Siti Nuramirah Rabbani Muhammad Zaki, F. Abu, S. A. Bahari, S. Osman, Mansur Ahmad, M. Zakaria
{"title":"Bibliometric Assessment of International Developments in Paper Sludge Research Using Scopus Database","authors":"Siti Nuramirah Rabbani Muhammad Zaki, F. Abu, S. A. Bahari, S. Osman, Mansur Ahmad, M. Zakaria","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0020","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Energy viability and waste disposal have been the two significant global complication. The consumption of paper and, subsequently, recycling are increasingly growing, contributing to vast quantities of paper sludge. Therefore, in waste disposal and environmental remediation, coping with massive volumes of paper sludge has received tremendous attention worldwide. Our purpose was to assess leading study advancements globally of paper sludge based on articles published, authors intra/inter-collaborations and accumulations of keywords. Throughout entire 1967–2019 duration, 2096 publications in paper sludge topic were mined using Scopus database. The findings revealed that the number of publications was less than 30 between 1967 and 1995, less than 60 between 1996 and 2005, less than 90 between 2006 and 2010 and more than 90 between 2011 and the recent year. Consequently, the yearly publishing is forecast to keep to expand. In a total of 125 journals, a total of 217 Canadian scholars from 155 universities lead to 263 papers, comprising 10.8 % total publications, where 261 (99.2 %) of 263 total English-language publications dominate the other countries/territories, while 0.8 % in French language. Also, from each of the 15 top countries, among the most productive universities, Université Laval was ranked 251st in World University Rankings 2021. In review, the following present developments in paper sludge comprise of: (i) cement, cellulose, bioethanol/biogas and concrete; (ii) phytoremediation and vermicompost and (iii) modelling (e.g., response surface methodology).","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"59 1","pages":"256 - 275"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82790650","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}
V. Loboichenko, J. Wilk-Jakubowski, Grzegorz Wilk-Jakubowski, Radoslaw Harabin, R. Shevchenko, V. Strelets, A. Levterov, Alexandr Soshinskiy, N. Tregub, Oleksii Antoshkin
{"title":"The Use of Acoustic Effects for the Prevention and Elimination of Fires as an Element of Modern Environmental Technologies","authors":"V. Loboichenko, J. Wilk-Jakubowski, Grzegorz Wilk-Jakubowski, Radoslaw Harabin, R. Shevchenko, V. Strelets, A. Levterov, Alexandr Soshinskiy, N. Tregub, Oleksii Antoshkin","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0024","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper studies the current state of the art in the use of acoustic effects in the prevention and elimination of fires. For this purpose, the literature review method was applied. The well-known approaches to fire extinguishing and their impact on the environment are considered. Multifaceted studies by a wide range of scientists on the possibilities of the acoustic effect in fire extinguishing are noted. The analysis of literary sources showed the negative impact of both the fires themselves and the majority of fire extinguishing agents on the environment. Variants of the use of the acoustic effect for the prevention and elimination of fires of various combustible substances are considered. The influence of the frequency of acoustic waves, scanning speed, power, and other acoustic parameters on flame extinguishing is noted. The possibilities of using a deep neural network for flame detection have been studied. The limitations and advantages of acoustic technology and further prospects for its development as an element of environmental technologies are shown.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"319 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88734538","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}
{"title":"Avoiding Food Wastage: The Net Impact of Maisto Bankas Activities. A Carbon Footprint Approach","authors":"Giuditta Meloni, L. Rocchi","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Food wastage is a complex global issue. Its solution requires a multi-pronged effort and the use of diversified strategies. Since the impacts are on an environmental, social and economic level, solutions can take shape in one of these areas, knowing that there are often trade-offs between one and the other. This paper aims to evaluate the net environmental effects in terms of Carbon footprint of the activities of the Lithuanian Food Bank (Maisto Bankas). Food banks are charities that work to reduce the negative social effects associated with food waste and food insecurity. They work on the food recovery, avoiding the transformation of food surplus in food waste. The present paper assessed the positive impact generated by the Lithuanian Food Bank thanks to its activities as the non-impact of recovered food and the non-disposal of food in landfills. At the same time, also the negative impact in term of emission due to the management of all its activities has been estimated. The net impact has been derived by the comparison of the two flows. The results of the study proved that, behind the social benefit, the Food Banks, as Maisto Bankas, produce also a net positive environmental impact.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"70 1","pages":"240 - 255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91211360","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}
M. Asghari, G. Fallah Ghalhari, Gholamheidar Teimori-Boghsani, S. Farhang Dehghan, H. Heidari
{"title":"Trend Investigation of Thermal Comfort in Different Climates of Iran in Past Decades","authors":"M. Asghari, G. Fallah Ghalhari, Gholamheidar Teimori-Boghsani, S. Farhang Dehghan, H. Heidari","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Regarding climatic diversity in Iran and the dependence of many outdoor activities (occupational, recreational, tourism attraction, etc.) on climatic conditions, this study conducted aiming to evaluate thermal comfort fluctuations in Iran. Thermal comfort fluctuations in different climates of Iran were investigated between 1985 and 2014 using recorded meteorological data in 40 synoptic stations. The Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s Slope were used to analyse the changing trends of the Humidex and to determine the actual slope of a trend over time, respectively. In overall, the southern areas of Iran have the longest period with unfavourable and extremely unfavourable climatic conditions in this study. Conversely, in the northern half of Iran, especially in North West areas, the appropriate summer season provides the best climatic conditions for outdoor activities.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"25 1","pages":"155 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73899959","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}
Dariush Rashidi Zadeh, G. Derakhshan, Seyed Mehdi Hakimi, Babak Abdi
{"title":"An Economic and Environmental Optimization Model in a Micro Grid with Demand Response","authors":"Dariush Rashidi Zadeh, G. Derakhshan, Seyed Mehdi Hakimi, Babak Abdi","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0056","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract To accommodate the current energy system with the renewable energy source, the concept of micro grid (MG) has been developed. Using such systems, different advantage such as minimization of power loss, operating cost, and emission can be achieved. In this paper, the 24-hour power and heat based MG scheduling is investigated under environmental aspects and economic issues as bi-objective modelling in the presence of demand response (DR) program for decreasing greenhouse gas emission and system operation cost. The investigation of the MG contains energy storage system, boiler and combined heat and power (CHP). For solving the problem, first the Pareto optimal solutions have been obtained by the weighted-sum technique, then the fuzzy satisfying approach has been used to get optimal trade-off result. To confirm the performance of the method, the problem is solved in two-case to demonstrate the effects of DR on MG scheduling.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"34 1","pages":"730 - 741"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77701465","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}
{"title":"External Costs of Passenger Cars and Light Commercial Vehicles in Latvia","authors":"Karlis Mendzins, Aiga Barisa","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0086","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The transport sector is one of the most polluting sectors in the world and 29.8 % of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Latvia come from it. Given this sector’s importance, it is surprising that the external costs of transport are often measured only from the air pollution perspective, mainly CO2 emissions and the health effects associated with these emissions. However, other external costs should be considered when calculating the impact of transport. In this paper, external costs dependent on the type of motor and energy used in vehicles are calculated for Latvia’s current passenger car and light commercial vehicle situation. These external costs are compared with different proportions of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Latvia’s passenger and light commercial vehicle fleet. In addition, changes in employment associated with changes in the automotive sector are calculated. The results indicate that having a higher BEV proportion in the fleet reduces external costs in almost all sectors and increases job positions available in the automotive sector.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"134 1","pages":"1145 - 1157"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76274020","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}
A. Serikbayeva, A. Boranbayeva, M. Abdibattayeva, F. Nurbayeva, Salima Cherkeshova, Asem Myrzabekova
{"title":"Minimization of the Negative Environmental Impact of Oil Sludge by Using it in the Production of Bitumen","authors":"A. Serikbayeva, A. Boranbayeva, M. Abdibattayeva, F. Nurbayeva, Salima Cherkeshova, Asem Myrzabekova","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, the prevention of negative technogenic impact on the environment of oil sludge by using it as a secondary resource is considered. Oil sludge from various objects of oil fields in Kazakhstan (Mangystau region) has been studied. The possibilities of using oil (after its separation from oil sludge by bioremidiation) as a partial substitute for bitumen base in the production of modified bitumen are considered. The main physical and mechanical characteristics of modified bitumen are determined. The results confirm that the modified bitumen prepared with oil sludge and oil separated by bioremiation method meets the requirements for polymer-bitumen binder to Kazakhstan standards and is suitable for the production of modified bitumen in its physico-chemical characteristics.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"9 1","pages":"1337 - 1349"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82262218","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}
Megija Valtere, Daina Kaleja, Edgars Kudurs, Antra Kalnbaļķīte, Viktorija Terjanika, Beate Zlaugotne, J. Pubule, D. Blumberga
{"title":"The Versatility of the Bioeconomy. Sustainability Aspects of the Use of Bran","authors":"Megija Valtere, Daina Kaleja, Edgars Kudurs, Antra Kalnbaļķīte, Viktorija Terjanika, Beate Zlaugotne, J. Pubule, D. Blumberga","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0050","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract As food consumption increases, so does the number of agricultural by-products. That is why it is necessary to find the best possible uses for them, operating by the principles of the bioeconomy. This work aims to gather information on the possibilities of using grain byproducts to develop new products and evaluate which bran products are the most suitable for commercialisation based on economic, environmental, social, and technical factors. Two methods were used in this work: literature review and multi-criteria decision analysis. As a result, 30 products were identified that could be made by using wheat bran, straw, husk, and dust. The products were divided into six groups – packaging materials, building materials, adsorbents, fuel, thermal insulation materials, and chemicals. In multi-criteria decision analysis, it was looked at seven bran products of which the best alternative for further commercialisation is mycelium-based biocomposite.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"658 - 669"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89246560","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}
A. Inayat, L. Rocha‐Meneses, Z. Said, C. Ghenai, F. Ahmad, Aisha M Al-Ali, Fatemeh Mahmood, Noura Abdallah
{"title":"Activated Carbon Production from Coffee Waste via Slow Pyrolysis Using a Fixed Bed Reactor","authors":"A. Inayat, L. Rocha‐Meneses, Z. Said, C. Ghenai, F. Ahmad, Aisha M Al-Ali, Fatemeh Mahmood, Noura Abdallah","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0055","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Pyrolysis is a thermochemical process commonly used for bio-oil, bio-char, and syngas production. It is particularly attractive due to its cost-effectiveness and low environmental impact. Therefore, this study utilizes coffee waste to produce activated carbon in a slow pyrolysis reactor at different reaction temperatures and residence times. The results obtained in this study show that bio-oil yields tend to increase when moderate reaction temperatures and short residence times are used. In contrast, the bio-char yields are higher at low reaction temperatures and long residence times. The Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) images of the coffee waste, bio-char, and activated carbon indicate that the pore size of the bio-char tends to decrease due to heating and tends to increase in the area after using ZnCl2 as activating agent. Coffee waste is a suitable feedstock for activating carbon production.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"59 1","pages":"720 - 729"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72617705","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}
{"title":"Experimental Studies and Theoretical Modelling of Diesel Engine Running on Biodiesels from South African Sunflower and Canola Oils","authors":"C. Enweremadu, O. Samuel, H. Rutto","doi":"10.2478/rtuect-2022-0048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0048","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The attributes of cost-effectiveness, reliability, consistency and better understanding, have made researchers prefer studying engine characteristics of IC engines fuelled with alternative fuels/diesel blends with computer simulation compared to conventional experimental study. For the first time, the study attempted to simulate combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of biodiesels from Canola and Sunflower oil domiciled in South Africa. The properties of biodiesel vary from one region to another depending on the local properties of the feedstock used for its production. In this study, a computer model-based C++ was used to evaluate the performance characteristics of biodiesel fuels produced from local South African sunflower and canola oil feedstocks. The developed model was validated using experimental results. The performance characteristics of biodiesel and biodiesel-diesel blends from these oils were tested in a Mercedes Benz OM 364A turbocharged four-stroke, four-cylinder direct ignition industrial diesel engine. Results show similar combustion characteristics for all the tested samples. Diesel shows a higher brake power and higher exhaust gas temperature than all the tested fuel samples. The brake thermal efficiency increases with the amount of biodiesel in the biodiesel-diesel blends. Biodiesel and its diesel blends show higher specific fuel consumption than diesel. In terms of emissions, nitrogen oxide emission was higher for biodiesel and its blends with diesel compared with diesel while smoke emission from biodiesel and its diesel blends was lower compared with diesel.","PeriodicalId":46053,"journal":{"name":"Environmental and Climate Technologies","volume":"62 1","pages":"630 - 647"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80136605","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}