Thermal springs are natural hydrogeological features which highly affected by local volcanism or tectonic activity. the best source of hydrothermal energy to heat houses and aid in recovery skin diseases. However, they consist some heavy trace metals such as arsenic, lead, zinc, copper, iron, so forth. Somehow, thermal central Bamyan have become contaminated with essential elements. Thus, this ...

Topusko is the second warmest natural thermal water spring area in Croatia, located at southwest edge of Pannonian Basin System. Due to favourable geothermal properties, these waters have been used for heating and health recreational tourism since 1980s. Thermal springs with temperatures up 50 °C are final part an intermediate-scale hydrothermal system. However, systematic research on has not c...

lies in their springs, which are usually hot and hold in solution large quantities of mineral organic and gaseous matters, to which for centuries their healing power has been ascribed. The modern view, however, tends to attribute the beneficial effects of these places to change of environment, rest, disciplined exercise, diet and habits of life, rather than to any special therapeutic power of t...

The appropriate use of minerals and other mineral resources in geomedicine can reduce both pharmacs consumption and the number of working days people miss due to health problems. The main goal of the present communication is the study of the muds/clays being used in Portugal for health treatments, outdoors in the geological sites where they naturally occur or indoors in Thalassotherapy Centres ...

the experimental studies of methane conversion to higher hydrocarbons and methanol using a dielectric barrier discharge (dbd) reactor are presented in this article. the process is carried out at ambient atmospheric pressure and temperature. the dbd reactor is stimulated by an alternative voltage of 50 hz and amplitude of max.23kv. the examination of the effect of voltage and flow rates on metha...

Renewable energy exploration and development is currently enjoying new interest as the nation seeks to lessen its dependence on foreign oil sources. Geothermal energy is competitive in areas where high heat flow and crustal water circulation combine to provide a readily accessible resource. Nevada in particular has abundant potential for geothermal energy development. The effort at present with...

This article presents an analysis of free vibration of elastically supported Timoshenko beams by using the spectral element method. The governing partial differential equation is elaborated to formulate the spectral stiffness matrix. Effectively, the non classical end boundary conditions of the beam are the primordial task to calibrate the phenomenon of the Timoshenko beam-soil foundation inter...