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Many industrial applications need different approaches of the problematic of determination of distance in gas environment with different gas concentrations. Due to the technological limitations caused by environment conditions like temperature, pressure, corrosive factors, there is a narrowing of the range of sensor types capable of measuring in specific circumstances of a certain industrial process. In this paper we propose a technical solution with a high potential of providing the necessary information in real ...

Water is an essential ingredient of food, an important part of the environment and a substance with a multifaceted use in manufacturing and other activities. It is an essential component not only of the human environment, but also of all plant and animal ecosystems. It is the main medium for transport of nutrients. It is a renewable resource of the biosphere and practically cannot be exhausted. This paper describes the occurrence of oxohalides in water and determines oxohalides by means of ion chromatography. The ...

Large amounts of sewage sludge are produced at waste water treatment plants and its disposal is an environmental problem. In this context and in accordance with the European Commission communication on the role of waste-to-energy in the Circular Economy, one of the objectives of Romania Waste Management-Strategy Plan for municipal waste, is incineration of the solid waste in dedicated incinerators, with energy recovery. When the incineration of the sewage sludge with energy recovery is chosen as the final path of ...

Biodiesel is one of the most promising renewable liquid fuels. It can be obtained from any raw material containing fatty acids, however the main industrial process today remains based on vegetable oil transesterification with methanol. In recent years also interesterification of oils with methyl acetate as reactant had been studied. Interesterification of triglycerides with methyl acetate provides a promising alternative of transesterification because triacetin is formed instead of glycerol. Both processes are rea...

In this article was shown a methodology of obtaining the average graphs of mining terrain curvatures caused by multideposit exploitation of hard coal which was conducted at the great depth. An instance of exploitation comes from the mining plant which was established in the borders of The Upper Silesian Coal Basin in Poland. Hard coal exploitation was conducted in the years 2001 ? 2011, in three coal beds 338/2, 341 and 358/1, at the depth of 600 m, 635 m and 1000 m. Influences of mining exploitation were observed...

Hydropower plants are objects which horizontal and vertical displacement must be monitored regularly. Method used for determination of horizontal displacements of the Hydropower plant Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and its practical execution are presented. Algorithms for regular adjustment of indirect measurements and S-transformations into optimal datum are also presented in this paper. Further, regular adjustments of indirect measurements of the reference and control point coordinates in the conventional dat...

A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the coastline paradox. However in general terms, coastline or seashore is an area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. In port areas, where port berth is a stable structure, determining the coastline is easy given that the coast structure is defined by vertical bank. Other examples of stable port structures include: slipways, cliffs and solid borders between water and ...

The main aim of this study is separation of different populations for sulfur and phosphorus as harmful materials using fractal modeling in the Jalal-Abad iron ore, SE Iran. The elements are dangerous for steel production and environment and classification of those elements is important for excavation of iron ores. For this purpose, the grade distribution models for sulfur and phosphorus were generated using ordinary kriging geostatistical model. Then, the various sulfur and phosphorus populations were delineated b...

Determination of the present-day stress field tensor is one of the fundamental problems of modern geodynamics. Nowadays, world stress map (WSM) project provide a global compilation of information on the crustal present-day stress field. From a practical point of view, knowledge of the stress field allows us to solve a number of production problems related to the investigation and extraction of hydrocarbons in safety way. In particular, orientation of the main stresses and stress regime are necessary to set the bou...

In this paper were presented the results of geodesic measurements which took place in the years 2001 ? 2011 and were carried out by some hard coal mine, which is located at the Upper Silesian Coal Basin in Poland. This mining plant was conducted an exploitation of hard coal in three coal beds named 338/2, 341 and 358/1 which were respectively located at the average depth amounts 600 m, 635 m and 1000 m. In order to observation of the impacts of multi-deposit exploitation conducted at the large depth, the measuring...

The belt conveyance plays an important role in mining, bulk material transportation, raw materials processing, and in many other areas (e.g., metallurgy, wood-cutting, and energetics) where large quantities are transported over the distances ranging from a few meters to several kilometres. A conveyor belt, as the basic element of the mining transport, is of particular economic significance. Increasing the belt service life, which can be achieved by reducing the wear of conveyor belts, has a high priority. The top ...

The article presents the results of aircraft positioning using the PPP method in air navigation. The PPP method is known as one of the new GNSS measurement techniques in use in aviation for precise aircraft positioning. In the article the position of the Cessna 172 aircraft was retrieved during an in-flight test conducted around the EPDE military airport in D?blin, Poland. The position of the Cessna 172 was determined and expressed in the BLh geodesic coordinates. The computations were performed in the gLAB v.4.1....

In this paper we make a briefly presented the problems related to geomagnetic field metrology within the Surlari Observatory from Romania, in accordance with the international standards of planetary network of geomagnetic observatories INTERMAGNET and International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA), followed by an overview of the types of geomagnetic variations. We have identified and selected few time periods of intensive geomagnetic activities, from the year 2017 and based on the data files recorde...

Cogeneration is one of the current solutions for the use of secondary thermal resources consisting in the simultaneous supply of electric and thermal energy. The main advantage of cogeneration is the use of thermal energy discharged from industrial installations. The type of installation under consideration has the following advantages: it covers an extended range of electric power, simultaneously provides electricity and thermal energy in hard-to-reach areas, and reduces the thermal impact by upgrading the therma...

Zigana Tunnel is a new constructing tunnel, which will be the second in the world, and the longest in Europe, on the G?m??hane-Trabzon highway. Two tunnels are being constructed between the K?stere village of G?m??hane and the Ba?ark?y village of Ma?ka district of Trabzon, each 14.5 kilometers long and 29 kilometers in length. The study theme is the reasons for the small scale collapse in the Zigana Tunnel K?stere Mevkii construction site; the location and size of possible fractures and / or cavity are investigate...

The implementation of the Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator (EEOI) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a consequence of the need to specify quantified ships? energy efficiency of the vessels in service. The EEOI enables to monitor the efficiency of the ships in operation in a specific period of time based on an actual operation data. In reference to vessels other than ships which are designed for transporting passengers and / or goods (for which the EEOI has been developed), the application o...

The effectiveness of the currently used hard coal mining technologies results from the mechanisation of this process. Exploitation through long faces with high performance rate is possible thanks to the application of longwall shearers and automated longwall systems. These systems allow for quick and effective mining of the body of coal and transportation of the extracted material from the face region. Their role is also to ensure safety for the working crew. The basic constituent part of the system is a longwall ...

This article is an analytical representation of the impact of two essential attributes which represent the accuracy of a point determined by a tacheometric measurement. The first value is the accuracy of the measurement station, which in polish conditions is accepted as error-free, just like the points of reference in geodetic networks are accepted as faultless, although they are not. Another factor is the accuracy of the measurement itself. The accuracy of such a designated point has a significant impact, among o...

Pile foundations are among the most widely used deep foundations. Compared to the full-area foundation, here the weight of foundation and extent of excavation works have been reduced while the sheeting and massive backfilling have been eliminated. Concrete piles have been usually made of plain concrete or reinforced concrete. Piles of circular, square or polygonal shapes have been mostly used. Their dimensions differ depending on the technology used. The paper presents effects of piles loaded by bending moment. Th...

To protect plants from harmful activity of pests and diseases, more attention should be paid to development and establishment of environmentally friendly regulation actions. Conifer trees produce a wide variety of compounds, such as terpenoids and phenolics. Several studies on coniferous components fungicidal and insecticidal activity are known Since 2010, LU Institute of Biology in cooperation with Latvian Forest Research Institute ?Silava? are working on the development of new environmentally friendly plant prot...

Category 4 pyrotechnic articles are products that have a lot more active loads than those intended for public use (category F1, F2, F3). Both the net amount of pyrotechnic composition (NEC) and the preparatory operations that must be undertaken by the pyrotechnic team require organizing the activity in order to anticipate and eliminate the risks to which the workers of the pyrotechnic team, the public, or the targets in the adjacent area may be subject.[4] Performing fireworks with pyrotechnic articles for profess...

This article aims at developing a method to establish a model employment arrangement based on mining companies using a taxonomic approach and a similarity measure as well as potential practical applications of the presented studies. In order to establish the model employment arrangement, the author uses the production parameters of mining companies significantly affecting the number of employees. As a result, the following algorithm has been proposed: arranging mines into typologically homogeneous groups using the...

A single system of comprehensive monitoring was developed. It provides collection, processing, generalization, analysis, visualization, and storage of satellite and ground data on seismic and volcanic activity, typhoons and wildfires in a unified information environment. The principles of construction, elements and structure of the proposed system for monitoring of catastrophic phenomena and areas of their possible origin and development are presented. We describe methodological approaches to comprehensive monitor...

At the present time many building of Arkhangelsk are built based on standard project. In the main these project don?t take into account the negative factor of northern conditions. For such territories of cities it is necessary to create specific conditions for the formation of human habitat, including special color solutions. The study analyzes the features of the formation of a harmonious color environment and the factors of color. Also the need of using the concept of forming an urban environment based on the co...

In celestial mechanics, when describing the dynamics of celestial bodies, as a rule, two approaches are used: numerical and analytical. The numerical approach began to develop from the middle of the 20th century, when powerful computers appeared. He gives high-precision ephemeris and the theory of rotation of celestial bodies. Analytical methods began to be used from the end of the 19th century. Thinkers of that time developed powerful mathematical tools that allowed obtaining celestial bodies coordinates with the...

Within petroleum refining facilities are manufactured, used and stored significant amounts of hazardous materials, including raw materials, intermediates and final products. Within refineries there may arise the fire hazard for processing installations of the intermediate products with high melting point. For many of these intermediate products there are not determined the flammability parameters, fact which could allow the development and application of some efficient measures for prevention or limitation of dang...

The economic development of organizations in the modern business space is characterized by high environmental risks, caused both by the expansion of eco-standards, and by the increase in resource consumption associated with the development of industry and the tightening of requirements for the quality of life. In this regard, the role of resource taxes in the formation of budgets and financial results of organizations (enterprises) is growing. Taxes, like built-in regulators, are used by the state to stimulate the...

Situation distance control after flood and inundation is one of the main problem to be solved by space monitoring of emergency situations, developed in Kazakhstan since 2001 y. It is connected with annual emergency situation which is developed in every region of water bodies representing potential or real imminence. During last three years there were heavy floods passed in Kazakhstan, especially in Akmola, Pavlodar, Karaganda regions. There is an acute security issue during spring time inundation, till nowadays th...

The cornerstone of metropolitan areas of the Czech Republic is the so-called integrated system of centres, characterized by a high degree of territorial concentration of the population of economic phenomena, and a high level of internal functional interconnections. Territorial intensity and concentration of interactions within metropolitan areas are mainly reflected in the volume of labour and school commuting, as well as economic activity, as a result of the number and location of job opportunities. Hradec Kr?lov...

The task of the work is to improve the quality of digital image processing in vision systems by developing new features based on the use of fractal theory in conjunction with fuzzy logic and the theory of fuzzy sets. At present, the systems of technical vision are actively used in many fields of science and technology. The most important part of any such system is the software, whose task is to process the information received. However, the overwhelming majority of digital image processing algorithms are based on ...

The purpose of screening paraffin oxidizing microorganisms and optimization of culture conditions on n-paraffins and oil products. The study on the ability to use hydrocarbons separated fungus culture that morphological characteristics attributed to the genus Aspergillus. The features Aspergilluss growth on hydrocarbons, the optimization of cultivation on hydrocarbons in a laboratory fermenter. It was shown that the lag phase duration and duration of fermentation depends on the accumulation of monocarboxylic acids...

In this article, the idea of a project for the development of navigation information support for open-pit mining operations (NIS OPMO) is considered in the form of a system of high-precision satellite positioning of all open-pit lease mobile and static objects, allowing the determination of their location with an accuracy of centimeters and data transmission of this information to the situation center. Developed by NIS OPMO, it will allow digitalization of mining in quarries and will become the basis for work on t...

Adaptability of training complexes, i.e. the possibility of their optimization for the psychophysical characteristics of the student, is a promising direction in the design of such systems. Design, optimization and implementation of adaptive training complexes (ATC) is impossible without the development of mathematical and algorithmic support, allowing to represent the entire sequence of stages of creation of the training complex. Due to the modular principle of building a system and decomposition of the original ...

The development of the world oil industry shows a significant growth of interest to the super-viscous oil deposits. One of the technologies for extracting super-viscous oil is Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage technology, which has been developed in the 1970s and is still used, including in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Determination of the direction of steam chamber growth, the main operating factor of this method, is the main task of modeling heavy oil deposits. In this paper authors propose modeling of the h...

The paper informs about the process of development and testing of dynamic cone penetration test semi-automatic data recorder. Dynamic probing is widely used in-situ testing procedure. The test principle is to drive a rod with a cone tip on its end into a soil by a ram. During the test an operator records the number of blow count and value of torque moment evaluating the soil lateral friction with rods. Keeping the handwritten record during test is a concentration demanding process providing large room for human er...

The paper deals with development and application of the circular motion simulator (CMS), which was developed at the Department of Surveying of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. The CMS is a rotary motion device with precisely defined motion parameters (position, angular rate, angular acceleration and orientation), which allows to realize a broad spectrum of dynamic tests for various types of sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, total stations ? testing of tracking mode, inertial measurement system...

The aim of this paper is to provide a more thorough understanding of how to handle fires in enclosed spaces. This work was written primarily with regard to firefighters. Enclosure fire presents, by its special characteristics, a significant threat not only to the residents but also to intervening firefighters. The paper deals with the issue of enclosure fires focusing on flashover. The submitted project describes the current state of solved problems, factors influencing enclosure fires. Paper provides a deeper und...

The presented experimental work investigates the development of fire in a compartment made of cross laminated timber (CLT) panels and its impact on fire safety of cables. Impact of protective shielding provided by plasterboards compared to exposed panels thermally loaded by fire inside of a compartment was also examined. During the experiments a fire-technical properties were continually monitored, such as heat release rate, consumption of O2, CO, CO2, time to flash-over, time to termination of flames and temperat...

Background: The development of the activity of spa tourism enterprises is particularly important in countries that are struggling with the phenomenon of an aging population, high mortality due to civilization diseases and air pollution. The article discusses the phenomenon of the development of Polish health resorts in the context of social changes in the perception of traditional and modern spa products. Method: To illustrate the phenomena occurring in spa tourism in Poland, statistical data (i.e. fluctuation of ...

The article proposes an air quality monitoring system in subway stations (possibly in trains) considering that air intake is made in many stations at ground level where the level of noxes (PM, CO2) is high. The proposed system uses sensors for air quality, presence of toxic gases, smoke and fire protection, monitors air quality and permanently provides this information to travelers either by accessing a site and / or locally via a graphical interface. Environmental monitoring information systems are systems of sur...

The progress (evolution) of a civilization based on natural resources development has resulted in permanent natural environment destruction. By the beginning of the third millennium it has become evident that exploitation of the planet's mineral resources, being the basis for the existence and progress of civilization, is the cause of the global environmental crisis. The Mining Institute has substantiated a methodology of restoration of natural ecosystems (ecological restoration), which consists in using an idea o...

The study considers technologies to create information system called В«Monitoring of pollutants in Arctic ecosystemsВ» for the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (MMBI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This research is aimed at designing a database and its web-client to provide remote access. Datasets on radionuclide distribution available at MMBI were analyzed to be included into the database. PostgreSQL and R language packages are shown to be appropriate and efficient solutions for information management in...

The primary aim of the paper was to to develop methodological bases for information protection management in computer networks to solve the scientific and practical problem of providing the necessary level of information security during the life cycle of the information security system in the conditions of uncertainty of information influences The object of the research is the information protection management system in the segment of the corporate information system. The subjects of the study are models, methods ...

Observation of clouds with radars in millimeter wave range is one of the most powerful remote sensing methods to derive information on interior of clouds. We have developed and are operating a cloud profiling FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) Doppler radar named FALCON-I (FMCW Radar for Cloud Observations) at 95GHz. It is a bistatic antenna system, which is usually used for FMCW radar, and consists of two 1m-diameter antennas with high spatial resolution of 0.18 degree FWHM. A High range resolution of 15m...

The paper deals with the possibilities of using textile waste in the form of synthetic and natural fibers for the production of thermal and acoustic materials. The paper presents the results of the research that confirm that the waste fiber insulators can show more favourable properties in some areas than conventional synthetic insulators commonly used in the building industry. The advantage of insulators from waste textile fibers is their high variability. In the field of them insulation properties, these insulat...

The present paper demonstrates capabilities of flicker-noise spectroscopy (FNS) as a phenomenological approach to the analysis of astrophysical objects? time signals using an example of the study of quasars radio-wave radiation dynamics in various frequency ranges (S band (2 GHz) and X band (8 GHz)). The promise of FNS application to the study of signals generated by accreting astrophysical objects is caused by inclusion of informational parameters characterizing the components of time sequences in various frequen...

Last years the use of sub- and supercritical fluids in the catalyst synthesis is a great attention. Because of the unique properties subcritical water allow synthesizing the metal-based catalysts with the desired size, dispersity, structure and morphology of the active phase. In this work, we report the study of the structure of polymer-based Pdcontaining catalysts synthesized by hydrothermal deposition. It is shown that the use of palladium chloride as a metal precursor decreases significantly the specific surfac...

Geopolymers are alkali-activated materials produced by mixing silicate and aluminate phases containing minerals or aluminosilicates. This reaction results in stable polymeric networks of aluminosilicates. Nowadays, geopolymers have become very popular since they are seen as a potential alternative to ordinary concrete-based materials. They can be produced with the utilization of a variety of waste products. Therefore, the development of these materials can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the productio...

The EU Reference Books of Best Available Techniques and the RF Information and Technical Books on Best Available Technologies (Techniques) are technical documents presenting factual technical, environmental and economic information, reflecting the outcomes of the information exchange under requirements of the EU Industrial Emissions Directive and the RF legislation in the field of environmental protection (namely ? in the area of Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC...

In the aim of preventing and controlling major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, many risk assessment methodologies have been developed worldwide. Until now, in Romania no formalized methodology has been proposed to competent authorities to determine the risk level of an industrial establishment. Based on the critical analysis of the risk assessment methods, there have been identified the key elements of the methodological basis of risk assessment for establishments concerned by the requirements of ...