scholarly journals ANTHROPOGENIC DEPOSITS OF HYDROCARBON RAW MATERIALS IN GROZNY: GEO-ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Х. Усманов
Keyword(s):  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Oil Products ◽  
Geological Environment ◽  
Current State ◽  
Anthropogenic Deposits ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
The City ◽  
And Storage

Статья посвящена истории и современному состоянию проблемы загрязнения геологической среды и образованию техногенных залежей нефтепродуктов на территории г. Грозный в связи с функционированием нефтяного комплекса. Добыча, переработка, транспортировка и хранение нефти и нефтепродуктов сопряжено с образованием отходов, негативно воздействующих на природную среду. Проведен анализ загрязненности нефтепродуктами грунтов в районе г. Грозный. Рекомендованы мероприятия по реабилитации геологической среды от загрязнения нефтепродуктами. The article describes the history and current state of the problem of the geological environment pollution and the formation of anthropogenic deposits of oil products on the territory of the city of Grozny in connection with the functioning of the oil complex. Production, processing, transportation, and storage of oil products are associated with the formation of waste, which negatively impacts on the environment. This paper analyzes subsurface oil contamination in Grozny and recommends rehabilitation measures of the geological environment from oil pollution.

scholarly journals Analysis on the Use of Briquettes as an Alternative to Improve the Generation of Thermal Energy in the Locality of Aripuana-Brazil

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 6355
Author(s):  
Haylemar de Nazaret Cardenas-Rodriguez ◽  
Rosa Martins ◽  
Levy Ely Lacerda Oliveira ◽  
Erik Leandro Bonaldi ◽  
Frederico de Oliveira Assuncao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Energy Characteristics ◽  
Heating Value ◽  
Wood Residues ◽  
Lower Volume ◽  
Electricity Power ◽  
The City ◽  
And Storage

The city of Aripuana is one of the largest wood producer in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Wood residues are used in the electricity generation at three thermoelectric plants in this region. However, the plants have high costs in transporting the wood residues (due to poor road conditions). Hence, this paper compares the energy performance of wood residues in natura and compacted as briquettes by calculating the heating value and determining the influence of moisture content on the energy characteristics of wood residues. The goal is to demonstrate the viability of using briquettes in order to improve thermoelectric generation. The wood residues from this region are affected by the high humidity of the biome. An alternative to improve the use of energy contained in the wood residues is to produce briquettes with lower humidity. This allows one to maintain high levels of heat energy in a lower volume, facilitating handling and storage. The results show that the use of briquettes improved the performance of thermoelectric plants, generating 1 MW of electricity power with less than 1 ton of briquettes. This contributes to the preservation of the environment, reducing operating costs, transportation and storage of the raw materials.

scholarly journals Analyzing the state of mining towns in the Ural region

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 04015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Kolchina ◽  
Vladimir Konovalov ◽  
Natalya Kolchina
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Mineral Deposit ◽  
Ural Region ◽  
Current State ◽  
Ecological Problems ◽  
Mining Complex ◽  
Mining Towns ◽  
Negative Environmental Impact ◽  
The City

The article concentrates on the analysis of the current state of settlements at the territory of the Ural region. The Ural region is shown to be an industrial and highly urbanized area. There are some settlements at the territory of the Ural region where the mining complex is the city-forming enterprise, they are mining towns. It has been revealed that the negative environmental impact never vanishes with the termination of mining but causes some new social, economic and ecological problems. With the purpose of reducing the negative impact of mining effect, a number of measures have been proposed aimed to renovate the mining complex facilities which remained after liquidation and to rehabilitate the industrial areas which remained after mineral deposit development termination.

scholarly journals STUDYING THE EFFECT OF POST-HARVEST RIPENING ON THE QUALITY PARAMETERS OF RAPE AND BROWN MUSTARD OILSEEDS DURING STORAGE

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-381
Author(s):  
Z. V. Lovkis ◽  
A. V. Pchelnikova ◽  
V. N. Babodey ◽  
K. I. Zhakova
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Oil Products ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
And Storage

Increase of vegetable oils production provides for the further improvement of oily raw materials storage technology. It is known that technological quality of oilseeds is formed in close relation to its morphological characteristics, as well as peculiarities of biochemical processes inside of seeds, depending on external conditions and their development phase. The paper presents comparative results of researches of dynamics of qualitative and biochemical parameters of rape and brown mustard oilseeds with and without post-harvest ripening during storage. Research has shown that in order to produce high-quality fat-and-oil products, oilseeds must necessarily undergo the ripening process in artificial conditions, where the seeds are taken after they reach ripeness level enough for harvesting. Considering that the main period of oilseed storage is mainly destructive, seeds that have not undergone post-harvest ripening have active disintegration process even in case they are stored in perfect conditions. This process considerably reduces quality of seeds and their storage period. Based on the researches, practical recommendations were developed for post-harvest ripening and storage of oilseeds. The presented research data can be used to optimize the existing technologies of oily raw material post-harvest ripening and storage, to increase process quality of processed seeds and obtain high-quality fat-and-oil products. Acknowledgements. The research described in this work was carried out within the framework of the state research program “Quality and efficiency of agroindustrial production” for 2016–2020 (subprogram “Food security”). 

Modernization of Russian Economy: Radical Improvement of Investment Climate (The Economic Report of All-Russia Public Organization "Delovaya Rossiya")

2010 ◽  
pp. 68-89
Author(s):  
. Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Public Organization ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Economic Report ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Current State ◽  
Regional Authorities

The repot considers the current state of the Russian economy, analyzes the drawbacks of the functioning export-raw materials model of its development. The necessity of its changing on the basis of improving the investment climate on the regional level is noted. Corresponding measures on behalf of federal and regional authorities are formulated as well as the directions of innovation policy aimed at modernizing the Russian economy. The conclusion is made that private non-raw materials business should become the main agent of modernization in our country.

Current state of vapor recovery when handling oil and oil products

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 111-119
Author(s):  
Rustam Z. Sunagatullin ◽  
◽  
Aleksey A. Korshak ◽  
Grigory V. Zyabkin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Products ◽  
Current State ◽  
Oil And Oil Products

scholarly journals Development of the Artificial Intelligence and Optical Sensing Methods for Oil Pollution Monitoring of the Sea by Drones

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3642
Author(s):  
Oleg Bukin ◽  
Dmitry Proschenko ◽  
Denis Korovetskiy ◽  
Alexey Chekhlenok ◽  
Viktoria Yurchik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Autonomous Navigation ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Optical Sensing ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Oil Products ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Pollution Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Methods ◽  
Marine Fuel

The oil pollution of seas is increasing, especially in local areas, such as ports, roadsteads of the vessels, and bunkering zones. Today, methods of monitoring seawater are costly and applicable only in the case of big ecology disasters. The development of an operative and reasonable project for monitoring the sea surface for oil slick detection is described in this article using drones equipped with optical sensing and artificial intelligence. The monitoring system is implemented in the form of separate hard and soft frameworks (HSFWs) that combine monitoring methods, hardware, and software. Three frameworks are combined to fulfill the entire monitoring mission. HSFW1 performs the function of autonomous monitoring of thin oil slicks on the sea surface, using computer vision with AI elements for detection, segmentation, and classification of thin slicks. HSFW2 is based on the use of laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) to identify types of oil products that form a slick or that are in a dissolved state, as well as measure their concentration in solution. HSFW3 is designed for autonomous navigation and drone movement control. This article describes AI elements and hardware complexes of the three separate frameworks designed to solve the problems with monitoring slicks of oil products on the sea surface and oil products dissolved in seawater. The results of testing the HSFWs for the detection of pollution caused by marine fuel slicks are described.

scholarly journals The European Green Capital Award—Is It a Dream or Reality for Belgrade (Serbia)?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6182
Author(s):  
Marijana Pantić ◽  
Saša Milijić
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Current State ◽  
Transitional Countries ◽  
Great Hope ◽  
Environmentally Responsible ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The City ◽  
Insight Into

An agreement of cooperation and transmission of knowledge regarding the nomination for the European Green Capital Award (EGCA) was signed between the mayors of Belgrade and Ljubljana (EGCA 2016 winner) in September 2018. The candidacy of Belgrade was finally realized in October 2019. Great hope was placed in this endeavour because internationally recognized awards, such as the EGCA, represent enormous capital for both the city and the state. The EGCA requires serious preparation and significant fulfilment of preconditions. Many economically strong and environmentally responsible cities competed for the award, but did not win. On the other hand, the capital of Serbia does not appear to be an obvious winning candidate, especially as it is differentiated from the previous winners by being a non-EU city and by the fact that it is still undergoing an intense urban transformation, characteristic of transitional countries. Therefore, the main aim of this article is to present a review of the current state of Belgrade’s environmental qualities and its comparison with the EGCA criteria and with Grenoble as one of the winning competitors. The article gives a full overview of the EGCA requirements with certain details on required indicators, gives relevant insight into the procedure, which could be of use for any future candidacy, and discusses potential benefits for winners, losers and repeat candidacies.

Life cycle assessment of carbon capture and storage/utilization: From current state to future research directions and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 103309
Author(s):  
Tatiane Tobias da Cruz ◽  
José A. Perrella Balestieri ◽  
João M. de Toledo Silva ◽  
Mateus R.N. Vilanova ◽  
Otávio J. Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
And Storage

Feasibility of cereal straw for industrial utilization in Minnesota

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.C. Wagner ◽  
S. Ramaswamy ◽  
U. Tschirner
Keyword(s):  
Animal Feed ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Cereal Straw ◽  
Industrial Utilization ◽  
Industrial Use ◽  
On Farm ◽  
And Storage

AbstractA pre-economic feasibility study was undertaken to determine the potential of cereal straw for industrial utilization in Minnesota. Specifically, utilizing straw for pulp and paper manufacture was of interest. The availability of cereal straw fiber supplies at various locations across the state of Minnesota, along with pre-processing issues such as transportation, harvesting, handling, and storage, are discussed and priced. The greatest economic advantage of straw for industrial use appears to be the low cost of the raw material compared to traditional raw materials. This also provides an excellent opportunity for additional income for farmers. The methodology and information provided here should be helpful in evaluating the feasibility of utilizing straw for other industrial purposes in other parts of the world. However, in some Third World countries, long-standing on-farm, traditional uses of cereal straws for fuel, fiber, and animal feed may limit their availability for industrial utilization.

scholarly journals Determinants of Ready-to-eat Products Purchase Intentions: An Empirical Study among the Italian Consumers

HortScience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 656-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Sgroi ◽  
Fabrizio Piraino ◽  
Enrica Donia
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Classical Literature ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Consumer Decisions ◽  
The City

The considerable diffusion of ready-to-eat products has focused attention on the reasons for their increasingly prominent success in the market. Although their prices are much higher than the prices of simple raw materials, their consumption has increased rapidly and with no end in sight, a situation that has challenged the conclusions of the classical literature on the importance of price and/or income in consumer decisions. In fact, more recent literature has broadened the classical vision by introducing potential additional variables that could influence consumer choice of certain foods. These variables, however, are not always easy and clear to identify because they reflect the cultural characteristics of a society. For this reason, the French scholar Malassis has introduced the concept of a model of food consumption, which, in fact, stems from a concept of food consumption as driven by factors that are not the same for all the societies that might be studied. Among these variables, regarding the consumption of ready-to-eat products, a factor that certainly acts as a driving force in an increasingly frenetic and dynamic society is the time saving that they are able to provide. Thus, it was considered essential to analyze this in a concrete way, through the variance analysis of a sample of 77 subjects resident in the city of Palermo, noting their characteristics in terms of age, education level, and number of nuclear family members. The results obtained indicate that subjects who consumed ready-to-eat products at a higher frequency belonged to a higher age group, had a higher level of education, and belonged to a family that was not particularly numerous. With these results, it can be stated that the consumption of ready-to-eat products is influenced by people’s need to optimize their available time, considered as a real, scarce resource.

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