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Modelling Possible Household Uses of Grey Water in Poland using Property Fitting Analysis 利用属性拟合分析建立波兰家庭灰水可能用途模型

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020025

Józef Ober, J. Karwot, Charli Sitinjak

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Waste Management during the Production Drilling Stage in the Oil and Gas Sector: A Feasibility Study 石油和天然气行业钻井生产阶段的废物管理：可行性研究

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020026

Andrey Lebedev, Alexey Cherepovitsyn

{"title":"Waste Management during the Production Drilling Stage in the Oil and Gas Sector: A Feasibility Study","authors":"Andrey Lebedev, Alexey Cherepovitsyn","doi":"10.3390/resources13020026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13020026","url":null,"abstract":"Drilling-waste management is of great importance in the oil and gas industry due to the substantial volume of multi-component waste generated during the production process. Improper waste handling can pose serious environmental risks, including soil and water contamination and the release of harmful chemicals. Failure to properly manage waste can result in large fines and legal consequences, as well as damage to corporate reputation. Proper drilling-waste management is essential to mitigate these risks and ensure the sustainable and responsible operation of oil and gas projects. It involves the use of advanced technologies and best practices to treat and utilize drilling waste in an environmentally safe and cost-effective manner. This article describes a feasibility study of four drilling-waste management options in the context of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia. For ten years of the project life, the NPV under the base scenario is equal to RUB −3374.3 million, under the first scenario is equal to RUB −1466.7 million, under the second scenario is equal to RUB −1666.8 million and under the third scenario is equal to RUB −792.4 million. When considering projects, regardless of oil production, the project under the third scenario pays off in 7.8 years and the NPV is RUB 7.04 million. The MCD and MCV parameters were calculated to be 106 km and 2290 tons, respectively. Furthermore, the study estimates the ecological damage prevented and the environmental effect of each option. Quantitative risk assessments, conducted through sensitivity analysis, reveal that the fourth option, involving the conversion of drilling waste into construction materials, emerges as the most economically feasible. The study also evaluates the interaction between business and government and analyzes the current situation in the sphere of drilling-waste management, concluding with concise recommendations for both companies and official bodies.","PeriodicalId":37723,"journal":{"name":"Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139863997","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}

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Non-Uniform Distribution of Geoheritage Resources in Geoparks—Problems, Challenges and Opportunities 地质公园地质遗产资源的非均匀分布--问题、挑战和机遇

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020023

P. Migoń, E. Pijet-Migoń

{"title":"Non-Uniform Distribution of Geoheritage Resources in Geoparks—Problems, Challenges and Opportunities","authors":"P. Migoń, E. Pijet-Migoń","doi":"10.3390/resources13020023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13020023","url":null,"abstract":"Geoparks are territorial organizations, whose primary aim is to foster sustainable local development through the promotion of geoheritage, geotourism and geoeducation. Sites of significant interest from the perspective of geosciences (geosites), as well as the overall geodiversity of the territory, are the fundamental resources for geopark activities. The distribution of these resources in the geographical space of geoparks may, however, be uneven. We first review four cases of UNESCO Global Geoparks from different European countries (Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Portugal) where such a situation occurs, with consequences on tourism development. Then, we place particular focus on an aspiring geopark of the Land of Extinct Volcanoes in SW Poland, providing evidence of its geoheritage and geodiversity values. The aspiring geopark integrates a mountainous–upland terrain and a lowland part, the latter with much fewer sites of interest and, apparently, fewer opportunities to successfully develop geotourism. Recognizing the challenges emerging from the non-uniform distribution of resources and learning from established geoparks, we highlight various opportunities to encourage (geo)tourism in the less diverse sections of the geoparks. Implementation of the ABC (abiotic–biotic–cultural) concept could be particularly helpful, as could be various events organized in these areas.","PeriodicalId":37723,"journal":{"name":"Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139870901","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}

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Non-Uniform Distribution of Geoheritage Resources in Geoparks—Problems, Challenges and Opportunities 地质公园地质遗产资源的非均匀分布--问题、挑战和机遇

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020023

P. Migoń, E. Pijet-Migoń

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Dynamic Capabilities: Unveiling Key Resources for Environmental Sustainability and Economic Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility towards Sustainable Development Goals 动态能力：揭示环境可持续性和经济可持续性的关键资源，以及实现可持续发展目标的企业社会责任

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020022

Jacqueline de Almeida Barbosa Franco, Ary Franco Junior, R. Battistelle, Barbara Stolte Bezerra

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Dynamic Capabilities: Unveiling Key Resources for Environmental Sustainability and Economic Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility towards Sustainable Development Goals 动态能力：揭示环境可持续性和经济可持续性的关键资源，以及实现可持续发展目标的企业社会责任

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020022

Jacqueline de Almeida Barbosa Franco, Ary Franco Junior, R. Battistelle, Barbara Stolte Bezerra

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The Bioenergetic Potential from Coffee Processing Residues: Towards an Industrial Symbiosis 咖啡加工残渣的生物能潜力：实现工业共生

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020021

Lorena Torres Albarracin, Irina Ramirez Mas, L. Fuess, R. P. Rodriguez, M. P. C. Volpi, Bruna de Souza Moraes

{"title":"The Bioenergetic Potential from Coffee Processing Residues: Towards an Industrial Symbiosis","authors":"Lorena Torres Albarracin, Irina Ramirez Mas, L. Fuess, R. P. Rodriguez, M. P. C. Volpi, Bruna de Souza Moraes","doi":"10.3390/resources13020021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13020021","url":null,"abstract":"Coffee processing generates a large amount of organic waste, which has the potential for energy use through biogas production. Although Brazil dominates world coffee production, treating its residue with biogas technology is not a practice, especially due to this product’s seasonality, which hampers continuous digester operation. The implementation of biogas production from coffee residues in a concept of industrial symbiosis could overcome this. This work evaluates the biogas energy potential from the main liquid residues of coffee processing (i.e., mucilage and wash water) and their integration with glycerin and cattle manure. Around 2773 m3 biogas day−1 would be produced (75% CH4), used as biomethane (734 thousand m3 year−1), or thermal energy (23,000,000 MJ year−1), or electricity (2718 MWh year−1), which could supply, respectively, all the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and diesel demands of the farm, all the thermal energy demands of the grain drying process, as well as electricity for 30 residences. Considering the short coffee season, the results have a broader context for the application of biogas production on coffee processing farms, envisaging that the Agroindustrial Eco-Park concept has the potential to integrate various agroindustrial sectors for energy production, residue exchange, and water recirculation.","PeriodicalId":37723,"journal":{"name":"Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140479890","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}

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Soybean Oil as a Green Solvent for the Recovery of Carotenoids from Banana Peel: Evaluation of the Storage and Processing on Final Product 大豆油作为从香蕉皮中回收类胡萝卜素的绿色溶剂：评估储存和加工对最终产品的影响

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Resources Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.3390/resources13020020

Nara Michi de Faria Ishikiriyama, Isabele Policarpo da Silveira, Joyce Viana Silva, Beatriz Pereira de Freitas, C. N. Kunigami, E. P. Jung, L. O. Ribeiro

{"title":"Soybean Oil as a Green Solvent for the Recovery of Carotenoids from Banana Peel: Evaluation of the Storage and Processing on Final Product","authors":"Nara Michi de Faria Ishikiriyama, Isabele Policarpo da Silveira, Joyce Viana Silva, Beatriz Pereira de Freitas, C. N. Kunigami, E. P. Jung, L. O. Ribeiro","doi":"10.3390/resources13020020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13020020","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to recover carotenoids from banana peel by employing a solid-liquid extraction using soybean oil as a green solvent. The oil with the highest total carotenoid content was evaluated for storage stability (30 °C/90 days) and thermal processing (100 and 200 °C/1–2 h). The results for changing temperature (33–67 °C), solid-liquid ratio (1:6–1:74 w/w), and agitation (132–468 rpm) were combined to evaluate the recovery of carotenoids from banana peel in extractions performed for 1 h. The highest total carotenoid concentration obtained from banana peel with 13% residual moisture was 756 µg of β-carotene/mL of oil at 50 °C with a solid-liquid ratio of 1:6 and 300 rpm agitation, resulting in a 55% recovery, which is superior to the extraction using acetone as the solvent (50%). Nutritionally, the carotenoid-rich oil can substantially increase vitamin A intake since a 13-mL serving can correspond to 63–117% of the daily intake of vitamin A for different groups. Regarding storage, no differences were observed in the fatty acid profile of the carotenoid-rich oil and the control (pure soybean oil) after 90 days (p > 0.05). The fatty acid profile also remained the same after thermal processing, regardless of temperature and exposure time, except for linolenic acid. 84% retention of total carotenoids was observed after storage. For thermal processing at 100 and 200 °C, regardless of the processing time, a 91 and 31% retention were observed, respectively. Therefore, the use of banana peel as a raw material to obtain carotenoids using soybean oil as a green solvent can add value to production chains, and it is aligned with Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 12 of the UN 2030 Agenda, which aims to end hunger, achieve food security, promote sustainable agriculture and ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, respectively.","PeriodicalId":37723,"journal":{"name":"Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140487083","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}

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Radiometric Signatures of Gold Mineralization Zone in Pongkor, West Java, Indonesia: A Baseline for Radiometric Mapping Application on Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit 印度尼西亚西爪哇 Pongkor 金矿化区的辐射特征：低硫化热液矿床辐射测绘应用基线

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Resources Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.3390/resources13010002

H. Syaeful, R. C. Ciputra, Tyto Baskara Adimedha, A. Sumaryanto, I. Sukadana, F. D. Indrastomo, F. Pratiwi, Sucipta Sucipta, Hendra Adhi Pratama, D. Mustika, K. Widana, Susilo Widodo, Muhammad Burhannudinnur, I. Syafri, B. Sutopo

{"title":"Radiometric Signatures of Gold Mineralization Zone in Pongkor, West Java, Indonesia: A Baseline for Radiometric Mapping Application on Low-Sulfidation Epithermal Deposit","authors":"H. Syaeful, R. C. Ciputra, Tyto Baskara Adimedha, A. Sumaryanto, I. Sukadana, F. D. Indrastomo, F. Pratiwi, Sucipta Sucipta, Hendra Adhi Pratama, D. Mustika, K. Widana, Susilo Widodo, Muhammad Burhannudinnur, I. Syafri, B. Sutopo","doi":"10.3390/resources13010002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13010002","url":null,"abstract":"Radiometric mapping could play a prominent role in locating the host rock or alteration that leads to gold mineralization. Nevertheless, in low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposits, the radiometric signatures have to be priorly characterized due to their geometry. It is comprised of a small ore vein system within the large alteration zones. The Pongkor gold mine is a low-sulfidation epithermal deposit and was selected for this purpose. The method started with the surface identification of radiometric signatures on altered and unaltered rocks near Pongkor using portable spectrometers. They are followed by the characterization of the underground mining front, which is comprised of different types of veins and host rocks. The results show that the altered rocks were characterized by a high K% and a low eTh/K ratio. Vice versa, the mineralized veins show low radioelement concentrations. Following the characterization of the geometry of alteration zones and mineralized veins, a study of the relationship between radioelements detected by radiometric mapping and gold pathfinder elements was conducted. Gold pathfinders of Mn, Fe, Zn, As, and Pb were selected for correlation studies with the radioelement. The pathfinders and radioelements were more significantly correlated in veins compared to the host rock. Based on this study, radiometric mapping has the potential and benefit of being applied in the exploration of low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposits. An alteration zone could be delineated by K or eTh/K as an anomaly indicator, and the vein bodies could also be delineated using low K or eTh as an anomaly indicator.","PeriodicalId":37723,"journal":{"name":"Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138952297","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}

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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis for the Strengthening of Solar Thermal Energy in Colombia 加强哥伦比亚太阳能热利用的优势、劣势、机会和威胁分析

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Resources Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.3390/resources13010003

S. Betancur, N. Ortega-Avila, Erick César López-Vidaña

{"title":"Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis for the Strengthening of Solar Thermal Energy in Colombia","authors":"S. Betancur, N. Ortega-Avila, Erick César López-Vidaña","doi":"10.3390/resources13010003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/resources13010003","url":null,"abstract":"Colombia has made different efforts to contribute to fulfilling its international commitments to curb climate change by reducing emissions and promoting technological development and project financing. However, the existing policies and regulatory framework primarily focus on promoting the photovoltaic industry for electricity production. Likewise, the energy sector has neglected the potential of solar thermal energy as a heat source. In this sense, it is necessary to redouble efforts through new public policies that integrate solar thermal energy in the residential and productive sectors. Using solar thermal energy for heating can contribute to the energy transition and meet its sustainable development goals. Therefore, the main objective of this work was to analyze Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to determine the potential application of thermal solar heat in Colombia while considering the local context. Factors such as their environmental conditions, policies, and regulations; the existence of international agreements; and their political status in general were analyzed. The analysis revealed Colombia’s significant solar heat potential, enabling over 1.3 million cold-climate households to access hot water or reduce firewood use. Industrially, applying solar heat in 5% of the current industry could decrease fossil fuel consumption by 13 PJ. The findings highlight that Colombia’s potential in thermal solar energy necessitates collaborative efforts, legislative reinforcement, climate-adaptive measures, and the resolution of political and social challenges.","PeriodicalId":37723,"journal":{"name":"Resources","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138950273","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}

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