An emerging mobile air pollution source: outdoor plastic liner manufacturing sites discharge VOCs into urban and rural areas

The in situ manufacture of cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) plastic liners in damaged sewer pipes is an emerging mobile source of anthropogenic air pollution.

Laser Measurement System for the Diagnostics of Mine Hoist Components/Laserowy System Pomiarowy Do Diagnostyki Elementów Górniczych Wyciągów Szybowych

This article discusses a completely new concept for the diagnostics of sheaves in rope hoisting equipment used in deep mining, where excavated material, consumables, and people are transported via shafts. Rope sheaves involve shafting, guide sheaves, and support rollers on which ropes reel in special grooves. Those grooves may be made directly in the material of the sheave rim or in a specially installed plastic liner. Those grooves are made in the appropriate dimensions. Any change to those dimensions is due to a number of phenomena that occur in life cycle processes and significantly affects the condition of ropes. Measurement of the geometrical parameters of rope grooves for diagnostic purposes provides information about the condition of the rope system and guidance on the appropriate corrective actions. This article presents a solution that permits continuous measurement of selected geometrical parameters of the grooves using a non-contact method of scanning sheave rims with a laser beam. The basic geometric parameters of grooves and sheave rims were defined. The system was shown to be useful in the determination of axial and radial run-out of rope sheaves.

THE MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF LINER MOVEMENT IN A MAGNETIC COMPRESSOR: ELASTIC, LIQUID AND PLASTIC LINER MODELS COMPARISON

The paper is aimed to model the electromagnetic acceleration and braking of the liner in magnetic compressor. The 2D approach corresponding to the longitudinal section of spatial region is considered. Liquid, elastic, and plastic models of the liner are presented. The comparative analysis of calculation results for different models and their correlation with experimental data are carried out. The research of the influence of circuit parameters on liner braking is done.

Evaluation of Table Grape Storage in Boxes with Sulfur Dioxide-releasing Pads with Either an Internal Plastic Liner or External Wrap

Two main methods are in use for packing table grapes (Vitis vinifera) for refrigerated storage and transport. One is to pack the grapes with a sulfur dioxide (SO2) generator pad inside a box with a perforated plastic liner and then to cool them. The other is to place the SO2 pad on the grapes, cool the pallet, and wrap it with low-density polyethylene film, leaving the bottom of the pallet open. These two methods were compared for their efficiency in maintaining grape quality and preventing decay for periods ranging from 33 to 117 days. The experiments included ‘Redglobe’ and ‘Zainy’ grapes packaged in plastic boxes and ‘Thompson Seedless’ grapes packaged in cardboard boxes. The quality of the grapes in the trials with plastic boxes was either similar in both packaging methods or better in the wrapped pallet than the liner method. The pedicels, and sometimes the rachis, showed more desiccation in the liners than in the wrapped pallets. Prevention of decay was also better with the wrapped pallets than for storage in liners. However, in the experiment with cardboard boxes, the externally wrapped boxes contained lower levels of SO2, probably because of absorption of SO2 by the cardboard, and the grapes developed more decay and rachis desiccation than in liners inside the cardboard boxes. The method of wrapping grapes after cooling them can have significant advantages over the liner method because of the faster cooling of the grapes and the use of less plastic-based, nonrecyclable materials.