Humanitarian and Technological Revolution: Assessment of the State of Readiness for the Transition to a New Technological Layout

In the context of the current heat of global hypercompetition for the future, technological and social transformations, the deployment of the digital economy, the scale of the penetration of artificial intelligence into all spheres of life, the formation of human-centered and other models of the economy, including the model of Society 5.0, One of the priority issues on the agenda is assessment of the state of readiness of the transition to a new technological order. In this context, the article defines the conceptual framework for monitoring the readiness of the transition to a new technological order. The main obstacles that impede the receipt of complete and comprehensive information about digital transformation in the economy and its effectiveness, the scale and consequences of the introduction of artificial intelligence and technologies of the sixth technological order in the economy and the social sphere are identified. The analysis of the current state of scientific and technological development for a number of indicators is presented.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of the building heating control system

Currently, improving energy efficiency and introducing energy-saving technologies is a strategic task for all national economies. Improving the efficiency of buildings and reducing energy consumption in homes can lead to real reductions in resource consumption while ensuring the required level of living comfort. The use of different types of regulation of the building heating system allows the heat transfer of heating devices to be as close as possible to the current heat demand of the object in order to maintain the required internal temperature with a constant change in external conditions. The paper considers the following types of regulation: room-byroom regulation, regulation according to the temperature schedule of CHP and weather regulation. A calculation of each type of regulation was carried out and comparisons of room-by-room regulation with regulation according to the temperature schedule of CHP plants and with weather regulation were presented. As a result, the most effective option was proposed.

Effect of Electric Current Heat Treatment on Commercially Pure Titanium Sheets

Rapid electric current heat treatment has been successfully applied to a cold-rolled sheet of commercially pure titanium (CP Ti). The electric current heat treatment was conducted at various temperatures (400, 500, 600 and 700 ∘C) by altering the current density (A/mm2). The detailed microstructure and texture evolution was studied using electron backscatter and X-ray diffraction analysis. For comparison, conventional heat treatment at 400, 500 and 600 ∘C were also applied to the cold-rolled sheets. The electrically heat-treated sample showed a much smaller and uniform grain size with a relatively weak texture than the conventionally heat-treated one. As a result, the electrically heat-treated samples exhibited better tensile properties than conventionally heat-treated samples. Furthermore, the electric current treatment produced minimum sheet distortion and good oxidation resistance compared with the conventional heat treatment.

Nasal Conchae in Nandanam Chicken- Gross, Histological and Immunohistochemical Study

Unlike mammals, birds have a unique respiratory tract that conditioning of inspired air takes place only within the nasal cavity alone. Nasal conchae are scroll-like structures situated on either side of the nasal cavity and lined by mucous membrane. Nasal conchae perform this function by counter-current heat exchange mechanism. The study was performed to document the gross and histoarchitectural details of rostral, middle and caudal conchae in Nandanam Chicken. The framework of the conchae is made of hyaline cartilage. The mucosa is lined by stratified squamous keratinized epithelium, pseudostratified ciliated columnar and olfactory epithelium in rostral, middle and caudal conchae respectively. Intraepithelial glands are made of mucus type in rostral and middle conchae serous variety located in propria-submucosa in caudal concha. Nasal cavity associated lymphoid tissue is made of CD3+ T lymphocytes

Separator press granulator of wax raw materials

The article discusses the design of the separator of the press granulator for processing wax raw materials and obtaining wax and granulated Merv. The wax raw material in the loading hopper is heated by direct current heat. Research of the obtained granules of the nerves to the test on a tensile testing machine IR-5047-50-03 has been conducted. It was found that the processing of wax raw materials by the separator press granulator is low-cost, efficient, environmentally friendly and the wax yield is 99%.

ВИКОРИСТАННЯ НАДЛИШКУ ХОЛОДОПРОДУКТИВНОСТІ ХОЛОДИЛЬНИХ МАШИН ПРИ ОХОЛОДЖЕННІ ПОВІТРЯ НА ВХОДІ ГТУ

The processes of the gas turbine inlet air cooling by exhaust heat conversion chillers, which utilizing the gas turbine exhaust gas heat, converting it into cold were analyzed. The use of two-stage air cooling has been investigated: to a temperature of 15°C – in an absorption lithium-bromide chiller and below to a temperature of 10°C – in an ejector chiller as stages of a two-stage absorption-ejector chiller. To simulate air cooling processes, the program "Guentner Product Calculator", one of the leading manufacturers of heat exchangers "Guentner", was used. The possibility of using the accumulated excess refrigeration capacity of a combined absorption-ejector chiller, which is formed at reduced current heat loads on air coolers at the gas turbine inlet, to cover the refrigeration capacity deficit arising at increased heat loads due to high ambient air temperatures has been investigated. The refrigeration capacity required to the gas turbine inlet air cooling was compared to an excess refrigeration capacity which excess of the current heat load. The considered air cooling system provides pre-cooling of air at the gas turbine inlet by using the excess refrigeration capacity of the absorption-ejector chiller, accumulated in the cold accumulator, to provide the required refrigeration capacity of the air pre-cooling booster stage. The simulation results proved the expediency of the gas turbine inlet air cooling using the accumulated excess refrigeration capacity of the combined absorption-ejector chiller. The proposed solution reduces by about 50% the design refrigeration capacity and, accordingly, the cost of the installed absorption lithium-bromide chiller, which acts as a high-temperature stage for cooling the ambient air at the gas turbine inlet.

Can old growth alpine forests be biophysical barriers against current heat waves?

<p><strong>Can old growth alpine forests be biophysical barriers against current heat waves?</strong></p><p>The current climate crisis requires an urgent understanding of ecosystem features dampening and alleviating the increasing radiation forcing. To this end, emission of latent heat from forests emerges with its relevance among the terrestrial ecosystem properties. It is not clear, however, if the different forest structures and ages act similarly, depending on the species composition, or if their structure has a role.</p><p>We performed a research on the hydrological cycle in the highly instrumented research facility in Renon forest, Italian Alps, belonging to the ICOS European infrastructure. The site is covered by a dense but structurally heterogeneous spruce forest, characterized by a young sector, with 30 years trees and an old forest sector composed by 200 years old trees.</p><p>Energy and water balance are quantified by eddy covariance instrumentation, 12 sap flux sensors in trees representative of the forest tree ages and 20 below-canopy pluviometers in each of the two forest structures. With these pluviometers, we quantified the relative role of canopy interception as a function of LAI density, precipitation intensity and duration. Water discharge and fog interception measurements allowed the closure of the water cycle at catchment scale.</p><p>Interestingly, we found that the water cycle is largely decoupled from the ground. In the old forest section, the fraction of water reaching the ground in the old sector is the 0.42±0.17 (vs. 0.67±0.17 in the young sector) of incoming precipitation. This suggests that in old alpine forests the hydrological cycle takes place largely in the crown and the old forest is using a large fraction of precipitation to dissipate heat.</p><p>Our results support the view of stand age as emerging property in the atmosphere-biosphere interaction and highlight the relevance of old forests in dampening the recurrent heat spells spreading across Europe, with the Alps and their remaining old growth forests standing as biophysical barriers.</p>