of sewage sludge is becoming one of the most important issues in waste water management in EU, particularly thermal treatment and reuse of sludge. Thermal treatment is often associated with incineration, but there are alternative methods such as gasification or py...

This paper presents a study of performance evaluation of some fluid cement-based mortars containing mineral admixtures used as structural bonding material for fixing reinforcing steel bars in hardened concrete. The paper includes the developing of performance anchoring mortar for post-installed rebars based on ordinary blended cements. A series of standardized tests were performed within the experimental setup with the objective of assessing the performance of the mortars in terms of fluidity, cohesiveness and ear...

It has been statistically proven that tuffogenic sediments, especially tonsteins, have a negative impact on the incidence of pneumoconiosis (silicosis) among miners in French coal basin. Therefore, the rocks attract the interest of geologists not only due to their origin and possibility of use for correlation purposes, but also as a source of dust hazard in mines. The present publication presents mineralogical tests of inhalable grain size dust formed during the exploitation of a coal seam with a tonstein overgrow...

A new mineralogical mobile phone application was created named Mineralmicr. Mineralmicr is an application that includes for the first time in a mobile phone application or computer program or in general on internet a database of 60 common minerals under petrographic microscope. In these videos the optical properties of each mineral are explained in detail using English subtitles. Mineralmicr is an application in which the user can identify the minerals under petrographic microscope by using nine specific filters t...

The Vanavar Formation is a terrigenous horizon (1 to 200 m thick) at the boundary of the Tonian-Cryogenian and Ediacaran-Fortunian carbonate complexes. The geological position of the Vanavar Formation and the intensive facies variability do not permit a clear characterization of the conditions for its accumulation. Additional interest in the study of Vanavar Formation caused by its oil-and-gas bearing deposits. The objects of research are the core samples selected from well ? 3 of Pridutsky area. The mineral and c...

This article discusses a comprehensive study of the sand samples, which were selected on the Arabian seashores (Kovalam, Kollam, Kerala, India), and produced ilmenite, zircon, garnet and monazite concentrates (Chavara field, Kerala, India). As a result of versatile research, realized in the laboratories of KFU, which represented mineral and radionuclide composition of the studied samples, marginally represented La, Yb, Hf. Discovered free of impurities zircon, as well as zircon of the hafnium species. The studies ...

In this study, the Springbok coalfields coal samples were collected and subjected to different temperatures ranging between 700-900 пїЅC under nitrogen atmosphere in order to investigate the effect of combustion on the mineral changes. The proximate analysis, calorific value of both raw samples and combusted were carried out. Characterisation and mineralogy of samples (1426, 1427, 1428 and 1429) carried out by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, FTIR and SEM incorporated with EDS. Calorific value (CV) ranging f...

Bitumen deposits in Permian sediments in the Volga-Ural region are interesting as sources of unconventional oil. The reservoir rocks in the bituminous deposits are sand and sandstone of varying degrees of strength. For the prognosis of productive areas, it is important to study the peculiarities of the composition of bitumen-containing rocks and the mechanisms of localization of oil matter in them. These processes are closely related to the conditions of formation of the surrounding rocks. We examined samples of b...

The main goal of our paper was to determine the consequences of selenium intake (0.2 ppm as selenium selenite) on mineral profile of some broiler chicken (Ross) tissues/organs. Scarcity of studies on reference ranges for various minerals in different tissues was the secondary reason of our study. Our results highlighted significant variations on minerals content from studied samples: blood пїЅ Cu, Mn, Fe; faeces пїЅ Cu, Mn, Fe, Mg; muscular stomach пїЅ Fe, Zn, Ca; liver пїЅ Fe, Mg, Ca, Na; kidney пїЅ Cu, Mg, Ca, N...

The demand for natural resources and the associated need for drilling works will continue to grow. This is mainly due to turbulence in the markets for trade and transmission of raw materials by pipelines between countries. In addition, the aim is to become independent from external supplies. Growing demand for natural resources (petroleum, natural gas, shale gas, etc.) will increase the volume of drilling works. They interfere directly with the environment at their place of performance. Through the use of new tech...

Over the last few years, science has advanced unprecedentedly in explaining phenomena and facts with a high impact on society: earthquakes for example. On the other hand, new technologies are transforming the way (seismological) information is collected and transmitted to public and other various stakeholders categories. From interactive multimedia content to immersive experiences, difficult concepts become easier to be transmitted and understood by a wide variety of audience, starting with children, a most import...

Online monitoring of plankton in lake-type reservoirs requires the development of a model which is based on previous information, can assess the current state and predict the concentration of plankton in the future. An improved view of previous periods is possible on the basis of reanalysis techniques. These data can be used as a basis for modeling the profile of wind characteristics and the temperature profile which varies with its influence. A one-dimensional model for lake type reservoir is used in the program ...

Current research directions in the field of both architecture and constructions are aimed towards satisfying the userпїЅs need in an ever-growing context that is struggling to drastically reduce energy consumption related to buildings. When designing housing units, that are always changing and evolving, it is imperative to consider developing a building envelope which seamlessly adapts to its surrounding climate conditions, so that exploiting and maintenance costs can be reduced according to the userпїЅs financial...

We propose a model of a programmable quantum processing device realizable with existing nanophotonic technologies and which can be viewed as a basis for new high performance hardware architectures. The physical architecture is formalized by a mathematical model of the Quantum Processing Unit (QPU), which is a hardware-specific modification of the quantum circuit model of computation, and it is universal as well, since the available set of operations provides a universal basis for quantum computations. The proposed...

In recent years one may observe a rapidly growing demand for spatial information used in the decision-making processes concerning the functioning of States and the quality of citizensпїЅ life. The number of institutions that record data as well as the quantity of information also constantly keeps growing. Official databases containing spatial information are created and run in Poland and the Topographic objects database (BDOT10k) is one of the basic databases covering an area of the whole country. An essential com...

In this article the air infiltration through the envelope of a naturally ventilated building, located in Bra?ov (Romania) is studied. The paper presents the study of the factors which influence the air infiltration пїЅ wind effect and stack effect пїЅ and the modeling of air change rate (ACH) inside the building, by Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) modeling. It has been found that ?T can be a good predictor of ACH because of its high physically correlation with this. Another conclusion of the study is that althoug...

A mathematical model of the dynamics of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process during the separation of multicomponent gas mixtures with the aim of producing hydrogen has been developed. The model allows to calculate the profiles of component concentrations (H2, CO2 and CO) and temperature in gas and solid phases, the pressure and velocity of the gas mixture along the height of the adsorbent depending on time. As a result of the computational experiments, the effect of changes in the temperature, composition, and...

Historical buildings require advanced measurement tools and techniques to be documented in detail and precisely because of their different natural characteristics, different dimensions, and complex architectural constructions. In this study, precise measurements were made with TotalStation, and photographs of historical works were taken from different angles. The obtained raw data were evaluated in a computer environment and a 3D model was obtained. It has been observed that the use of this system, which has start...

The article presents modeling data on taxes and average annual salary in Bulgaria. This information is stored in a created relational database containing twelve tables. Updating the database is done each year, and the respective new records are entered into the indicated tables. The data about the taxes that are included in total expenditure of households by expenditure groups, average annual salary in Bulgaria and average annual salary by regions (North-West, North Central, North-East, South-East, South-West and ...

The aim of the work is to assess consequences of polychaetes Marenzelleria spp. invasion for the Gulf of Finland ecosystem in a future climate. With this objective benthic submodel of the 3-dimentional eco-hydrodynamic Saint-Petersburg Baltic sea Eutrophication Model (SPBEM) was applied. In the model 4 numerical experiments were carried out: 1) 2 control runs excluding the effects of Marenzelleria spp. under two different scenarios of global climate change (based on ECHAM5 model of Max Planck Institute of Meteorol...

The granulation process is a common method of increasing the size of grains of the bulk materials. Doing so allows to create a relatively stable structures, among others to facilitate material transport and reducing generated dust. The granulation process, however, is quite complex one, especially due to the variety of materials undergoing granulation (for example energetic materials or fertilizers) and the sensitivity of the process input parameters. The article presents an innovative method for studying the gran...

Parameters of local scours in an unprotected part of the riverbed behind the hydrosystem end structures are determined by distribution of kinematic characteristics of the flow. The kinematic characteristics in cross-sections of a natural part of the riverbed depend on a number of factors, including the bottom roughness, flow depth and water surface slope. To solve the problem of calculating the velocity distribution over the cross-section of the drainage channel, we used Navier - Stokes equations for the uniform s...

Year by year, the growth of the share of heavy oils in the total volume is steadily increasing. For development of highly effective methods for its processing, approaches to modelling their properties should be elaborated. This thesis is dedicated to deriving and substantiating a formula for calculation of the velocity field in the round pipe volume as adjusted for rheological features of the flow of heavy oil suspensions. The suggested approach is based upon rheodynamics equations reflecting the flow of a rheolog...

Forecasting of viscosity value in blending of oil products is an important production task, settlement thereof influence the selection of its pumping mode and a number of other technological aspects. Quite high-precision models have been offered for the objects similar in viscosity, but at significantly different value of viscosity for the mixture components there is a great error. Graphic diagrams of interaction of petroleum-bitumen suspension-kerosene mixture viscosity at various ratios of its components and var...

The results of the electron temperature distribution modelling in the F region of the subauroral ionosphere for different helio-geomagnetic conditions are presented taking into account magnetospheric heat fluxes. The study has been carried out using the threedimensional model of the high-latitude ionosphere in EulerпїЅs variables which taking into account its thermal regime. It is shown that during the period of low solar activity in winter solstice condition the displacement of poles leads to regular longitudinal...

The erosion of the soil is characterized for the disaggregation and transport of the superficial material, promoted by the hydric or eolic action, leading to the impoverishment of the soil, and in extreme cases to the desertification. This process is complex and depends on a multiplicity of factors that differ in the time and space, whose universality and simultaneous particularities, becomes it difficult to equate and to quantify. Modeling can provide a quantitative and consistent approach to estimate soil erosio...

This article is considering anthropogenic and natural pollution, which leads to a change in global temperature. The article also talks about the Greenhouse effect and global climate change. The average global temperatures can fluctuate within years and even decades, for different natural reasons. The article analyses how the world pollution leads to a change in the global average temperature. The aim is to create a model that will show us the relations between the changes in global average temperature with the pol...

Asphalt-resin-paraffin deposits deposited in the extraction of oils considered difficult to recover are investigated. Specific features of asphalt deposition of resin-paraffin deposits, caused by different content of high-molecular components in them and their properties, are revealed. Redistribution of petroleum paraffin hydrocarbons and asphaltenes between oil and asphalten-resin-paraffinic deposits deposited from them is shown. The process of precipitation of high-molecular components from heavy oil under dynam...

A significant part of the salinized lands is situated in the continental Asia. These areas include the south of Western Siberia, part of the south of Eastern Siberia, including Zabaikalye and Yakutia, Kazakhstan, the republics of Central Asia and Caucasus, the central part of China, Mongolia, Turkey, Iran and India. In Yakutia the 27,7% of farmland territories consists of frozen salinized soils, mainly concentrated in the central part of Yakutia. Such problems as the distribution of natural salts in the soil profi...