Abstract Modern food systems are entering a fundamentally new stage of technological development, which is based, first all, on the introduction innovative technologies that make increased demands energy supply agricultural enterprises. These requirements based ensuring reliable, efficient and optimal to facilities. The article discusses influence weight coefficients in criterion quality contro...

Apulia region in the Southern Italy is frequently characterised by high photochemical pollution levels in the warm period and by high levels of PM10 and NO2 in the winter season. Emissions in the area derive essentially from urban, shipping and industrial activities. The main industrial activities are related to the iron and steel industry (one of the largest in Europe) on the western coast and...

In this study, the opportunity to invest in combined heat and power (CHP) plants and second-generation biofuel production plants in Europe is investigated. To determine the number and type of production plants, a mixed integer linear model is used, based on minimization of the total cost of the whole supply chain. Different policy scenarios are studied with varying values of carbon cost and bio...

As of the time of the project appraisal, the National Power Corporation (NPC) had given priority to the construction of a power station in order to ameliorate a serious shortage in electricity. The construction of power stations had resulted in some improvement of the gap between supply and demand, but pollution had become a serious problem, since action had not been taken to address the enviro...

A new assessment tool for evaluating decarbonization technologies that considers each technology’s sustainability, security, affordability, readiness, and impact a specific country is proposed. This applied to set of the power, transport, industry sectors ten Southeast Asian countries constitute ASEAN. results in list most promising technologies, as well remaining issues need more research deve...

Multiyear emission inventories of anthropogenic NMVOCs in China for 1980–2005 were established based on time-varying statistical data, literature surveyed and model calculated emission factors, which were further gridded at a high spatial resolution of 40 km×40 km using the GIS methodology. Results show a continuous growth trend of China’s historical NMVOCs emissions during the period of 1980–2...

nowadays, compressible flow transmission pipelines are used in many industrial processes. pipelines in chemical processes, gas turbine power plants, natural gas transmission lines, and high pressure steam transmission pipelines are some industrial examples. therefore, learning the manner of treatment of a transient compressible fluid flow in pipelines with junctions and branches is important. i...

Combined heat and power (CHP) plants are widely used in industrial applications. In the aftermath of the recession, many of the associated production processes are under-utilized, which challenges the competitiveness of chemical companies. However, under-utilization can be a chance for tighter interaction with the power grid, which is in transition to the so-called smart grid, if the CHP plant ...

The possible contribution of Al, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Pb, Sb, Sr, Ti, V and Zn from geothermal exploitation to the environmental contami­ nation of Mt. Amiata was evaluated by assaying the epiphytic lichen Parmelia sulcata from two sampling areas: Piancastagnaio, where there are geothermal power plants, and a remote site distant from geothermal power plants. The results showed that t...

it is expected that, compared with other power plants, changes in fuel cost for power plants in the deregulated electricity market leads to changes in the generation capacity of wind power plants. to quantify this effect, this article aims at modeling energy generation capacity and supply or distribution of different power plants as opposed to those of wind power plants. the proposed model was ...