Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-10-01DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.048
E. Danilin, A. Lobov
{"title":"Thermal-detoxification equipment and utilization of heat from cokebattery smokestack gases","authors":"E. Danilin, A. Lobov","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.048","url":null,"abstract":"Kotloenergoprom Stock Co. has developed new technology of thermal rendering harmless andwaste recovering of heat of flue gases from coke-oven batteries in one unit.In 2000, Kotloenergoprom Stock Co. had executed the design of the first in the world Unit ofthermal rendering harmless and waste recovering of heat of flue gases from the coke-oven batteryNo. l installed in \"Zaporozhkoks\" (65 furnaces, H = 7.0 m, V = 41.6 m3).The complex \"Coke-oven battery - Unit\" operates in the special mode using automatic processcontrol system. Introduction the above Unit in 2002 had ensured: decrease of NOx contents influe gases from coke-oven battery in 1.5+2 times and CO on 90+ I 00 % with providinginternational norms of ejections; rebuming solid carbon inclusions and combustible components(H2, CH4, CmHn) in flue gases; stabilization of hydraulic mode of coke-oven battery operation;non-shock putting coke-oven battery into operation directly to chimney stack in case of scheduledor accident stopping the Unit; waste recovery of heat of flue gases from coke-oven battery inquantity up to 6.0 Gkal/h; producing up to 85 tph of steam with energetic parameters at additionalcombustion of coke-oven gas (without building new chimney stack), that lets to produceadditionally 6 MWt of electric power;Standard scheme of producing heat and electric power at by-product coke plants applying usualboiler houses and power stations is irrational. The more effective is to apply the scheme ofproducing heat and electric power with simultaneous rendering harmless and waste recovery ofheat of flue gases from coke-oven batteries in the special Units using existing chimney stacks ofcoke-oven batteries.Cost of building the Unit is not more than cost of usual boiler house or power station with equalcapacity.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121554877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.044
Lidija Svirenko, N. Suchkova
{"title":"Sewage sludge treatment for fertilizer production using biotechnologies: perspectives for the Bezludivka wastewater treatment plant, Kharkiv","authors":"Lidija Svirenko, N. Suchkova","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.044","url":null,"abstract":"Complex \"Dikanivka\" & \"Bezludivka\" wastewater treatment plant (WWTP, Kharkiv) is oneof the biggest in Ukraine. Mixture of industrial and domestic wastewater is treated on thestation. Great volume of sewage sludge has been produced and accumulated for forty years ofthe plant operation, Environment of the region has been affected rather seriously in result ofout-of-date sludge dewatering system exploitation and heaps of dewatered sludge on theterritory of the plant Environment stabilization in the area of sludge treatment is an urgentproblem of the region, Phytoremediation as a promising natural technology for the purpose isdiscussed in the article.Sewage sludge is rich in organic matter and nutrient elements (nitrogen and phosphates)therefore it could be applied for soil fertilization. On the other hand, due to high heavy metals(Cd, Ni, Cu, Cr) concentration in sludge, contamination with enteric parasites, pH less than5,5 there is restriction for sludge application in agricultural production,Willow (Salix spp,) is discussed as a plant for phytoremediation of the territory and forsubstratum properties melioration because of its availability to accumulate heavy metals,regulate concentration of nutrients, high biomass production and high environmentaltolerance.Experiment in situ has to be carried for the plant-remediater selection and for investigation ofsludge agricultural properties dynamic.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122120071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.15626/ECO-TECH.2005.045
Jaanis Juhanson
{"title":"Impact of phytoremediation and bioaugmentation on microbial community in oil shale chemical industry solid waste","authors":"Jaanis Juhanson","doi":"10.15626/ECO-TECH.2005.045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/ECO-TECH.2005.045","url":null,"abstract":"Field and laboratory experiments were carried out in order to estimate the suitability ofphytoremediation and bioaugmentation for oil shale chemical industry solid waste (semicoke) dump area remediation as well as influence of plants and laboratory selecteddegradative bacterial strains on the microbial communities in semi-coke, Field test plots (each50 m2) were established at semi-coke depository in July 200 I and samples for microbiologicaland chemical analysis were collected in October 2002 and 2003, Microbial communities insemi-coke were · analysed using both culture-based and molecular methods, Changes inmicrobial community structure and activity occurred in semi-coke as a result ofphytoremediation and bioaugmentation, Phytoremediation increased the number of oildegrading bacteria and diversity of microbial community in semi-coke as well as microbialbiomass. A comparison of 16S rRNA gene-based DGGE fingerprints of semi-coke samplesusing multivariate analysis showed variation between the bacterial community profiles fromdifferent treatments. Degradation rates of pollutants did not differ significantly between plotswith vegetation except for sod, showing negligible effect of soil amendment typeonbiodegradation activity. Our results indicate that increased biodegradation activity was due toproliferation of specific microbial groups, changes in taxonomic and metabolic diversity ofbacterial community and shifts in the structure of catabolic genes, Based on our findings weconclude that phytoremediation and bioaugmentation could be considered as an alternativemanagement option for remediation of oil shale solid waste.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134336575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.047
Y. Vystavna
{"title":"The balanced model of the sustainable water consumption in a public sector in Ukraine","authors":"Y. Vystavna","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.047","url":null,"abstract":"Water quantity and quality are important aspects of water management concerning to thepollution control as economic and environmental safety of any countries, Due to intensiveexploitation and inadequate pollution control Ukraine faces with degradation of natural waterresources. The Kharkiv region is an industrially developed region of Ukraine with highpopulation density and water resources scarcity, The disproportion in economical and waterresource potentials of the region and significant anthropogenic loadings on the water sourceslead to depletion and pollution of ones, and, as a consequence, to the water deficiency,Dwelling sector and office buildings are one of the most powerful water consumers onurbanized territories, Every day the big Ukrainian city, like Kharkiv, consumes no less than200 million of cub,m water per year and 80 % of that for households water supplying, Thepowerful water consumption leads to the degradation of water resource, especially, in the bigcities with water scarcity,The aim of the work is to find a new optimal level of water resource consumption forhouseholds and office buildings on urbanized territory to base on environmental, economicand social aspects of water use, An environmental engineering modelling, risk assessment andeconomic methods of analysis have been used for the research work,The balanced model of quality of water environment and public water demand weredeveloped by real data, The regression parameters were determined for such indicators ofwater quality as suspended solids, mineralization, ammonium, nitrites, chlorides,Using the model it is possible to analyze environmental impacts of municipal waterconsumption and find the optimal level of public water supply,Also the environmental, economic and social criteria of water saving were developed,","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"297 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132584823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-30DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.039
Y. Makarovskiy
{"title":"Use of new informatics methods for improvement of environmental management in Ukraine","authors":"Y. Makarovskiy","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.039","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental pollution is a topical ecological problem in Ukraine. The main attention isgiven to surface water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs and seas) pollution with industrial andmunicipal waste waters as well as soil and underground waters pollution by industrial andmunicipal wastes.New informatics methods make great contribution into improvement of ecological state ofterritories, These methods are used for information distribution, situation analysis andjustification of approved management decisions in the field of environmental protection.Projects in the domain of information support of ecological safety and nature management inregions, performed by USRIEP and used in environmental management practice are describedin this work","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121343192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-26DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.037
M. Kriipsalu, D. Nammari
{"title":"Does size matter: scaling a composting experiment","authors":"M. Kriipsalu, D. Nammari","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.037","url":null,"abstract":"Composting has been considered one of the simplest and most cost-effective methods forbiotreatment of oily soil, sludge and sediments. By nature, composting is a large-scaleprocess, where certain mass is needed to retain heat and moisture. In order to optimizecomposting, especially with oily wastes, various experiments may be necessary. To representthe composting process in small scale, in particular the magnitude and duration of temperatureprofiles, adequate scaling is required. Small-scale composting experiments were conducted inorder to be able to analyze the scaling-up effects of laboratory and pilot-scale experimentsinto full-scale composting. Four naturally ventilated box reactors of different volumes: 2L,20L, 200L, and lO00L were used. The compost mixture consisted of oily sediments, sawdust,and peat. The temperature of all compost mixtures was recorded daily at the centre andsurface of each compost box, during a period of ten months. It was found, that the reactorswith a volume � 200L and a surface area to volume ratio (SA:V) 2': I 0: I, showed no differencebetween surface and centre temperature. The heat generated was lost to the surroundings at ahigher rate than could be sustained by the biomass. While the IO00L experiment with a SA:Vratio in the range of 6.0: I produced pronounced self heating. The results were in accordanceto the SA:V ratios and their relationship to heat generation and dissipation as shown inscientific literature. The results obtained, show that laboratory experiments with self-heatingreactors of SA:V ratio 2':I 0: I containing oily-sludge should not be used to simulate full scale,since the results are impossible to verify. In order to carry out reliable experiments simulatingfull scale composting processes in inexpensive self-heating reactors, it is suggested not toproceed with laboratory scale, but conduct properly insulated pilot-scale experiments withSA:V � 6.0:1.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128011863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-26DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.034
Dmytro Dyadin
{"title":"Complex monitoring as a base of environmental policy formation at urban territories","authors":"Dmytro Dyadin","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.034","url":null,"abstract":"Rivers and their floodplains within urban territories are considered as principal objects ofcomplex monitoring for cities with quite developed industry and transport as the city ofKharkiv. Flowing across both industrial and residential areas, rivers take, transport andaccumulate all contaminants from surface runoff, leachate of solid wastes disposals, industrialwater discharge.In 1991 Kharkiv National Academy of Municipal Economy (NAMEK) together with KharkivGeological Survey carried out landscape survey and geochemical analysis of floodplains andriver bed areas of main rivers within the city - Udy, Lopan and Kharkiv. Soils, bottomsediments and plants were sampled and analysed. Next stages of monitoring carried out bystaff and students of NAMEK have shown considerable changes in spatial allocation ofpollution sources at surveyed landscapes and quality changes of contaminants. Uncontrolleddisposal of solid wastes at river banks has increased considerably during last years and thefact gives principle concern to residential and agricultural areas.Obtained data allow making reasonable choice of runoff and wastewater treatmenttechnologies especially phytotechnologies as innovative, low-cost and environmentallyfriendly treatment methods. Monitoring results should be a basement for effective industrialand municipal waste management and as a whole for forming of environmental policy aturbanized areas.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122985679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-26DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.032
S. Viggor, E. Heinaru, J. Truu, A. Heinaru
{"title":"Kinetics of phenol degradation by selected bacterial strains with different genetic properties","authors":"S. Viggor, E. Heinaru, J. Truu, A. Heinaru","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.032","url":null,"abstract":"The major environmental problem in the northeastern Estonia is the semi-coke mounds in oilshale industry areas, Alternatives to the chemical methods (sorption, ozonation) for removingxenobiotic compounds from leachate are biological methods, like bioaugmentation, where theproperly selected microorganisms are used. Determination of the kinetic constants (maximumspecific growth rates (µmax), lag times (A.), half saturation constants (Kso for oxygenatingactivity and Ksa for growth) and inhibition constants (Ki)) will give us information about therate of pollutant degradation and is the basis for the selection of the most effective bacteria forbioaugmentation. In phenol degradation the initial and rate-limiting enzyme is phenolhydroxylase, encoded by different genes, The aim of this work was to carry out a kineticstudy of the aerobic degradation of phenol using single strains (Pseudomonas mendocinaPC 1, P. fluorescens PC 18, PC20 and PC24) isolated from river water continuously pollutedwith phenolic compounds, The strains PC 1 and PC 18 contain genes for multicomponentphenol hydroxylase, whereas single-component phenol hydroxylase (pheBA operon)characterizes the strains PC20 and PC24, The phenol-oxygenating activity (Kso) was obtainedfrom substrate-dependent oxygen uptake data (oxygen concentrations were measured with aClark-type oxygen electrode) using Michaelis-Mentens model. Specific growth rates µ andlag times). were calculated from absorbance growth curves on phenol concentrations 0,2-10.6mM and the growth kinetic constants (µmax, Ksa, Ki) were estimated using Haldanes, Edwardsand Aiba-Edwards model. The Kso values for phenol were one order of magnitude lower instrains PC 1 and PC 18 than in strains PC20 and PC24.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130320452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-26DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.036
L. Kapelkina, L. Malyshkina, L. Bakina, A. Korolev, T. Koroleva, L. Usova, S. Bakkal
{"title":"Monitoring of ecosystems in an oil-extracting area","authors":"L. Kapelkina, L. Malyshkina, L. Bakina, A. Korolev, T. Koroleva, L. Usova, S. Bakkal","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.036","url":null,"abstract":"Complex monitoring has been carried out by five institutes of St.Petersburg Scientific Centerin on of the oil-fields, located in boggy landscape in the Western Siberia. The aim ofinvestigations is to estimate the conditions of land and water ecosystems around drilling wellsand in oil-extraction zone. Field work was performed in the surroundings of boring grounds atdifferent technological stages: 1) sand road pads construction, 2) drilling of wells, 3) wellsunder exploitation (oil extraction stage). During the field work the laboratory investigationsand chemical analyses of soil samples have been made. The state of soil and vegetation cover,soil microbial community, entomofauna, hydrobionts, ground vertebrates and birds has beenstudied. Soil microorganisms, plants, animals, hydrobionts have been used as bioindicators.Local changes of the components of environment caused by natural and technogenic factorswere found. Typical changes in ecosystems caused by impact of different technogenicdisturbances (oil spills, salt waters, technical oils, drilling muds, flooding by ground waters)were determined. The results of our investigations showed that the level of changes ofecosystems caused by technogenic impact was determined by three factors: the direction andintensity of impact, its duration and ecological resistance of ecosystem on a whole. Alongwith uniformity of technogenic impact in the different types of ecosystems, differentdeviations in their condition have been observed. In spite of rather pronounced deviations inthe condition of different components of environment the determined changes in the mostcases have the reversible character.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132215686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linnaeus Eco-TechPub Date : 2019-09-26DOI: 10.15626/eco-tech.2005.033
L. Westholm
{"title":"Blast furnace slag and pine bark as potential filter media for metal sorption from landfill leachate","authors":"L. Westholm","doi":"10.15626/eco-tech.2005.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15626/eco-tech.2005.033","url":null,"abstract":"Heavy metals are commonly occurring in landfill leachate and in order to achieve theenvironmental goal about a non-toxic environment adopted by the Swedish Parliament, theleachate must be treated before being discharged into a nearby surface or groundwater body.There are several technical treatment options based on chemical, biological or physicalprocesses. Examples of these techniques are the SBR technique, oxidation and membranefiltration. These treatment methods are not always suitable at all landfill sites due toeconomical and/or technical constraints. Other treatment methods have therefore attractedattention. These methods, often natural based such as constructed wetland systems, are moreadapted to small landfill sites where high-tech and cost-demanding alternatives are not anoption. One natural based method that has attracted attention for leachate treatment in recentyears is the filter technique. It is based on the passage of a polluted water flow through a filtermedia with properties suitable for retention of heavy metals or other pollutants. A largenumber of different filter materials have been investigated with regard to their metal sorptioncapacity. The majority of these studies have been carried out in laboratory experiments ofdifferent kinds. Industrial by-products such as blast furnace slag and pine bark are filtermaterials that have been considered interesting for metal removal from landfill leachate. Aseries of laboratory experiments carried out as batch tests have therefore been conducted inorder to learn more about the potential of these filter materials to remove heavy metals fromlandfill leachate.","PeriodicalId":321575,"journal":{"name":"Linnaeus Eco-Tech","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121480800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}