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Czestochowa is a city located in the south of Poland. It is famous, first of all, for the Black-Madonna Monastery, to which many pilgrims come by foot every year. Not everyone knows that this is a city located on the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland, which is famous for its beautiful views and areas. The Unpland is willingly visited by many tourists who travel its tourist trails by car, on foot, by bike or even on horseback. Unfortunately, both local enterprises and residents are unaware of the impact they have on the Up...

The Cracow-Czestochowa Upland is famous for interesting views and natural places to spend free time with friends or members of family. Unfortunately, both industry and residents have a negative impact on this area. Recently, people's awareness has been slowly re-evaluating. People begin to understand the need to think about the natural environment, they finally know that they are not the only species on the Earth, they do not have a special right to use the environment's resources and have found that the state of ...

In Poland there are 12 millions of households. Many people from these households, thanks to the changing legal regulations, pro-ecological actions, started to understand that their way of living and running their houses can have an influence on the natural environment. They began to think and act in an ecological way. The ecological way of living does not mean a large-scale operations, such as installing solar panels, building an eco-friendly, passive house. Simple activities such as thoughtful shopping, segregati...

For most of us, a home is more than just a collection of different rooms. For people, the home serves as a shelter from adverse weather conditions and provides a sense of security. We spend most of our time there, have fun with the nearest family, learn, work, rise children, we sleep, eat meals, we care about cleanliness and hygiene. Our home should be furnished and conducted in accordance with ourselves and our family habits. Many issues related to the ecology begin to play a large role in the topic of housekeepi...

Studying physiological and biochemical mechanisms of wheat adaptation to ecological stresses considerable interest of scientists is attracted influence of low and high temperatures (a frost and a drought), heavy metals (HMs). Genotypes, such as facultative forms and germplasm of wild relatives, allow increasing ecological resistance of wheat. Collection material from 2014 - 2017 included 30 facultative lines from 8 wheat varieties and 15 introgressive forms received by trans-species hybridization of 6 varieties of...

Since 2016 in the Peoples? Friendship University of Russia (RUDN-University) is carried out a project on the environmental monitoring of campus. We consider the campus as a social significant territory: currently, the ?population? (staff and students) is over 8,000 but the technogenic pressure is constantly increasing from year to the year because of transport activity. At the moment, the information about acoustic pressure, soil, snow and air pollution has been gathered and processed. It allows to develop the sch...

Air transport is presented as the one of the major sectors contributing to global warming. According international reports air transport share of CO2 emissions is 2%. Overall impact to global warming is around 3%. While there is still insufficient scientific research into the impact of air transport on cloud formation from contrials, the impact of aviation on the climate caused by aviation emissions is already well-mapped. Noise pollution in airports is another significant problem. Companies try to limit noise by ...

This paper analyzes the presence of major employers in the core cities of bi-centric Hradec Kr?lov? ? Pardubice agglomeration which are the main sources of economic potential for the entire agglomeration area and important location in terms of GDP generation at national level. The presence of the different economically active entities also significantly influences the numbers of inhabitants not only residing in the agglomeration but also migrating there for work. Due to this facts both core cities face the issue o...

Evaluation of the profitability of investment projects in the oil industry have been the subject of numerous publications both international and Polish. Global primary energy consumption growth will undoubtedly cause difficulties in predicting changes of the price of crude oil and other energy sources. The strategy of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which has being implemented in Europe, would also affect the economic viability of enhanced hydrocarbon recovery methods of injecting CO2 into the oil deposit (CO2-...

The paper is focused on the issue of the economic evaluation of the revitalization of brownfields in the form of abandoned mining areas. The issue of the abandoned mining areas is in the Czech Republic the long-time social-economic problem, which it is necessary in the close future to solve in an appropriate way. There exist more possibilities, how the issue of brownfield can be solved, however not all possible solutions it is possible to consider as optimal from the whole society point of view. The main objective...

On the basis of structure and qualitative parameters of agricultural soils, there are only 23.4% non-profitable soils for the winter wheat growing in the total area of the Gemer Region. The same percentage for the corn maize growing is 78.7%, for the sugar beet growing 80.0 % and for winter rape growing 46.0% of the total agricultural soils area in the mentioned region. Generally, for the crop production, it can be stated, that without production subsidies, at the present economic situation there are 65.9% soils n...

The aim of the paper is to illuminate the problem of the influence of the building material's fuel source on selected fire parameters of enclosure fires. The course of the fire is influenced by various factors, and as the fire pattern in the enclosure differs from the course of fire in the open space, so are the factors influencing the course, temperature rise or fall. The development of a fire is the term under which we understand the gradual growth and development of the fire. Within the overall fire development...

It is obvious that the presence of microfractures in a porous medium increases its permeability. What is unclear is the magnitude of this effect, as it cannot be calculated directly. With the assumption that the fractures are small channels, it is possible to calculate the permeability of a fracture at a given state. In 2018 Pasztor proved that under laboratory conditions the flow will be laminar in the channels, hence the fracture density can be easily determined from simple laboratory measurements (with the ?per...

Studies were conducted in an intensive fruit-bearing apple orchard in the South of Russia in the Chechen Republic. Layout scheme - 3,75?1,5 m, the formation of trees - a slender spindle. The object of study were apple cultivars Renet Simirenko (control), Granny Smith, Florina (M9). The main soil cultivation (autumn plowing) was carried out once in 3-4 years by garden plows or plows-lushmen at a depth of 14-16 to 18-20 cm in row-spacing and 6-12 cm in the trenches. Cropping blocks in an intensive garden with dwarf ...

This manuscript concentrates on the relationship between pellets quality, which is represented by the pellets physical properties, and the input composition of raw material. The main aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the raw material composition, which influences the pellets quality and the pellets quality indicators - physical properties of pellets. During the biomass densification also the raw material properties significantly influences the final solid biofuels quality. Therefore the ra...

Air injection technology, including high?pressure air injection and in-situ combustion, is an effective method for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). It is widely accepted that, in an air injection process, the oxidation of crude oil plays an important role in the displacement mechanism in an in-situ combustion process. In recent years, thermal analysis techniques have become highly important tools for the investigation of crude oil combustion. Thermogravimetry (TG/DTG) have been widely used to characterize the oxidatio...

In this work to study influence ratio of the components of the gas mixture of oxygen with nitrogen at thermodynamic, kinetic parameters of oxidation oil at reservoir conditions. Mixtures of oxygen with nitrogen were obtained by gravimetric method with different ratios. The oxygen content in the gas mixtures was 3, 15, 21, 40%. The main methods used accelerating rate calorimetry (ARC). Beginning of the combustion (oxidation) process depends on the oxygen content of the gas mixture. The higher oxygen content in the ...

Air injection technology is an effective method for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The advantage of this method is that it can be used for different oil reservoirs, such as light oil, medium oil and heavy oil. The composition of crude oil has an important influence on the oxidation behavior. Therefore, it is necessary to study the oxidation behavior of different crude oils. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) has been widely used to investigate the oxidation process of different fossil fuel, such as, crude oil, ...

The article examines the main problems of the national industrial sector in a crisis. The national policy of import substitution is examined in the context of globalization. In the global economy, the development of industry in Russia is in a certain connection with the processes taking place in the highly-industrialized countries and the dynamic development and pricing competition from developing Asian countries. Tension in the geopolitical situation and the imposition of sanctions are putting pressure on the inp...

The subject of the effectiveness of innovative processes and identifying its determinants and measurement is crucial for both researchers and practitioners. Innovative processes, due to the high amount of resources involved and the level of risk, should be prepared adequately from the perspective of the procedure of innovative activities and monitoring their effects. The effectiveness category includes not only economic, but also non-economic values. The aim of the article is to present the problem of measuring th...

In this paper relationships of vessels and the environment, in which exploitation tasks are carried out, were presented. It was shown how important is rational choice of propulsion unit to construct a vessel which should be provided with proper energy to do the tasks given. Vessels are the biggest means of transport, then they also have a profound influence on natural environment. That is why an attempt of analysis was made whether it is possible to replace hydrocarbon liquid fuels with alternative ones. For this ...

The Russian Federation is one of the world leaders in coal mining. The Russian coal branch is one of the key industries of the Russian Federation. Currently the government carries out measures for restructuring of the Russian coal industry. One of the major factors of coal branch sustainable development is to focus on foreign markets in condition to meet the demands of domestic market. One of the priority directions of the Russian coal industry development is providing trade of hi-tech power product. Thus consider...

This article is devoted to the study of the disastrous influence of oil and petroleum refinery products on the environment. The chemical composition of oil as well as its influence on soil are considered in the following paper. The effects of oil spill depend on the variety of factors including, the oil types and quantity of oil spills and their impact on the environment. Analysis of both the factors determining the harmful effect of petroleum products on the environment and the processes of decomposition of petro...

The presented paper deals with the determination of the efficiency of wastewater treatment plants, concentration limits and values of permissible pollution of surface water and wastewater, requirements for permitting discharges of wastewater into surface water and into sewerage in sensitive areas. The objective of this paper is to define the provisions of European Community legislation on surface water protection. These findings are applied in selected wastewater treatment plants in the Czech Republic where the mo...

The article considers the main elements of integration logistics, the functions implemented with its help in the field of material and technical support and supply, the characteristic of innovative stability is given and a universal logical model is constructed. Logistics, organized for the timely and purposeful receipt of inventory at the right time and in the right place with economic benefits at the lowest cost, is considered as the most important sphere of economic activity at the macro level and as a field of...

The explored area of Banat, located in NE Serbia, with its geological and geothermal characteristics, represents an area with extraordinary ecological potential. The geological structure of Banat is represented by various complexes of Neogene and Quaternary deposits. The Neogene sediments are mostly composed of sandstone, shale, marlstone, sand and gravel. Mesozoic igneous complex is represented by dacites, andesites and basalts. During Quaternary a relatively thick succession of genetically different types of sed...

The article describes the incidence of regulatory systems in humans for the population of the regions of Kazakhstan in conjunction with energy consumption, as well as morbidity for employees of the energy enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK). For the period from 2001 to 2014. energy consumption in kW/h per person per year in the Republic of Kazakhstan increased by 1.9 times, by regions of the country this growth was from 1.4 times to 6 times. A statistically significant direct link between the mean level ...

Current environmental problems, which are resulting from the construction in building sector require instrument to help with reducing resource consumption and environment pollution. Life cycle Assessment (LCA) is of the building sector popularly used tool to quantify the environmental impacts. There is a large number of impact assessment methods for quantification of environmental impacts in life cycle. LCA approach can be directly applied to the building sector. However, buildings are exceptional products and hav...

This article is referring to an analysis regarding the skating temperature variation and the electrical power energy consumption obtained by a removable outdoor ice rink, which was seasonal installed in the exterior of a big size commercial building in Romania. The electrical energy power consumption was performed during a period of five years, between 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, starting with the 15th of November and ending with the 15th of March, each period. The skating rink temperature varia...

Glass and ceramic industries fall into the category of energy-intensive emitting combustion gases and particulate matter to the air and considered as Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control installations both in the European Union and Russia. Since early 2000s, traditional sub-sectors including tile and brick manufacturing have been participating in a number of pilot projects intended to assess their environmental performance and energy efficiency evaluate opportunities for implementing Best Available Techniqu...

In this paper it is proposed a Hybrid Power Source (HPS), based on Renewable Energy Sources (RES), and a Fuel Cell (FC) system as backup energy source, which uses an optimal control strategy for the fueling rates of the FC (hydrogen and air) based on the load following (LF) control. The RESs power profile is given by the Photovoltaic (PV) panels and Wind Turbine (WT). Hydrogen and air needed to sustain the load are achieved through optimal control of the current realized in the LF control loop, the value of the cu...

The increasing demand for energy imposes strengthening the energy efficiency as a part of energy management on every level, with stress on production plants. Present paper is focused on energy management in renovated pellets production plant in Shumen town, Bulgaria. A comprehensive comparative analysis between the new wood pellets production line and substituted one is conducted. The net energy savings per year are calculated. The improvement of production line results in enhancing energy efficiency on every stag...

One of the main factors that influence the efficient use of cogeneration systems is the heat demand variation. The second influencing factor is generated by the restrictions imposed by the related legislation. Besides this two, the poor stage of the consumer?s insulation and of the heat distribution network, or the lack of the main know-how energy management concepts seriously affects the good functioning of a producer-consumer energy mix. The university together with the university Combined Heat and Power Plant (...

This paper addresses the possibility of using poultry manure pyrolysis to obtain energy-efficient products. Poultry manure pyrolysis is the intended technology of combustion for both ecological and energy generation purposes, obtaining coke and gas fuel. The waste subjected to pyrolysis had a behaviour very close to that of the inferior coal. This is also confirmed by the elemental analysis; high moisture value raising issues when direct combustion is used. The combustion of the poultry manure through various tech...

Nowadays, the role of healthy and sustainable consumption is increasing in Latvia. This trend focuses on animal welfare issues, promotion of organic products and enhancing of local businesses? green competiveness. Owing to the growing demand for organic products, the number of organic farms in Latvia is increasing. However, not all local producers are aware of their marketing strategy?s compliance with the real situation in the market. Today, customers? needs are more sophisticated and they are knowledgeable about...

The paper describes the case of excavation reclamation after exploitation of gravel, located in the Sola River valley in Rajsko, in the range of the Nature 2000 area Lower Sola Valley (PLB120004), within and the vicinity of the Nature 2000 area of Lower Sola (PLH120083), the vicinity of breeding ponds. There is a Quaternary aquifer in the excavation bottom. 540,000 tonnes of waste from a nearby hard coal mine were used for ground works, which filled the excavation after exploitation of gravel. As a part of the fie...

Small rivers play an important role in the development of the hydrographic network and are tributaries of basin-forming rivers. Usually, it is shallow, which largely exposes them to the high impact of anthropogenic load. Anthropogenic pressure on water resources, especially in the Moscow and Moscow region, reached a rather significant level in this period. A critical situation occurs during the low water period, when the rivers switch to groundwater feeding and their runoff becomes minimal. With the formation of r...

The Plan of Economic and Social Development is a basic and medium-term developmental document for the local self-government in which environmental policy is focused on the quality of citizens lives. The cities and the municipalities through the Plan of Economic and Social development, express interest in their future, as well as the future of their residents. The self-government is getting with the mentioned document a tool for an active developmental management based on initiating of the necessary and desirable c...

The purpose of the article (research) is to determine the impact of environmental policy on the possibilities and ways of implementing the socio-economic development strategy of the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030. The work used systematic and dialectical-materialist approaches, methods of forecasting, comparison, formal-logical and statistical analysis, as well as tools for scientific analysis of documents and performance results. In the course of the work, the essence and pec...

Natural environment plays the principal role in the physical as well as socio-cultural adjustment of past and present human populations as evidenced by anthropological and material culture records. This is well-observed particularly among the aboriginal nations occupying intermittently pristine northern territories absent of major human migrations, ethnical gene-flows and associated historical inter-cultural exchanges. Specific natural factors linked to regional climate and geography, persisting for a certain time...

As of January 1, 2017, according to the Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups public-interest entities fulfilling particular requirements described in the document are obligated to disclose non-financial and diversity information. Due to this fact, the main aim of the paper was the assessment of the current state of reporting of environ...

In the design of new cars, great demands are placed on the passive safety of a vehicle. This is especially true for the front part of a car. Each item for this part of a car must absorb a part of energy which arises when a pedestrian is hit. The headlights also belong among the core elements here. The size of the energy that a headlight is capable of absorbing is first calculated by the finite element method using specialized software. It is necessary that these theoretical values are validated in practice, using ...

The present study investigates spatial and temporal variability of permafrost coasts? retreat rates at the offshore gas pipeline crossing of the Western Yamal Peninsula coast under conditions of climate change and local human impact. Erosion of permafrost coasts is determined by a combination of hydrometeorological factors, such as wave height, air and water temperature, ice-free period duration, and the features of coastal structure: cliff height, ground ice content, type of sediments. Coastal dynamics were studi...

Modeling is used to predict the effects of chemicals at the a global or regional scale. Several models have been developed that describe the fate of chemicals in the environment, which are used to assess the mercury footprint of a country or even entire regions. For example, the following models are implemented in the form of software packages: CalTox, BETR, USEtox and others. However, imminent studies and models practically do not evaluate the spatial differentiation of the residence time of chemicals in the comp...

Obtaining more data on coalbeds in advance will presumably enhance the whole coal production process. Therefore, there is a need to employ a method of mechanical logging, which is able to provide data on coalbeds, including such parameters as coal seems thickness, depth of a coal seam?s roof, and coal ash content. Since drilling and blasting operations are inevitably used to burst overburden rocks, it would be much more efficient to employ them in extensive and accelerated data extraction. In some cases, the dista...

For reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture, the European strategy should aim to enhance the development of farming systems that will be able to give high yields with low environmental impacts. This can only be achieved by combining technologies from both organic and conventional farming systems. In this respect, the EU Directive 2009/128/EC, set rules for the sustainable use of pesticides aiming the decrease of risk and negative impact both on human health and environment. The Directive recomme...

In the presented article the approach to establishment of complex noise exposure in conditions of urban territories of a large settlement with application of geoinformation systems is proposed and tested. The main advantages of using geoinformation systems in conjunction with specialized software products used to perform and visualize acoustic calculations are described. Approbation of the proposed approaches was carried out using the example of Perm with the identification of sources of road noise as the main con...

Paper deals with problems of evaluation of limit states at determining of value of technical objects, who have significant impact on environment. Trucks belong typically to objects with environmental impact and the legal framework influences and limits the possibility of their usage. One of the important input values for determination of vehicle value is the length of its operating life. Currently the object limit state is considered, when the object is not able to fulfil the function, or the level of functional p...

In regions with complex geological history, diversity of climate, soils and parent rocks, it is possible to predict a large number of paths for soils recovery in the areas that have been disturbed by human activity. The purpose of this work was to identify territorial difference of rocks within the Crimean Peninsula basing on the content of the trace elements and macroelements, assessment of potential suitability of disturbed rocks of various age and chemical composition for efficient pedogenesis during implementa...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate human exposure to whole-body vibration on a ship and to find a relationship between the value of the vibration parameters transmitted by a ship sailing on the Danube to the sailors and the magnitude of their perception. Experimental: A) Whole body vibrations transmitted to sailors working on a ship sailing on the Danube were measured. The experiments were made in the summer and the Danube had small waves. There were 3 subjects that were placed successively for 30 minutes in...