scholarly journals The Effect of Neutralising Materials on the Reaction of the Peat Substrate Medium when Growing Ball-Rooted Seedlings

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Siarhei Rabko ◽  
Ivan Kimeichuk ◽  
Siarhei Surauyou ◽  
Vasyl Khryk ◽  
Svitlana Levandovska
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Wood Species ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
High Moor ◽  
Milled Peat ◽  
Substrate Ph ◽  
Substrate Medium ◽  
High Moor Peat

The use of various types of neutralising materials in the cultivation of standard planting material of high-quality forest wood species has a significant effect on substrate acidity. Therefore, the study sets a goal to select peat substrates with different dosages of the neutralising component and determine their effect on the reaction of the peat substrate medium. The paper presents the results of the influence of neutralising materials of dolomitic meal and chalk of various doses with the use of mineral fertilisers. Dolomitic meal was used as a neutralising component, the pH of the peat substrate was 6.6 and chalk was 7.5. It was found that when neutralising a peat substrate created based on high-moor milled peat (pH 2.5) with the introduction of dolomitic meal in doses of 2-4 kg/m3 (European spruce), 3-4. 5 kg/m3 (Scots pine), optimal acidity can be achieved in a month. An increase in the concentration of lime material was recorded, which leads to an increase in the neutralisation of the substrate at a dose of 2.5 g and 3.0 g per 125 g of peat. The best indicators were demonstrated by options of doses of 1.5-2.5 g per 125 g of peat for 7-8 days of use and a dose of 3.0 g per 125 g of peat for 5-6 days compared with the control. An increase in the concentration of chalk in the neutralising material from 30% to 70% leads to a faster deoxidation of the substrate (pH 3.2), and an increase in the dosage of chalk increases substrate neutralisation. The electrical conductivity of the substrate at a dosage of 6-8 kg/m3 when applying chalk and dolomitic meal increases by 1.6-2.0 and 1.2-1.4 times, respectively. At the rate of application of 6-10 kg/m3, it has a lesser effect on the change in the electrical conductivity of the high-moor peat, and the introduction of dolomitic meal 2-4.5 kg/m3 into the milled peat during neutralisation does not lead to a change in the electrical conductivity of the peat. This data allows choosing neutralising materials of a certain concentration that will enable the cultivation of standard planting material of European quality and thereby ensure the proper quality of future stands

An Experimental Study to Find the Acoustic Quality Indicators of Mulberry Wood

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Mansour ◽  
Mehdi Behzad
Keyword(s):  
Wood Species ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Test Case ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Perceptual Knowledge ◽  
Acoustical Properties ◽  
Acoustic Quality

Morus Alba or mulberry is a wood species that is broadly used in making musical instruments in Eastern countries. However, the mechanical and acoustical properties of this type of wood are not investigated properly. In this study a set of features, previously examined for other species, are applied to this wood and its acoustic quality is evaluated. Setar, a Persian musical instrument made of mulberry wood, is selected as the test case of this experiment. Different samples of wood are gathered and categorized based on their appropriateness for Setar construction. The quality of each sample is identified based on the Perceptual knowledge of professional Setar makers. The most effective features are then selected and their average values are calculated for high quality samples. The result of this study helps Setar makers to select proper raw material before making an instrument. In addition, this approach can be applied to other wood species used in music industry.

Effect of the areal weight of CNT-doped veils on CFRP electrical properties

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (20) ◽  
pp. 2677-2685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamil Dydek ◽  
Anna Boczkowska ◽  
Paulina Latko-Durałek ◽  
Małgorzata Wilk ◽  
Karol Padykuła ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Epoxy Composites ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Thermal Pressing ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Out Of Autoclave ◽  
Very High

The main goal of this work was the increasing electrical conductivity of carbon-epoxy composites due to implementation of thermoplastic nonwoven veils doped with carbon nanotubes into the composite structure. Nonwovens which differ in areal weight were produced by extrusion of fibers and their thermal pressing. Laminates were fabricated using an out-of-autoclave method and nonwovens were incorporated between each layer of carbon-epoxy unidirectional prepreg. The applied conductive nonwovens improved surface and volume electrical conductivity of carbon fibre reinforced polymer in all directions. Microstructure observations proved a very high quality of the fabricated composites. The implementation of nonwovens affected the crack propagation under loading.

scholarly journals Recovering Evaluation of Narrow-Kerf Teeth of Mini Sash Gang Saws

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7459
Author(s):  
Kazimierz Antoni Orlowski ◽  
Daniel Chuchala ◽  
Tomasz Przybylinski ◽  
Stanislaw Legutko
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Wood Species ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Dry Conditions

Sash gang saws with narrow-kerf saw blades are used in the production of glued laminate flooring elements in plants where dry technology is applied. This means that boards or friezes are sawn into top layer lamellae in dry conditions (moisture content of about 10–12%) from expensive wood species, often exotic. The object of this research was stellite-tipped teeth of narrow kerf saw blades sharpened under industrial conditions. A NIKON ECLIPSE Ti-S microscope equipped with a NIKON DS-Fi2 recording camera was used to take pictures of teeth, which were analysed in a graphical software to measure the radii of the main cutting edges. The high-quality images obtained were used to determine the values of the rounding radii of the cutting edges. It was noted that the quality of edges regenerated in industrial conditions, some of which had chipping, was lower than that of brand new saw blades.

scholarly journals The effect of application of different nutrition preparations on height increment of walnut (Juglans regia L.) seedlings

2012 ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Tatjana Ćirković-Mitrović ◽  
Vladan Popović ◽  
Ljiljana Brašanac-Bosanac ◽  
Ljubinko Rakonjac ◽  
Aleksandar Lučić
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Juglans Regia ◽  
Extreme Temperature ◽  
Height Increment ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Npk Fertilizer ◽  
High Yielding Varieties

Providing of quality planting material which takes root well after planting, resistant to diseases, pests, stress (drought, extreme temperature, etc.) and grows well in cultures is one of the strategic and preferential tasks of modern forestry. Walnut is a fruit tree important as a founder of various varieties and hybrids, and as a rootstock for high-yielding varieties. It is also of great importance because of high nutritional value of fruit and high quality of stem. For that reason this species has to be introduced into the existing ecosystem and used for afforestation of different habitats. The paper presents results of research on the effect of the controlled decomposing fertilizer Osmocote Exact®, mineral NPK fertilizer Florin 2 and microbiological preparation Bactofil® B 10 on height increment of walnut seedlings. Data analysis was performed by relevant procedures using statistical software packages (SPSS Statistics 17.0). Comparative analysis of height increment of seedlings treated with these preparations and height increment of untreated seedlings, as well as a simple way of application of these preparations by adding them to the substrate, will show the justification of direct application of these types of fertilizers and microbiological preparation in mass production of high quality planting material.

scholarly journals Evaluation of KTT-2 Pneumatic Peat Harvesting Machine’s Nozzle Suction Capacity

2020 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 01044
Author(s):  
Alexander Yablonev ◽  
Darya Scherbakova
Keyword(s):  
Operating Time ◽  
Flow Speed ◽  
Active Area ◽  
Suction Velocity ◽  
High Moor ◽  
Milled Peat ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
Suction Flow ◽  
Diagram Analysis ◽  
High Moor Peat

Milled peat harvesting with pneumatic harvesting machines has a number of doubtless advantages over mechanical harvesting: operating time decreases down to 1 day, additional milling of wet peat deposit during the harvesting is not needed, list of necessary machinery decreases. However, in the late 1980s, due to the imperfection of the design of pneumatic machines, this method began to be used less and less frequently. Market appearance of KTT-2 and MPTU-30 pneumatic harvesting machines promoted their introduction into operating processes of peat extractive companies. According to feedback from operators, these machines work well with high-moor peat but work much worse with low- moor peat which is of higher density. One of basic parameters of pneumatic harvesting is suction velocity, that’s why field experiment for evaluation of KTT-2 machine suction nozzle performance was held. Experiment results enabled us to plot velocity diagram of suction flow and find maximum suction velocity: 26.74 m/s. Velocity diagram analysis showed distance from the nozzle – air flow speed relation. We calculated size of suction flow’s active area and offered methods of active area sizing.

scholarly journals Physiological maturity of eggplant seeds

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denize Carvalho Martins ◽  
Fernanda Keila Junqueira Vilela ◽  
Renato Mendes Guimarães ◽  
Luiz Antônio Augusto Gomes ◽  
Priscila Alves da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Electrophoretic Analysis ◽  
Germination Percentage ◽  
Percentage Germination ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Physiological Maturity ◽  
Physiological Quality ◽  
Resting Period

Determination of seed physiological maturity and ideal moment for harvesting fruits to extract their seeds are important aspects to produce seeds with high quality. To identify the best period for harvesting eggplant fruits, associated with ideal resting period of the fruit for extracting seeds, an eggplant production field was installed in municipality of Ijaci, in the State of Minas Gerais, Southwestern Brazil. The fruits were harvested at periods of 49, 56, 63, 70, and 77 days after pollination (DAP). The seeds of fruits harvested in each period were manually extracted immediately after harvest or after a post-harvest resting period of seven days, under a shed. The physiological quality of seeds was assessed by tests of: germination percentage; germination and emergence speed indexes; and electrical conductivity; which were carried out in the Central Seed Laboratory, Federal University of Lavras. Electrophoretic analyses of isoenzymes: catalase (CAT); esterase (EST); superoxide dismutase (SOD); and peroxidase (PO), were also therein performed. Results of germination and vigor of seeds have showed that the best period for harvesting the fruit is around 70 DAP; and that seeds should be extracted immediately after harvest. Electrophoretic analysis of enzymes has showed immaturity for eggplant seeds, harvested after 49 DAP.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TINGGI TUMPUKAN PADA PENGOMPOSAN TANDAN KOSONG KELAPA SAWIT MENGGUNAKAN PUPUK ORGANIK AKTIF DARI LIMBAH CAIR PABRIK KELAPA SAWIT DI DALAM KOMPOSTER MENARA DRUM

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Chamsa Triyadi ◽  
Yosi Rahman ◽  
Bambang Trisakti
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Bacterial Count ◽  
Optimum Moisture Content ◽  
Empty Fruit Bunch ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Composting Process ◽  
Water Holding

This research aims to determine the composting technique for Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) and to collect the degration data during composting of EFB in order to get a high quality compost. The composting process was started with cutting the EFB into four parts before it was put into composter and then followed by the addition of Activated Liquid Organic Fertilizer (ALOF) until the optimum moisture content (MC) of 55-65 % was reached. The parameters of temperature, MC, pH, C/N ratio, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Water Holding Capacity (WHC), Bacterial Count (BC) and the quality of compost were analyzed through the process. The results of this research showed that the compost were well done in about 10 days and the best degradation during the 40 days of composting was obtained in which value of MC, pH, C, N, C/N ratio, EC, WHC and BC were 79,14%; 8,1; 25,16%;1,20%; 20,97; 4,725 dS/m; 60% and 107 CFU/ml, respectively.

scholarly journals Relationships between humification and productivity in peat-based and peat-free growing media

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sz. Jakusné Sári ◽  
E. Forró
Keyword(s):  
Growing Season ◽  
Vegetation Period ◽  
Nitrogen Supply ◽  
Favourable Effect ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Nitrogen Forms ◽  
Green Pepper ◽  
High Moor ◽  
High Moor Peat

Peat-based and peat-free (compost) materials were tested in a vegetable forcing experiment with Danubia green pepper (<I>Capsicum annuum</I> L.). Stability and quality of humic substances and the turnover of different nitrogen forms was determined in the studied media during the vegetation period. The main objective was to find how the degree of humification might influence the productivity of a crop under greenhouse conditions. The highest humus stability and humus stability coefficient values were detected in the green waste compost. Among different peat media, the low-moor peat was more humificated than the mixture of low-moor and high-moor peat. When the medium is more humificated it has a larger mobile nitrogen reserve. However, the structure stability decreases with the increasing humification. The mixture of two types of peat had the most favourable effect on nitrogen supply and the yield of pepper was the highest when grown on this medium. The nitrogen supplying ability of the examined compost was excellent but its structure stability deteriorated during the growing season.

Influence of technology parameters of free-cutting steel continuous casting on the billet internal structure

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
A. T. Kunakbaeva ◽  
A. M. Stolyarov ◽  
M. V. Potapova
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Sulfur Content ◽  
Manganese Content ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Cutting Steel ◽  
Continuously Cast

Free-cutting steel gains specific working properties thanks to the high content of sulfur and phosphorus. These elements, especially sulfur, have a rather high tendency to segregation. Therefore, segregation defects in free-cutting steel continuously cast billets can be significantly developed. The aim of the work was to study the influence of the chemical composition of freecutting steel and casting technological parameters on the quality of the macrostructure of continuously cast billets. A metallographic assessment of the internal structure of cast metal made of free-cutting steel and data processing by application of correlation and regression analysis were the research methods. The array of production data of 43 heats of free-cutting steel of grade A12 was studied. Steel casting on a five-strand radial type continuous casting machine was carried out by various methods of metal pouring from tundish into the molds. Metal of 19 heats was poured with an open stream, and 24 heats – by a closed stream through submerged nozzles with a vertical hole. High-quality billets had a cross-sectional size of 150×150 mm. The macrostructure of high-quality square billets made of free-cutting steel of A12 grade is characterized by the presence of central porosity, axial segregation and peripheral point contamination, the degree of development of which was in the range from 1.5 to 2.0 points, segregation cracks and strips – about 1.0 points. In the course of casting with an open stream, almost all of these defects are more developed comparing with the casting by a closed stream. As a result of correlation and regression analysis, linear dependences of the development degree of segregation cracks and strips both axial and angular on the sulfur content in steel and on the ratio of manganese content to sulfur content were established. The degree of these defects development increases with growing of sulfur content in steel of A12 grade. These defects had especially strong development when sulfur content in steel was of more than 0.10%. To improve the quality of cast metal, it is necessary to have the ratio of the manganese content to the sulfur content in the metal more than eight.

Experience of clinical testing of personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Eryomenko ◽  
N. V. Rostunova ◽  
S. A. Budagyan ◽  
V. V. Stets
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Transportation Of Patients ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Accuracy Of Measurements ◽  
Hospital Equipment

The experience of clinical testing of the personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients at the intensive care units of leading Russian clinics is described. The high quality of communication with the remote receiving devices of doctors, the accuracy of measurements, resistance to interference from various hospital equipment and the absence of its own impact on such equipment were confirmed. There are significant advantages compared to stationary patient monitors, in particular, for intra and out-of-hospital transportation of patients.

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