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Fabrication and structural properties of Y and Fe co-doped SrTiO3 nanoceramics for SOFC
PublicationYttria and iron co-doped strontium titanate perovskites, (Y0,07Sr0,93Ti1-xFexO3-δx=0,1; 0,2) samples were fabricated by two methods: solid-state synthesis (SS) and the Pechinisol-gel modified method. The morphology of samples were measured by SEM and X-raydiffraction. Results were compared and discussed. The strong relationship between fabricationprocedure and microstructure has been proven. It was also observed, that the nanoceramicsobtained...
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The study on application of biopolyols obtained by cellulose biomass liquefaction performed with crude glycerol for the synthesis of rigid polyurethane foams
PublicationIn this work rigid polyurethane foams (PUR) were obtained by replacement of 0–70 wt% of petrochemical polyol with bio-polyol obtained via cellulose liquefaction in presence of crude glycerol. The foams with different content of a bio-polyol were prepared by single step method for NCO/OH ratio equals 1.5. The prepared materials were analyzed in terms of their morphology, chemical structure, thermal stability and basic physical and...
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Structural properties of hydration shell around various conformations of simple polypeptides
PublicationIn this paper we investigate structural properties of water within the solvation shell around the peptide core created by a well-defined conformation of polypeptide chain. The following secondary structures are investigated: linear (straight chain), and three helices PII (polyproline-like), 310, and α. We propose using the two-particle contribution to entropy as a rational measure of the water structural ordering within the solvation...
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Investigation of optical properties of Infitec and Active Stereo stereoscopic techniques for CAVE-type virtual reality systems
PublicationIn recent years, many scientific and industrial centres in the world developed virtual reality systems or laboratories. At present, among the most advanced virtual reality systems are CAVE-type (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) installations. Such systems usually consist of four, five, or six projection screens arranged in the form of a closed or hemi-closed space. The basic task of such systems is to ensure the effect of user...
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Optical and photocatalytic properties of rare earth metal-modified ZnO quantum dots
PublicationA series of novel ZnO quantum dots modified with rare earth metals was successfully prepared by a simple sol-gel approach. The effects of types (Eu, Er, Tb, Yb, Ho, La) and amounts (from 0.09 to 0.45 mmol) of lanthanides on the optical properties, structural characterization and photocatalytic activity of ZnO/RE QDs were systematically investigated. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform...
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Reclaimed Rubber/Poly(ε‐caprolactone) Blends: Structure, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties
PublicationThe amount of elastomeric waste, especially from tires is constantly increasing on a global scale. The recycling of these residua should be considered a priority. Compounding the waste rubbers with other polymers can be an excellent alternative to reuse waste materials. This procedure requires solving the issue of the lack of compatibility between the waste rubber particles and other polymers. Simultaneously, there is a claim for...
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Influence of Rock Dust Additives as Fine Aggregate Replacement on Properties of Cement Composites—A Review
PublicationConcrete production consumes enormous amounts of fossil fuels, raw materials, and is energy intensive. Therefore, scientific research is being conducted worldwide regarding the possibility of using by-products in the production of concrete. The objective is not only to identify substitutes for cement clinker, but also to identify materials that can be used as aggregate in mortar and concrete productions. Among the potential alternative...
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Mechanical, Thermal and Rheological Properties of Polyethylene-Based Composites Filled with Micrometric Aluminum Powder
PublicationInvestigations related to polymer/metal composites are often limited to the analysis of the electrical and thermal conductivity of the materials. The presented study aims to analyze the impact of aluminum (Al) filler content (from 1 to 20 wt%) on the rarely investigated properties of composites based on the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix. The crystalline structure, rheological (melt flow index and oscillatory rheometry),...
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The application of environmental issues in designing urban structures – a framework for comprehensive local planning policies
PublicationThe implementation of environmental issues in planning and designing urban structures is becoming a novel approach and a common practice consistent with the paradigm of sustainable development. Maintaining environmental quality in urban areas, managing natural resources and understanding the complexity of urban systems is becoming increasingly challenging. Therefore, it is important to develop strategies for the integration of...
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Deep Eutectic Solvents: Properties and Applications in CO2 Separation
PublicationNowadays, many researchers are focused on finding a solution to the problem of global warming. Carbon dioxide is considered to be responsible for the “greenhouse” effect. The largest global emission of industrial CO2 comes from fossil fuel combustion, which makes power plants the perfect point source targets for immediate CO2 emission reductions. A state-of-the-art method for capturing carbon dioxide is chemical absorption using...
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Genotoxic properties of glucosinolates and isothiocyanates present in Brassica vegetables
PublicationThe bioactive phytochemicals found in Brassica vegetables, in this number glucosinolates (GLS), as well as products of their degradation such as isothiocyanates (ITC) and indoles, are regarded as the most promising chemopreventive compounds. These secondary metabolites display stron antibiological activity and constitute defence system preventing the development of agrophages attacking Brassica plants. Such properties suggest...
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The long-term properties of mineral-cement-emulsion mixtures
PublicationThis publication presents evaluation of long-term behavior of mineral-cement-emulsion (MCE) mixtures. MCE mixtures are among the major products of cold recycling of old asphalt pavements. They are composed by binding of the old materials reclaimed from the pavement and new mineral aggregate using two different binding agents – cement and bituminous emulsion. While bituminous emulsion dissolutes and binds materials quite fast, it...
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Application of wet powder spraying for anode supported solid oxide fuel cell with a perowskite SrTi0.98Nb0.02O3-d anode
PublicationAnode-supported solid oxide fuel cell with SrTi0.98Nb0.02O3–d anode, yttria-stabilized zirconia electrolyte and La(Ni0.6Fe0.4) O3d cathode has been successfully fabricated and evaluated. Process of anode support fabrication has been presented. Wet powder spraying and high temperature sintering method have been studied and applied to deposit the thin electrolyte layer.In order to improve catalytic properties of the anode, it has...
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Application of Extreme Doses of Aluminium for Growth Control of Filmentous Bacteria Microthrix Parvicella in an Activated Sludge System - Laboratory Investigations
PublicationLaboratory investigations of aluminium (PAX-16) application for control of population of filamentous bacteria Microthrix Parvicella in a three-phase bioreactor in lab-scale were performed. Dosing of small aluminium doses (approximately 0.5 mgAl/gMLSS·d) in the period preceding seasonal growth of M.Parvicella failed to prevent mass growth of this microorganism leading to activated sludge bulking phenomenon (SVI-250 ml/gMLSS)...
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Manganese Phosphatizing Coatings: The Effects of Preparation Conditions on Surface Properties
PublicationManganese phosphate coating could be used to protect the surface of steel products. However, it is essential to determine the effects which process parameters, as well as the types of additives used, have on the efficiency of coating deposition. Thus, we present here a process of phosphatization of low-alloy steel (for 15 min at 95 ◦C) in manganese/nickel baths followed by a passivation process with the use of a silicon and zircon...
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Structure and transport properties of donor-doped barium strontium cobaltites
PublicationIn this work, Nb-substituted barium strontium cobaltites Ba0.5Sr0.5Co1-xNbxO3-δ (x = 0 – 0.4) have been fabricated and studied. The structural analysis showed that the Nb content influences the lattice constant as well as the distance between the (Co, Nb) and oxygen atoms. The study of morphology of samples showed that the Nb content does not change the porosity, grain size and morphology of the ceramics. The total electrical conductivity...
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Polysaccharide-based electroconductive hydrogels: Structure, properties and biomedical applications
PublicationArchitecting an appropriate platform for biomedical applications requires setting a balance between simplicity and complexity. Polysaccharides (PSAs) play essential roles in our life in food resources, structural materials, and energy storage capacitors. Moreover, the diversity and abundance of PSAs have made them an indispensable part of food ingredients and cosmetics. PSA-based hydrogels have been extensively reviewed in biomedical...
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Electrical properties of organic and perovskite systems used in solar cells
PublicationNowadays, a great progress in the areas of molecular and hybrid photovoltaics is observed. The devices based on organic and perovskite materials are getting attention mostly due to their low cost production process. However, their efficiency and stability are still lower than for inorganic materials which make them less popular. Therefore, a detailed understanding of the device physics is fundamental for organic and perovskite...
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Fabrication of exfoliated graphite reinforced silicone rubber composites - Mechanical, tribological and dielectric properties
PublicationThe effect of exfoliated graphite (EG) on the mechanical, tribological and dielectric properties of the silicone rubber (QM) composites has been systematically investigated and analysed. Morphological analysis of the composites helps to understand the interfacial interaction between the filler and the rubber matrix as well as wear mechanism respectively. An enhancement in the mechanical, tribological and dielectric properties was...
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Fabrication of exfoliated graphite reinforced silicone rubber composites - Mechanical, tribological and dielectric properties
PublicationThe effect of exfoliated graphite (EG) on the mechanical, tribological and dielectric properties of the silicone rubber (QM) composites has been systematically investigated and analysed. Morphological analysis of the composites helps to understand the interfacial interaction between the filler and the rubber matrix as well as wear mechanism respectively. An enhancement in the mechanical, tribological and dielectric properties was...
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Application of the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance in corrosionstudies
PublicationPrzegląd niniejszy opisuje zastosowania elektrochemicznej wagi kwarcowej (EQCM) w badaniach korozyjnych. Przedstawione zostały dwa główne obszary badań. Jeśli chodzi o badania mechanizmów korozji, mikrowaga elektrochemiczna była wykorzystywana jako narzędzie do testowania korozji miedzi, niklu, cynku, aluminium i stopów. Była użyteczna w określaniu mechanizmów roztwarzania albo pasywacji w różnych warunkach. Drugim kierunkiem wykorzystania...
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Application of harmonic techniques to evaluation of pitting corrosion
PublicationPrzedstawiono próbę zastosowania metod zmiennoprądowych do oceny podatności na korozję wżerową stali stopowych. Na sygnał stałoprądowy nałożono sinusoidę o częstotliwości 10 Hz. Dzięki jednoczesnej, cyfrowej rejestracji sygnału pobudzenia i odpowiedzi układu badanego otrzymano ciągłe zmiany modułu impedancji i modułu pojemności w trakcie klasycznej cyklicznej polaryzacji. Na podstawie jednego eksperymentu istnieje możliwość wyznaczenia...
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Liquid crystals thermography for technical and biomedical application
PublicationW artykule opisano termografię ciekłokrystaliczną jako technikę wykorzystu-jącą termochromatyczne ciekłe kryształy do badań technicznych i biomedycz-nych. W szczególności dotyczy to badań wymiany ciepła i masy, chorób skór-nych i podobnych. Praca zawiera ilustracje z badań przeprowadzonych przezautorów.
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Approximation of Covariance Function with Application to Stochastic Mechanics.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono koncepcję rozwinięć kanonicznych dla funkcji losowych oraz możliwość ich zastosowania w stochastycznej mechanice gruntów. Rozpatrzono rozkład widmowy, rozwinięcia Karhunena-Loevego oraz rozwinięcia ortogonalne zmodyfikowanymi wielomianami Hermite'a. Przeprowadzono analizę błędów dla zagadnienia warstwy gruntu o losowych parametrach sprężystych, uzyskano analityczne rozwiązanie systemu stochastycznego.
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Application of 3D flow solver in education of students
PublicationPrzedstawiono zastosowanie metod numerycznej mechaniki płynów w kształceniu studentów uczelni technicznej. Omówiono zastosowanie metod CFD jako narzędzia pomocnego w zrozumieniu zagadnień termodynamiczno-przepływowych stopni turbinowych, jak i w rozwiązywaniu zadań projektowych.
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Application of nonlinearity measures to chemical sensor signals
PublicationSzumy rezystancji sensorów gazu zawierają istotną informację, która może być przedstawiona nie tylko przez ich gęstość widmową mocy. Analiza tych szumów za pomocą różnych miar nieliniowości może prowadzić do znacznego wzrostu selektywności i czułości czujników gazu. Stwierdzono, że dla dostępnych na rynku czujników gazu zastosowanie funkcji bispektrum dostarcza dodatkowej informacji, potrzebnej do detekcji różnych gazów. Analizując...
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Preparation and application of lecithin formulation in liquid detergents
PublicationBadano solubilizację odolejonej lecytyny rzepakowej w wodnych roztworach surfaktantów anionowych, kationowych i niejonowych. Najlepszymi solubilizatorami okazały się surfaktanty anionowe (dodecylosiarczan sodu i sól sodowa oksyetylenowanego siarczanowanego alkoholu tłuszczowego). Otrzymano jednorodne preparaty lecytynowe o zawartości lecytyny do 30% i zawartości surfaktantów anionowych do 20%. Preparat lecytyny i Sulforokanolu...
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Modelling EMI choke for the power electronics application
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki przeprowadzonych badań symulacyjnych i eksperymentalnych dotyczących propagacji zakłóceń elektromagnetycznych przewodzonych w dławikach przeciwzakłóceniowych stosowanych w przekształtnikach energoelektronicznych. Zaproponowany model obwodowy dławika pozwala na analizę symulacyjną właściwości w zakresie częstotliwości zaburzeń elektromagnetycznych przewodzonych. Model uwzględnia zjawiska związane z pojemnościami...
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Size and effort estimation for application written in Java.
PublicationArtykuł opisuje metodę szacowania rozmiaru i nakładu dla aplikacji wytworzonych w technologii Java. W publikacji przedstawiono cechy charakterystyczne kodu źródłowego w Javie oraz zaproponowano model szacujący rozmiar na podstawie danych volumetrycznych modelu obiektowego.
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Insights into baby disposable diapers sustainable application
PublicationThe sustainable use of baby disposable diapers is one of the issues currently being discussed to reduce the undesirable impact on the environment and improve the public's understanding of the proper use of diapers. This issue is a step toward promoting a cleaner, greener, and waste-less environment. In this article, the authors discuss options for a viable future for both people and the planet. We believe that it inspire others...
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LEVEL OF DETAIL CATEGORIZATION FOR THE APPLICATION IN URBAN DESIGN
PublicationUrban planning and urban design involve complex processes that require detailed information about the visual information of a place at various scales. Different graphic tools, such as game engines, are evolving to use urban representation fields. The concept of "level of detail" (LOD) has been used to categorize the level of detail in AEC applications such as BIM and GML for urban representation models. However, there is a need...
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Application of microturbines in CHP systems with reciprocating engines
PublicationThe analysis was carried out for Combined Heat and Power generation systems with micro-turbines power plants working on heat rejected from the reciprocating engine. The calculations were performed for GE Jerbacher engines of J320 GS- C05, J320 GS- C25 and J416 GS- B05 types. We considered different working media (both wet and dry fluids): water, ammonia, ethanol, methanol, methylacetylene (propyne), dimethyloether, sulphur dioxide,...
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ZEUS Concept and Its Wider European Application
PublicationThe objectives of the ZEUS project and the resulting concept of an integrated system of transport safety are recapitulated in the article. The context for transport safety management that has evolved since this became a concern of the European Union under the Treaty of Union in 1993 is outlined, and some issues related to applying the ZEUS concept across Europe are discussed. It is concluded that there is scope for exploring ways...
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Application of electrochemical noise technique in corrosion monitoring
PublicationTechnika szumu elektrochemicznego od ponad 20 lat stanowi przedmiot intensywnych badań mających na celu jej praktyczne zastosowanie w monitorowaniu korozji. U podstaw omawianej metody leży odpowiednia analiza rejestrowanych symultanicznie przebiegów prądowych i potencjałowych. W zależności od użytej techniki obróbki danych uzyskane mogą być informacje dotyczące ilościowych (szybkość) i jakościowych (rodzaj zaatakowania) cech procesu...
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Some application of neutron activation analysis: A Review
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono podstawowe informacje dotyczące neutronowej analizy aktywacyjnej. Przedstawiono również zastosowanie neutronowej analizy aktywacyjnej w badaniu próbek środowiskowych i biologicznych wraz z krótkim omówieniem wyników. Poruszono także aspekt zapewnienia jakości i kontroli wyników analitycznych otrzymywanych tą metodą.
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KQL as Application of SQL Rationale for Knowledge Bases
PublicationW ramach inicjatywy Semantic Web rozwijane są systemy wnioskowania z wiedzy. Ciągle otwartym problemem są również języki dostępu do takich systemów. W artykule zaproponowano nowy język dostępu do zmodularyzowanych baz wiedzy, o cechach umożliwiających jego kompleksowe wykorzystaniew systemach zarządzania wiedzą, w sposób analogiczny do wykorzystania języka SQL w systemach relacyjnych baz danych.
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Documentation generator application for VHDL source codes
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Documentation generator application for MatLab source codes
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Application of optical fibres in oxidation-reduction titrations
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Staircase Voltammetry Application to Electrocatalytic Gas Sensor
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań czujnika elektrokatalicznego pobudzanego sygnałem schodkowym w różnych mieszaninach gazowych .
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Direct laser interference patterning: theory and application
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Application of crowdfunding to video game projects financing
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Experience gained at the application of Atlas piles in Poland
PublicationAnaliza współpracy pali ATLAS z uwarstwionym podłożem gruntowym na podstawie obliczeń oraz próbnych obciążeń statycznych. Przydatność pali ATLAS w terenach zurbanizowanych.
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Application of Closed Circuit Television for Highway Telematics
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Computational Techniques Application in Environmental Exposure Assessment
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Application of Artificial Intelligence by Poland’s Public Administration
PublicationThis chapter presents an overview and analysis of artificial intelligence-driven solutions created and implemented by or with the support of Poland’s central public administration (PA). After discussing governance of AI-related issues, we analyze a set of examples of AI innovation to map the actors and their relations within the ecosystem, describe the field where innovation in AI for PA occurs, and highlight the potentialities...
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Fractional Derivatives Application to Image Fusion Problems
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Application tool for IP QoS network design
PublicationDespite the fact that differentiated-service-aware network implementation has been a widely discussed topic for quite some time, network design still proofs nontrivial. Well developed software could put an end to network designer's problems. This chapter describes work, which has been aimed at creating a comprehensive network design tool, offering a fair range of functionality and high reliability. The presented tool is able to...
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Application of ionic liquids for gas separation processes
PublicationNowym kierunkiem w procesach separacji dwutlenku węgla stało się w ostatnich latach zastosowanie cieczy jonowych. Niemierzalna prężność par i możliwość dostosowania ich właściwości czyni je idealnymi mediami zastępującymi lotne, korozyjne i toksyczne rozpuszczalniki. Ponadto ciecze jonowe wykazują niską współabsorpcję innych gazów. Dlatego też, możliwe jest selektywne odseparowanie dwutlenku węgla z mieszanin gazowych
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Application of wavelet analysis in damage detection and localization
PublicationWykrywanie i lokalizacja uszkodzeń w konstrukcjach inżynierskich są przedmiotem intensyw-nych badań z powodu ich praktycznego znaczenia. Niezwykle istotne jest wczesne wykrycie uszko-dzeń w konstrukcjach inżynierskich o szczególnym znaczeniu, ponieważ ich propagacja może do-prowadzić do katastrofy budowlanej. Stosunkowo nową dziedziną badań w wykrywaniu zniszczeń jest zastosowanie analizy falkowej. Metoda ta bazuje na postaciach...