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Nowadays, there is a gradual decline in oil production from conventional reservoirs, and it leads to introduction of unconventional hydrocarbon sources into the development. Shale oil production is one of the focus areas of potential unconventional hydrocarbon reserves development. Besides ultralow permeability, low porosity, and high reservoir temperature, its production is complicated due to the lack of geological information, complex reservoir structure and physical processes occurring during multiphase fluid f...

The aim of the paper was to determine the level and structure of material expenditures in the selected organic farms. As measures of effectiveness of use of material expenditures, relations of the total value of agricultural production and the agricultural income to material expenditures were assumed. The scope of the study covered the research in thirty certified organic farms located in the south Poland in Malopolskie, Podkarpackie, and Slaskie voivodeships. These farms held certificates of organic farms. Materi...

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.), a crop with great economic value, is grown for oil-rich seeds and after soybean is the second most common oil crop. According to literature, oilseed rape has a great demand for sulphur and boron, mainly for synthesis of glucosinolates and sulphur aminoacids. The present research was developed during agricultural year 2017-2018 in Ialomita County using Jumper rapeseed hybrid. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of mineral fertilization combined with boron and s...

Thermal methods have attracted a significant attention for the extraction of high-viscosity oil and natural bitumen. One of the promising methods for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is in-situ combustion (ISC). In the reservoir, the combustion process occurred in the porous media of rock. As we all know that rock contains different minerals that may influence the crude oil combustion characteristics when air is injected into the heavy oil reservoir. Thus, it is important to determine the influence of various types of ...

Manure and manure-based composts may contain antibiotics and antibiotic?resistant genes (ARGs). Application of composts on agricultural soils can be a potential risk of the spread of antibiotic resistance. The effect of compost containing ARGs was assessed in a 35?day pot experiment on the following soil characteristics: the level of respiratory activity and microbial biomass, the bacteria?fungi ratio, the content of tetracycline?resistant genes tet(M) and tet(X), and the content of OmpF gene encoding horizontal t...

The research studied the effects of solubility, disperse features (Z average diameter dav, and charge (?-potential) of the particles of heavy-metal slightly soluble compounds exemplified by aluminum (III), zinc (II) and plumbum (II) hydrates related to efficiency of their removal from aqueous solutions in the composition of 2- and 3-component systems by means of electroflotation and filtration within a wide pH-range (5 ? 12). The metals in question demonstrate various pH-values of hydrates formation and solution. ...

The study presented in this paper is related to the extraction of humic lignite substances and the separation of fulvic acids in order to introduce them into a fertilizing matrix and to evaluate the effect on tomato culture. Fulvic acids have biostimulatory effect on agricultural crops and have significant uses in agriculture. For the characterization of fulvic acids (FA), the total acidity and content of carboxylic groups were determined. The separate fulvic acids were introduced into a matrix containing nutrient...

Nowadays, many torque wrenches can be found on our market, employing different principles, both mechanical and electronic, with various values and torque ranges. However, among these available torque values, there are significant lacks, concerning mainly the torque values in the tenths and units of cNm, which are required for many applications in the field of fine mechanics, optics and electronics. The article deals mainly with the effects on the accuracy and repeatability of torque wrenches, using an example of a...

Recently, the woodworking industry is increasingly paying attention to the effective use of wood in the production of consumer goods. The key point in resolving this issue was and remains the careful and economical use of harvested wood. Logging volumes in Russia, according to analysts of the timber industry complex, have declined everywhere by 2017, while in the North-West region they have reached 3%. One of the possible and promising areas for the effective use of wood is gluing. Glued wood is widely used in var...

The North Caucasus economic region is an area where all Russian agricultural crops are cultivated, but at the same time it is one of the most difficult regions in terms of soil and climatic conditions: from semi-desert areas to mountainous ones. The district is an important food base of Russia, a supplier of grain, sunflower, sugar beet, vegetables and fruits, grapes and livestock products. At the same time in the region there are big problems of effective and rational use of land, which is associated with both so...

Today, waste of electrical and electronic equipment is a big problem because it contains heavy metals such as copper, cadmium or nickel that cause neurological diseases. In addition, such waste also contains precious metals such as gold and silver, which makes this material really attractive for recovery. One of the fastest-generated groups of electrical and electronic waste is mobile phones. In 2008, the global sale of smartphones reached the level of 140 million units, while in 2015 it is rapidly growing to the ...

A sustainable remediation of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons pollution such as chlorobenzenes (CB) based on the use of electro-Fenton as treatment process requires the development of reactor conditions as well as the cost of operations. A combined process coupling an electrochemical and Fenton processes with Pd catalyst in order to degrade CB was investigated with H2O2 production. The electro-Fenton treatment of CB was examined and the processes mechanism was identified for different concentrations of 5-11 mg/L ...

Consumption of energy resources is one of the most important factors of economic growth. Competition for energy resources leads to expansion of range of consumption of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, such as hard-to-recover or shale oil, gas hydrates, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal and other energy. Development of technologies, energy security and environmental sustainability cause inter-fuel competition. However, despite the diversity and substitutability of the types of energy resources, the main f...

The study is the first experience to assess the possibility of obtaining clean garnet material from garnet-mica schist from waste Keivy area of Kola Peninsula using electric pulse disintegration. It is shown that the fraction +0.25-0.5 almandine garnet crystal crushed using electric pulse disintegration material and after it washing upward flow of fluid contains up to 94% clean garnet.

Cement-based composites belong to the most frequently used construction materials in the world which is mainly for their good mechanical properties and durability. However, production of cement exhibits significant impact on environment due to a high amount of consumed energy and CO2 emissions. Therefore, alternative environmental-friendly construction materials with comparable materials properties are currently intensively studied. Geopolymers based on alkali activation of waste precursors exhibit lower impact on...

An area prone to landslide, threatening a small accumulation dam and a near-by landfill, was investigated by means of electrical resistivity. The variation of electrical parameters (electrical resistivity and chargeability factor) of soils and rocks is seldom used as a diagnostic tool in areas prone to mass movements. When the mentioned parameters are acquired using a multielectrode measuring system, the subsurface characterization is highly enhanced, considerably decreasing the number of invasive tests necessary ...

The ability of acidophilic microorganisms to oxidize sulfide minerals is increasingly used in biohydrometallurgical technologies to produce non-ferrous and precious metals from sulfide ores. Strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus thermotolerans often dominate heap bioleaching processes. Due to their high ability to catalyze redox processes, it has been suggested that they can be used in the technology of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). MFC allows using organic and inorganic waste as a substrate f...

Conveyor belts are used for conveying both loose and lump materials in surface mines. During their transport, especially in the places of pouring these materials, where the material is crushed due to a large impact height, a large amount of dust is generated. This makes problems in the actual operation due to fire or explosion hazards, and also by fouling up the vicinity of conveyor belts and transfer points. The resulting dust also poses a threat to the health of operators. Most of the resulting dust accumulates ...

Presently, energy efficiency (EE) improvement is considered a part of the state environmental policy in Russian Federation, an instrument for modernization of national industry and a tool to enhance its environmental performance. This approach holds much promise regarding ceramics manufacturers, where industrial sites are most energy-intensive and are classified as category I objects in terms of negative environmental impact. Since 2010s Russian practitioners have tended to evaluate energy efficiency and environme...

Heritage historic buildings are often wasteful in terms of energy efficiency. Changing their energy supply, load and consumption is particularly challenging given that heritage needs protection and interventions on the building architecture are limited. From the point of view of the renewable energy sources integration in historical buildings, the aesthetic aspects are very important and due to this reason, modern systems can be ruled out. However, the energy efficiency challenges imposed by today's society can be...

The territory of the Danube Region represents one fifth of the European Union?s total area and is home to more than 100 million inhabitants. The Danube Region is characterized by a divergent group of 11 countries (9 of them are EU member states, 5 are non-EU countries) concerning the process of integration and the preconditions in geographic, economic, cultural and socio-demographic terms. In order to increase growth and strengthen cooperation at a macro-regional level, the European Union established the Danube Re...

The contribution deals with the energy performance of variants of the building with the glazed cladding. Nowadays, glass facades on commercial buildings are a big fashion hit. Correct adjustment of the glazed surfaces helps us to warm the interior in the cold months, but in the summer months, the interior space becomes overheated. These buildings then look truly original, modern and architecturally interesting. The paper offers possibilities of the structural design of facade shielding and compares the results of ...

The main waste dump "Vrtliste" (Kakanj Municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is formed in the Ribnica river valley at the edge of the open pit. During its construction it was necessary to relocate the stream of Ribnica river, which included the construction of a hydrotechnical tunnel, river dam, spillway and other elements needed for introducing Ribnica into the Bosna River, as well as the overflow channel over the open pit. The area on which the hydrotechnical tunnel is located comprises of several lithological c...

In modern times, new methods of building foundations, laying pipelines for various purposes, and building roads require detailed study of engineering-geological processes and the material composition of geological complexes. Valid maps show a weak degree of knowledge of the territory of Karelia. At the same time, this region is characterized by the complex structure of the cover of Quaternary sediments, which cover the Archean and Proterozoic complexes. The influence of neotectonic post-glacial deformations and gr...

In order to substantiate the location of a production platform, engineering surveys on the shelf have to provide a complex investigation of the geotechnical conditions of the area. The licensed area (LA) is situated within borders of the Kara Sea shelf. There are a coastal gently sloping and sloping plain and a tectonic bench in the relief of the floor. Geological structure of the region include Mesozoic and Cainozoic slab complex rocks covered by the latest geological deposits. Down to the depth of 50 m they are ...

The Solovetsky archipelago in Russia is known for its history. Solovetsky monastery is located on the Bolshoy Solovetsky island. The monks built two monasteries and four monastic hermitages on the island long before the Soviet period. All of them are connected by a network of historical dirt roads. Around the monastery in the first half of the XV century there was a settlement. This article presents the results of engineering-geological surveys of the base of the road network of the "Solovetsky" Settlement located...

Dry torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis process carried out in anoxic atmospheres between temperature ranges of 200?C and 300?C. It is used as a pretreatment of biomass as it improves its characteristics and reduces the biomass limitations of usage by reducing its hygroscopy, increasing its energy value, etc. Due to its favorable effects, a torrefaction process has been carried out using Malaysian oil palm wastes (empty fruit bunches, mesocarp fiber and kernel shell), at two different temperatures (250?C and 300?C) l...

Underground pipeline corrosion protection is an urgent task to be addressed by the companies that operate gathering and transmission pipeline systems. The key component of pipeline protection procedure is a feasibility study of the planned cathodic protection program, which, in its turn, poses a number of requirements for calculating basic parameters of the entire system. The regulatory calculation procedures do not allow resolving all tasks. The same can be stated about modern software which is based on the same ...

It is shown that information and communication technologies are the most important factor of improvement of educational process and their role increases at a stage of for-mation of innovative economy. It is shown that the generalizing rating assessment of the student counted in an information system with a high degree of reliability is associ-ated with the final characteristic of the quality of education as which the GPA of stu-dents can be used. Indicators of assessment of efficiency of information systems in edu...

Latest economic research has been overloaded with discussion of socio-economic crisis and its complexity, or even impossibility of rapid recovery. We have considered the state of environmental security of the region and the key factors affecting it. There are two main approaches to the assessment of the environmental security: an economic and geographical approach, and a geo-ecological approach. The first one suggests considering the environmental infrastructure as an object of the nature protection and restoratio...

Today the issue of environmental safety has spread into almost all branches of knowledge, including legal. That has certain objective grounds, which are shown mainly in the crisis aggravation of the processes taking place in society and nature, which can be solved only by joint efforts of the entire world community [1]. And it is no coincidence, because the environmental factor is increasingly affecting the evolution of the state. Irreversible changes in the natural environment as a result of human economic activi...

In 20-21 the Century the environment protection is central topic and the countries of Eastern Europe has a large opportunity vs Western European countries but the last one has stronger environment mindfulness. The article researches the basics of EU environment policy and its successes and the Eastern European countries? analyses and conditions what did and what to do in the future to survive and reaches goals. The conditions of soil, water air would be good but the methodology and technology is much more worse th...

In article, we present results of health survey in urbanized industrial areas. Environmental and economic conditions are successfully identified on the base of population? elemental status. Using the open press sources, we established cause-effect relations between micro and macro element consumption (lack or abundance) and public health in North-West Federal District of Russian Federation. We made data capturing and visualization, spatial digital maps presenting element consumption for non-personalized groups as ...

The rapid growth of blockchain technologies in the world drew attention to the environmental aspects of its production. Blockchain technology is based on the use of significant computing power, which consumes a large amount of electricity. In most cases, traditional non-renewable energy sources are used, which leads to the depletion of natural resources. The scale of operations of the mining process of blockchain increased dramatically during the last years. By the end of 2017, the amount of electricity spent on m...

Dismantling of dilapidated buildings in a huge modern megapolis like Moscow is one of the highest priorities and topical issues of our time. At current levels of renovation in the city a huge amount of build wastes is generated every year. A large part of wastes is reinforcement concrete and concrete waste. Recycling of these materials is a significant environmental aspect. Unsuitable concrete and prefabricated concrete elements are disposed of in landfills and thereby pollute the environment. At present millions ...

The article deals with the environmental consequences of testing the method of biological remediation of the closed typical municipal solid waste landfill of the administrative district. The essence of the method consists in the introduction of adapted composites from aboriginal, adapted or modified biological systems, primarily microorganisms for catalysis of the decomposition process of the organic component of waste landfills and subsequent separation of valuable recyclable materials. The article presents the r...

There is a substantial deficit in proteins of plant origin in the EU countries ? the selfsufficiency level in feed use of soybean meal, which is one of the best plant protein sources, reaches only 5%. It causes the EU to import large quantities of soybeans (~14 million tonnes) and soybean meal (~18 million tonnes), the majority of which comes from Argentina and Brazil, resulting in very long soya delivery chain and associated GHG emissions from its transportation. At the same time, different statistical data confi...

The current trend in the formation and development of united territorial communities is characterized by the desire of the rural population to join regional administrative and industrial centers, which puts negative changes in the socio-economic development of administrative cities. The need for such desire is due to the lack of real economic incentives in the development of rural areas and the constant rise in prices and tariffs for energy and electricity. The article proposes conducting informational-explanatory...

The world population will demand twice as many resources as our planet can provide by year 2030 [13]. Therefore, there is a need for more creative problem solving and understanding the situation. To address complex environmental challenges, the education about the environment is necessary. If in the 21st century we want successful general management with the right business fundamentals and decisions, then we cannot exclude the knowledge of the environment. The new business leaders must fundamentally take a respons...

This article presents a case of reclamation of excavations after exploitation of gravel located in the Vistula River near Oswiecim. Gravel deposits are located there shallowly below the surface and they are associated with river accumulation. This area is characterized by a very high level of groundwater vulnerability. After depletion of the gravel field, the excavations are liquidated by backfilling with waste, usually mine waste. The material to be used underwent a formal assessment of its impact on the aquatic ...

Assessment of the environmental impact of year-round waste in roads. During winter a combination of deicing agents that consist of salt mixtures designed to reduce the slipperiness of road surfaces are used. These agents are found in both a solid state (bulk), and in liquid form (solutions). Solid chemical reagents are widespread in Russia, that are based on reactions of salts and solutions with precipitation, as a result of which the freezing point of water becomes lower than the natural one. Solid chemical reage...

Great emphasis has been placed on the issue of ecology and human impact on the environment in recent years as clear evidence of global warming and greenhouse effect due to human activity has been perceived. Air, water and soil are being polluted by pollutants, which subsequently negatively affect the environment and human health as a result of construction production. The aim of the research described in this article is to analyse the environmental aspects of construction production, identify their sources and car...

In Russia, industrial policy is the strategic effort of the government to encourage the development and growth of the manufacturing sector aimed at making it innovative, internationally competitive and sustainable. New regulatory instruments have been gradually developed and used for 5-7 years; this period is sometimes addressed as ?the national neo-industrialisation?. In advanced industrial countries, environmental modernisation theory is often considered as a possible solution to the key environmental problems. ...

Environmental management is aimed at the safe use of natural processes, taking into account the biological features of management and the socio-economic possibilities of the management company. Responsible business contains a set of principles, methods, means and forms of production management, developed and applied at an enterprise in order to improve the environmental efficiency of production. Environmental management includes an assessment of the social and environmental performance of the organization. Environ...

Population growth in coastal areas worldwide call for new challenges to be solved. Blue growth initiatives are elaborated and developed in order to prevent sea resources depletion unsustainably by fishing, mining, transportation, tourism, and waste. The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), EU Groundwater Directive (2002/118/EC) as well as EU Waste Framework Directive (2006/12/EC) are the legislative tools that base the pillars for more detailed action plans that prevents contamination spread, promote clean-u...

In Russia, the national Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Act introducing the concept of Best Available Techniques (BAT) was adopted in 2014. Since then, applying BATs and complying with BAT-associated Emission Levels (BAT-AELs) has become an issue of great importance for the industries concerned and has implied obligations at two levels. Firstly, the Ministry for Industry and Trade (MIT) and the Ministry for Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) had to set out the appropriate process for drawi...

The purpose of the investigation is to study environmental problems in the territory of South Kazakhstan and the state of drinking groundwater. In this paper, we consider environmental problems on the territory of 4 regions of Ka-zakhstan (South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl, Almaty, Kyzylorda), in particular, the city of Taraz, Shymkent and Almaty, through which the Great Silk Road passed. All these cit-ies belong to the most ecologically polluted cities of the Republic of Kazakhstan [1-8]. In the South Kazakhstan region (...

In modern conditions, the main problem is the threat of loss of natural resistance. Environmental responsibility implies the maintenance of a rational system. Such a system contributes to the preservation of natural heritage for future generations. Environmental resources include climate, biosphere, landscape, aquifer. These resources are used to form innovative clusters. They set the conditions and limitations of business activities [1]. Corporate environmental management is designed to effectively manage the ent...

The risk analysis as a part of risk assessment by RM/RA CRAMM method is a critical step in order to calculate final risk values for all the subjects assessed. Step-by-step risk analysis includes major natural and industrial hazards such as flood, land-slide, forest fire and chemical leakage. Both, the air-pollution and respiration ways irritation are part of the risk assessed. The risk assessment scoreboards are used repeatedly for each type of hazard source. The method takes into account a previous risk identific...

Application of sorbents is one of most promising methods for removal oil spills from water surface. Plant fibres (kapok, straw, rice husks, nutshells) are very popular due to their availability and biodegradability. The disadvantage of these materials is their low selectivity towards water. One of the methods of modifying the surface properties of materials is the immobilization of controlled nanoparticles on the surface. In this way, plant fibres are used as a cheap carrier and the introduced nanoparticles improv...