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Mercury emission to air, water and soil in Poland
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Changes in air tourism to Tunisia in 2009–2018
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Treatment of malodorous air in biotrickling filters: A review
PublicationOdour nuisance, resulting mainly from the presence of the compounds containing osmophore group and characterized by low olfactory threshold, is associated with danger and may be the cause of negative psychosomatic symptoms. Among different methods of malodorous air treatment, biological methods are of importance, mainly due to reduced operating costs, high purification efficiency of voluminous gas streams characterized by low concentrations...
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Electronic Noses for Indoor Air Quality Assessment
PublicationThis chapter presents a proposal of the use of electronic noses in the monitoring of indoor air quality. The main focus is put on the detailed characteristics of today’s indoor air quality control methods, the types of pollution in the air, and the development of electronic noses for air testing. Currently, scientists seek methodological and structural solutions that would enable real-time online indoor air control. It has been...
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Small photovoltaic setup for the air conditioning system
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Environmental fate of BTEX compounds in ambient air
PublicationAs a result of the industrialization and urbanization in the world, human pressure on the environment is intensifying, leading to detrimental changes in both biotic and abiotic compartments. One of the many consequences of this state of affairs is the increasing rate of emission into the atmosphere of volatile organic compounds, including the so-called BTEX (benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylenes) compounds. The article reviews...
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Mobile monitoring system for gaseous air pollution
PublicationThe concept of a mobile monitoring system for chemical agents control in the air is presented. The proposed system can be applied to measure industrial and car traffic air pollution. A monitoring station is relatively small and can be placed on cars or public transportation vehicles. Measured concentrations of air pollutants are collected and transferred via the GSM network to a central data base. Exemplary results from a measurement...
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Review of the determination of pesticide residues in ambient air
PublicationW publikacji dokonano przeglądu najważniejszych metodyk oznaczania pozostałości pestycydów w powietrzu zewnętrznym. W publikacji przedstawiono także techniki używane do oznaczeń końcowych. Obecnie najpopularniejszą techniką oznaczeń końcowych jest chromatografia gazowa bądź cieczowa sprzężona ze spektrometrem mas.
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Mobile system for on-road measurements of air pollutants
PublicationW pracy zaprezentowano prototyp mobilnej stacji diagnostycznej do pomiarów stężeń typowych zanieczyszczeń powietrza (C6H6, NO2, NOx, CO i CO2) pochodzących z komunikacji w miastach. Nowością proponowanego systemu jest możliwość przeprowadzania pomiarów emisji zanieczyszczeń wzdłuż ciągów komunikacyjnych i w miejscach, w których nie mogą być zastosowane stacjonarne stacje monitoringowe. W proponowanym rozwiązaniu, urządzenie...
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Influence of the air phase on water flow in dikes
PublicationNumerical models are often used to describe flow and deformation processes occurring in dikes during flood events. Modeling of such phenomena is a challenging task, due to the complexity of the system, consisting of three material phases: soil skeleton, pore water and pore air. Additional difficulties are transient loading caused by variable in time water levels, heterogeneity of the soil or air...
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Instrumental techniques used in the analysis of exhaled air
PublicationExhaled air composition changes depending on the health status of the patient, making it possible to use breath analysis for diagnosis and monitoring purposes. Despite the fact that it is not yet used in every day medical practice, it potential application could facilitate the diagnostics of various diseases such as metabolic disorders, respiratory tract and gastrointestinal diseases. Described in this paper are different application...
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Air flow phenomena in the model of the blind drift
PublicationIn the presented paper, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) has been used to investigate flow pattern and turbulent structure in the model of blind drift. The presented model exist in mining, and has been analyzed to resolve ventilation issues. Blind region is particularly susceptible to unsafe methane accumulation. The measurement system allows us to evaluate all components of the velocity vector in channel cross-section simultaneously....
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Air quality policy in the U.S. and the EU – a review
PublicationThe high level of atmospheric pollution is a global problem that has taken on particular significance in recent years and will continue to grow in the near future. Air pollution directly affects the health, living organisms, vegetation, water, soil and buildings. Additionally, it moves easily even over long distances. Certain air pollutants influence the climate, cause negative processes in the protective ozone layer and contribute...
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Current air quality analytics and monitoring: A review
PublicationThis review summarizes the different tools and concepts that are commonly applied in air quality monitoring. The monitoring of atmosphere is extremely important as the air quality is an important problem for large communities. Main requirements for analytical devices used for monitoring include a long period of autonomic operation and portability. These instruments, however, are often characterized by poor analytical performance....
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Deep Eutectic Solvents and Their Uses for Air Purification
PublicationChemical compounds released into the air by the activities of industrial plants and emitted from many other sources, including in households (paints, waxes, cosmetics, disinfectants, plastic (PVC) flooring), may affect the environment and human health. Thus, air purification is an important issue in the context of caring for the condition of the environment. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) as liquids with environmentally friendly...
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Microorganisms in the air over wastewater treatment plant.
PublicationCelem pracy było aktywności źródeł emisji mikroorganizmów do powietrza na terenie oczyszczalni ścieków. Stwierdzono iż najwyższe liczebności bakterii występowały w rejonie piaskowników i komór recyrkulacji osadu czynnego. Natomiast liczba bakterii w rejonie komór napowietrzania była zbliżona do tła.
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Passive samplers in indoor air quality control
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań jakości powietrza wewnętrznego w 12 wybranych mieszkaniach usytuowanych na terenie aglomeracji Trójmiejskiej z wykorzystaniem techniki pasywnej (dozymetria pasywna typu permeacyjnego) oraz techniki dynamicznej (rurki sorpcyjne wypełnione sorbentem Tenax TA). Wykorzystując nowe podejście do sposobu kalibracji dokonano monitoringu zarówno poszczególnych lotnych związków organicznych jak i sumarycznej zawartości...
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Wavelet analysis of frequency of air bubble departure
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki nieliniowej analizy częstotliwośći generowania pęcherzyków powietrza z dysz o średnicy 0.75 mm, 1.61 mm oraz 2.76 mm umieszczonych 15 cm poniżej poziomu wody.
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Membrane cleaning and pretreatments in membrane distillation – a review
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The Resistance of Polyethersulfone Membranes on the Alkaline Cleaning Solutions
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Instant Messaging als neues kommunikationsinstrumentarium in eLearning systemen
PublicationDokonano analizy mozliwości implementacji komunikatorów w platformach zdalnego nauczania. Przedstawiono możliwe rozwiązania. Przedyskutowano wady i zalety poszczególnych rozwiazań.
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MANAGING LEARNING PROCESS WITH E-LEARNING TOOL
PublicationThis article presents one possibility to employ Moodle, the free e-Leaning platform, to organize learning understood as a process. Behavioral approach and application to massive courses are assumed. A case study is presented, where the introduction of Moodle resulted in better student performance in homework
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Analytical Techniques Used in Monitoring of Atmospheric Air Pollutants
PublicationThe air pollution monitoring is one of the most pressing environmental problems today. The paper describes common air pollutants, their interaction and impact on the environment, and classifies the techniques and methods applied in air studies. Furthermore, the review characterizes the selected collection and sampling techniques used for gas sample analysis. Finally, the schematic diagrams of typical designs of systems applied...
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Application of Passive Samplers in Monitoring of Organic Constituents of Air
PublicationThe principles of passive dosimetry, which has been known for over 100 years, are finding an ever increasing use in analytical practice and are being used as a convenient technique for isolation and enrichment of analytes from various environmental media. Due to its simplicity, a variety of designs, as well as the possibility of using a number of different final determination techniques, passive dosimetry has been applied in...
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Heat and mass transfer in air-fed pressurised suits
PublicationOpisano konieczność modelowania transportu masy i ciepła w kombinezonach ochronnych. Omówiono różne sposoby modelowania wymiany ciepła, łącznie ze sprzężoną wymianą ciepła. Uwzględniono również ludzki metabolizm i turbulentne mechanizmy wymiany masy i ciepła. Publikacja opisuje również sposób modelowanie turbulentnych przepływów wieloskładnikowych. Pokazano również porównanie obliczeń z eksperymentem.
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Heat and mass transfer in air-fed pressurised suits
PublicationOpisano konieczność modelowania transportu masy i ciepła w kombinezonach ochronnych. Omówiono różne sposoby modelowania wymiany ciepła, łącznie ze sprzężoną wymianą ciepła. Uwzględniono również ludzki metabolizm i turbulentne mechanizmy wymiany masy i ciepła. Publikacja opisuje również sposób modelowanie turbulentnych przepływów wieloskładnikowych. Pokazano również porównanie obliczeń z eksperymentem.
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Design optimisation of air-fed full pressurised suits
PublicationOpisano szczegóły złożoności zjawisk cieplno-przepływowych pomiędzy wewnętrzną powierzchnią kombinezonu ochronnego i zewnętrznego ubioru. Komplikacja polega na jednoczesnym rozważaniu wymiany masy i ciepła wraz z realistycznymi, trójwymiarowymi geometriami. Dodatkowo rozważany jest ludzki metabolizm. Zrozumienie tych zjawisk i umiejętnośćich symulacji jest konieczna w celu właściwych prac projektowych nad nowymi typami kombinezonów...
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Application of passive samplers in monitoring of organic constituents of air
PublicationTechnika dozymetrii pasywnej - znana od ponad 100 lat - cieszy się ciągłym zainteresowaniem i jest często wykorzystywana w różnych badaniach środowiskowych. Z powodu swej prostoty, różnorodności rozwiązań konstrukcyjnych i możliwości wykorzystania różnych technik oznaczeń końcowych, technika dozymetrii pasywnej może być zastosowana zarówno do oznaczeń związków organicznych jak i nieorganicznych, obecnych zarówno w powietrzu wewnętrznym,...
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The Air and Sewage Pollutants from Biological Waste Treatment
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ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL SOURCES OF HAZARDS IN CIVIL AIR OPERATIONS
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Analysis of external sources of hazards in civil air operations
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Cruise Vessels Air Pollution Inventory for the Port of Kotor
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The critical factors of landfill fire impact on air quality
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Contribution of landfill fires to air pollution – An assessment methodology
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Interaction of light with standing cylindrical ultrasonic wave in air
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Correlation between Length of Life and Exposure to Air Pollution
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Air trapping problem during infiltration on the large areas
PublicationThe process of flow modeling in unsaturated porous medium is often found in many fields of sciences: geology, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, microbiology or chemistry. Problem is relatively complicated due to complexity of the system which contains three phases: water, air and soil skeleton. The flow of water in such a medium can be described using two-phase (2PH) flow formulation, which accounts the inflow of air and water phases,...
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Marine Fuel Sulphur Limit Impact on Air Pollution
PublicationThe article presents calculation of Sulphur oxides percentage drop rate in marine industry recorded after 01.01.2020 when new limits, provided by International Maritime Organizations legislation, became effective. Ships’ SOx global emission was estimated and compared between 4th quarter 2019 and 1st quarter 2020. For more accurate estimation 3 seaside cities with big harbors were selected for statistical analysis. Noticeable...
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A commercial of the shelf components for a unmanned air vehicle photogrammetry
PublicationA photogrammetry from a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be understood as a new measurement tool. Is introduces a low-cost alternatives for a traditional aerial photogrammetry. A commercial off-the-shelf products (COTS), that are commercially available for a costumers, are the standard manufactures products, not custom. COTS products are available in the commercial market and can be bought and used under government contract. That...
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Indoor air quality in public utility environments-a review
PublicationIndoor air quality has been the object of interest for scientists and specialists from the fields of science such as chemistry, medicine and ventilation system design. This results from a considerable number of potential factors, which may influence the quality of the broadly understood indoor air in a negative way. Poor quality of indoor air in various types of public utility buildings may significantly affect an increase in the...
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Embedded gas sensing setup for air samples analysis
PublicationThis paper describes a measurement setup (eNose) designed to analyze air samples containing various volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The setup utilizes a set of resistive gas sensors of divergent gas selectivity and sensitivity. Some of the applied sensors are commercially available and were proposed recently to reduce their consumed energy. The sensors detect various VOCs at sensitivities determined by metal oxide sensors’ technology...
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Electrochemical sensor for measurement of volatile organic compounds in air
PublicationPrzedstawiono rezultaty badań prototypowego czujnika do oznaczania mrówczanu etylu i formaldehydu w powietrzu. Określono czułość wskazań czujnika i jego granice oznaczalności wykorzystując jako techniki detekcyjne pulsową woltamperometrię różnicową (DPV) oraz woltamperometrię fali prostokątnej (SWV). Elektrodę roboczą i przeciwelektrodę stanowiły elektrody z Pt. Elektrolitem wewnętrznym była ciecz jonowa (chlorek 1-heksylo,3-metyloimidazolinowy)....
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The methods of heat recovery in air conditioning and ventilation systems
PublicationPrzedstawiono wybrane metody i urządzenia do odzysku ciepła takie jak: recyrkulacja, regeneratory obrotowe, rekuperatory, rurki cieplne,układy z czynnikiem pośredniczącym, pompy ciepła oraz układy hybrydowe. Przedyskutowano podstawowe kryteriium oceny odzysku ciepła oraz efektywność cieplną wymiennika w układzie odzysku ciepła.
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A prototype of electrochemical sensor for measurement of carbonyl compounds in air
PublicationThe paper presents the results of investigation on a prototype sensor for measurement of benzaldehyde and formaldehyde in air. Sensitivity, limit of quantification and coefficient of selectivity of the sensor have been determined as a function of membrane thickness and electrode type using square wave voltammetry (SWV) technique. The working and counter electrodes were made of platinum and gold. Ionic liquids 1-hexyl, 3-methylimidazolium...
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Examination pf pesticide residues in air in Tri-city
PublicationCelem prowadzonych badań jest uzyskanie informacji o poziomie zanieczyszczeń powietrza atmosferycznego przez anality z grupy pestycydów (zarówno tych wycofanych jak i współcześnie stosowanych) na terenie Aglomeracji Trójmiejskiej i Tczewa z wykorzystaniem dozymetrów pasywnych z krążkami z pianki poliuretanowej na etapie pobierania próbek.
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Mobile monitoring system for control of atmospheric air quality
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono ruchomy system monitoringu powietrza, który zapewnia możliwość ciągłego pomiaru stężenia takich zanieczyszczeń powietrza jak benzen, tlenek i ditlenek azotu oraz tlenek i ditlenek węgla. Opracowany zestaw pomiarowy może być zainstalowany na rożnych pojazdach (samochód, autobus, ciężarówka).System zbudowany jest z zestawu małych przenośnych jednostek pomiarowych (elektroniczne urządzenia pomiarowe, rejestrator...
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Design and distribution of air nozzles in the biomass boiler assembly
PublicationDue to energy crisis as well as increasing pollution of the environment, renewable energy sources usage increases all over the world. These facts encouraged authors to start research over developing a uniform biomass boiler calculation model. This paper presents a design of biomass boiler assembly created for ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) unit since these systems could achieve strong position in energy industry....
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NOBLE METAL MODIFIED TiO2 FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC AIR PURIFICATION
PublicationTiO2 was surface modified with silver, gold, palladium and platinum ion clusters to improve its photocatalytic activity. The effect of metal content, the kind of dopant used during preparation procedure on the photoactivity were investigated. in toluene removal which was used as a model volatile organic compound. Toluene, at the concentration of about 100 ppm, was irradiated over noble metal modified TiO2 using light-emitting diodes...
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Toward the next generation of air quality monitoring: Mercury
PublicationMercury is a global pollutant that is ubiquitous in the environment. Enrichment of mercury in the biosphere as the result of human activities and subsequent production of methylmercury (MeHg) has resulted in elevated concentrations in fish, wildlife and marine mammals globally. Elemental mercury (Hg0) is the most common form of mercury in the atmosphere, and the form that is most readily transported long distances from its emission...