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Pyrolysis Process of Whole Waste Tires as a Biomass Energy Recycling
PublicationThe article is devoted to the description of material recycling of whole waste tires, including a new method of pyrolysis process, resulting in the final products: technically oil fractions (rubber plasticizer of rubber compounds) or diesel fuels (light, medium and heavy), activated carbon, gas fuel and steel scrap. Operational and performance tests of the first version of the pilot plant, consisting of three contributions cooperating...
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CURRENT TRENDS IN RECYCLING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS AND MODULES WASTE
PublicationIn comparison to other energy producing techniques, photovoltaics (PV) is one of the most promising options: no emission of any matter into the environment during operation; extremely long operation period (estimated average: 25 years), minimum maintenance, robust technique, aesthetic aspects. The use of photovoltaics is rapidly increasing, and the respective market is developing accordingly. Although PV manufacturing equipment...
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Heat transfer characteristics of hybrid microjet – Microchannel cooling module
PublicationThe paper presents experimental investigation of heat transfer intensification in a microjet–microchannel cooling module. Applied technology takes benefits from two very attractive heat removal techniques. When jets are impinging on the surface, they have a very high kinetic energy at the stagnation point, also in microchannels boundary layer is very thin allowing to obtain very high heat fluxes. Main objective of this paper was...
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Experimental Validation of the Chemical Recycling of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
PublicationW ostatnich latach systemy fotowoltaiczne stają się bardzo popularne na całym świecie jako korzystne dla środowiska rozwiązanie problemów energetycznych. Zagadnienie zagospodarowania zużytych elementów systemów fotowoltaicznych, których ilość w przyszłości może być znaczna, nie zostało do tej pory opracowane. Konieczne jest znalezienie optymalnej metody recyklingu i ponownego wykorzystania wycofanych z użycia elementów składowych...
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Experimental and theoretical study of surface cooling using a single microjet
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań eksperymentalnych intensyfikacji wymiany ciepła przy pomocy pojedynczych strug wody i powietrza.Uzyskana na podstawie wyników korelacja, opisująca współczynnik przejmowania ciepła, posłużyła do weryfikacji modelu opracowanego wcześniej przez Mikielewicza (2007).
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Thermal Barrier as a technique of indirect heating and cooling for residential buildings
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowano koncept pośredniego ogrzewania i chłodzenia budynków mieszkalnych promieniowaniem słonecznym zwany barierą termiczną. System składa się z polipropylenowych rurek umieszczonych w ścianach zewnętrznych, w których znajduje się płyn. Koncept jest zastosowany do stabilizacji i redukcji przepływu ciepła w kierunku prostopadłym do ścian. Wykonano obszerne obliczenia MES z zastosowaniem nowego systemu kontroli,...
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Upcycling Waste Polypropylene into Graphene Flakes on Organically Modified Montmorillonite
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Recycling of Photovoltaic Solar Cells and Modules - Te State - Of - Art
PublicationIn comparison to other energy producing techniques, photovoltaics (PV) is one of the most promising options: no emission of any matter into the environment during operation; extremely long operation period (estimated average: 25 years), minimum maintenance, robust technique, aesthetic aspects. The use of photovoltaics is rapidly increasing, and the respective market is developing accordingly. Although PV manufacturing equipment...
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Microwave treatment in waste rubber recycling – recent advances and limitations
PublicationEnvironmentally-friendly microwave heating is increasingly used in polymer chemistry and technology. The selectivity and highly efficiency in the heat transfer present a huge advantage in systems based on recycling, improving their productivity and economic competitiveness. In case of the industrial recycling of waste rubbers, especially end-of-life tires, microwave-induced devulcanization and pyrolysis are nowadays considered...
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Porous structures in aspects of transpirating cooling of oxycombustion chamber walls
PublicationA wet oxycombustion chamber, which must be effectively cooled due to high temperature evolved during the oxy-combustion process, by using the phenomena of Reynolds thermal transpiration and Navier slip velocity. Closures needed to execute mass flow rate in a microchannel, which should be treated as a single porous structure in the walls of the combustion chamber, have been obtained by applying a local 3D approach. The Navier-Stokes...
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Impact of Cyclist Facility Availability at Work on the Number of Bike Commuters
PublicationThe article describes the results of research designed to establish whether cycle provision can influence the number of employees commuting by bike. To that end, employee surveys were conducted in three IT companies in 2012 and 2016. The questionnaire asked about travel behaviour and what the staff thought about their company’s provision of cyclist facilities. Since 2012 each of the companies has moved its head office and the...
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Thermoplastic polyurethanes with glycolysate intermediates from polyurethane waste recycling
PublicationThe polyol is a major component in polyurethane formulations and therefore introducing to the formulation recycled polyol (obtained during decomposition process) allows decreasing the usage of pure petrochemical components. In this work, thermoplastic polyurethanes were prepared using various mixtures of a petrochemical macrodiol poly(ethylene-butylene adipate)diol (PEBA) and a recycled glycolysate intermediate, called glycolysate...
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Innovative Turbine Intake Air Cooling Systems and Their Rational Designing
PublicationThe improved methodology of the engine intake air cooling system designing based on the annual effect due to cooling was developed. It involves determining the optimal value of cooling capacity, providing the minimum system sizes at maximum rate of annual effect increment, and its rational value, providing a close to maximum annual effect without system oversizing at the second maximum rate of annual effect increment within the...
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Sodium nitrite as a corrosion inhibitor of copper in simulated cooling water
PublicationThe corrosion inhibition behavior of sodium nitrite (NaNO2) towards pure copper (99.95%) in simulated cooling water (SCW) was investigated by means of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (DEIS). NaNO2 interferes with metal dissolution and reduce the corrosion rate through the formation or maintenance of inhibitive film on the metal surface. Surface morphologies illustrated...
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Mechanical Recycling via Regrinding, Rebonding, Adhesive Pressing, and Molding
PublicationIncreasing amount of polyurethane foams waste (e.g. from the building or furniture industry) produced every year resulted in the intensive development of their recycling methods. This chapter covers most important mechanical recycling methods, i.e. regrinding, rebonding, adhesive pressing, and molding. The procedure, required equipment and chemicals (if needed) for each method were described. The possible applications of the products...
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Desiccant cooling system with direct fired biogas reactivitation heater.
PublicationPraca przedstawia możliwości wykorzystania w chłodnictwie i klimatyzacji gazu pochodzącego z biomasy. Spalanie gazu może zapewnić ciepło do zasilania zarówno absorpcyjnych urządzeń chłodniczych, jak i adsorpcyjnych urządzeń klimatyzacyjnych. Przedstawiono bieżące trendy występujące w konstrukcjach adsorpcyjnych urządzeń klimatyzacyjnych.
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Regulacja osi toru w warunkach pomiarów satelitarnych :(program badań) = Geometrical adjustment of the railway track in the conditions of the satellite surveying : (research program)
PublicationW pracy zwrócono uwagę na uwarunkowania związane z zastosowaniem technik pomiarów satelitarnych GPS w pomiarach inwentaryzacyjnych linii kolejowych. Wskazano na konieczność nawiązania współpracy pomiędzy specjalistami z dziedziny pomiarów satelitarnych i środowiskiem kolejowym. Może to spowodować radykalną poprawę w zakresie poziomu utrzymania kształtu geometrycznego torów, gdzie występująca obecnie sytuacja budzi poważne zastrzeżenia....
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The experimental investigations and modelling of trak work with the use of tamping machine's diagnostic informations
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono realizowany w Katedrze Inżynierii Kolejowej Politechniki Gdańskiej program badawczy, którego idea zasadza się na wykorzystaniu podbijarki torowej w zakresie diagnostyki toru kolejowego. Skupiono się głównie na dwóch aspektach związanych z torem bezstykowym, tj. na siłach podłużnych występujących w tokach szynowych oraz na oporach poprzecznych rusztu torowego związanych głównie ze stopniem ustabilizowania podsypki...
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Cyclic Peptidic Furin Inhibitors Developed by Combinatorial Chemistry
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Performance of organic coatings upon cyclic mechanical load
PublicationA number of engineering structures fail due to the fatigue damage resulting from cyclic mechanical stress. However, as far as organic coatings are concerned this degradation factor remains underestimated. In the paper the authors propose a methodology combining global electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and local atomic force microscopy measurements for evaluation of coating resistance to an impact of repetitive mechanical stress. Typical...
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Semi-incremental addition of strings to a cyclic finite automaton
PublicationMaszyny o skończonej liczbie stanów są szeroko stosowane jako słowniki w przetwarzaniu języka naturalnego. Odznaczają się szybkim czasem przetwarzania i małymi wymaganiami pamięciowymi. Przedstawiamy nowy algorytm dodawania nowych słów do języka cyklicznego automatu skończonego. Algorytm jest rozszerzeniem na automaty cykliczne półprzyrostowego algorytmu Watsona dla automatów acyklicznych. Przekształcenie jest dokonane w duchu...
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Micro-polar effects under monotonic and cyclic shearing.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń lokalizacji odkształceń podczas ścinania monotonicznego i cyklicznego w materiałach granulowanych. Obliczenia wykonano przy zastosowaniu mikropolarnego hipoplastycznego modelu konstytutywnego.
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Effect of cyclic shearing on shear localisation in granular bodies.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wymiki numerycznej analizy wpływu cyklicznego ścinania na lokalizacją odkształceń stycznych w materiałach granulowanych. Obliczenia wykonano stosując metodę elementów skończonych i mikropolarne hipoplastyczne prawo konstytutywne. Analzę przeprowadzono dla piasku zagęszczonego i luźnego dla dużej amplitudy ścinania.
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High-temperature oxidation of the Crofer 22 H ferritic steel with Mn1.45Co1.45Fe0.1O4 and Mn1.5Co1.5O4 spinel coatings under thermal cycling conditions and its properties
PublicationThe aim of the presented study was to deposit protective-conducting Mn1.45Co1.45Fe0.1O4 and Mn1.5Co1.5O4 spinel coatings on the Crofer 22 H ferritic steel by means of electrophoresis and to evaluate their physicochemical properties after high-temperature oxidation under thermal cycling conditions. When the Crofer 22 H steel – whether uncoated or coated with the two spinels – was oxidized in 48-h cycles involving a temperature of...
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Research on Temporal Leachability of Trace Elements from Opoka-Rocks in The Aspect of Geochemical Environmental Indicators
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In vitro characteristics ofLactobacillusspp. strains isolated from the chicken digestive tract and their role in the inhibition ofCampylobactercolonization
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Instrumented End Notched Flexure - Crack propagation and process zonemonitoring. Part I: Modelling and analysis
PublicationAnalysis of the three-point bending, End Notched Flexure (ENF), test is presented for exploitation with a new experimental methodology using the backface strain monitoring technique. The model consists oftwo Timoshenko beams joined with a two parameter elastic foundation, to evaluate stress and strain fields in both adherends and the adhesive layer, together with the specimen compliance and energyrelease rate. This model is compared...
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Cold atmospheric plasma-induced chemical vapor generation in trace element analysis by spectrometric methods
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Metabolomic Heterogeneity of Urogenital Tract Cancers Analyzed by Complementary Chromatographic Techniques Coupled with Mass Spectrometry
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Serum trace elements in animal models and human depression: Part III. Magnesium. Relationship with copper
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Automated analyser for monitoring trace amounts of volatile chloro-organic compounds in recirculated industrial water
PublicationOpisano konstrukcję oraz badania laboratoryjne modelu nowego automatycznego analizatora śladowych ilości lotnych związków chlorowco-organicznych w wodzie do celów przemysłowych (o wysokiej czystości). Praca analizatora oparta jest na: - przeciwprądowym ciągłym wypłukiwaniu analitów ze strumienia próbki, - okresowym zatrzymywaniu uwolnionych analitów na złożu sorbenta, - desorpcji termicznej, - oznaczaniu sumy związków chlorowco-organicznych...
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Optical method supported by machine learning for urinary tract infection detection and urosepsis risk assessment
PublicationThe study presents an optical method supported by machine learning for discriminating urinary tract infections from an infection capable of causing urosepsis. The method comprises spectra of spectroscopy measurement of artificial urine samples with bacteria from solid cultures of clinical E. coli strains. To provide a reliable classification of results assistance of 27 algorithms was tested. We proved that is possible to obtain...
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Analysis of friction ridge evidence for trace amounts of paracetamol in various pharmaceutical industries by Raman spectroscopy
PublicationThe detection of potentially harmful substances presents a multifaceted challenge. On one hand, it can directly save lives, on the other, it can significantly aid and enhance police work, thereby increasing the effectiveness of investigations. The research conducted in this study primarily aims to identify paracetamol in fingerprints, considering situations involving direct contact of a person with paracetamol either chronically...
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Influence of laser processing of the low alloy medium carbon structural steel on the development of the fatigue crack
PublicationThe paper contains the results of the structural analysis, hardness tests and fatigue tests conducted for the medium carbon structural steel with low content of Cr and Ni after its processing with CO2 laser beam. Pre-cracks were made in the round compact tension (RCT) specimen used for fatigue test. Next, four paths, parallel to each other, were melted on both sides of the samples using a laser beam. The paths were perpendicular...
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Investigations of methods to measure longitudinal forces in continuous welded rail tracks using the tamping machine.
PublicationPraca przedstawia w sposób poglądowy próby znalezienia efektywnej metody określania sił podłużnych w szynach toru bezstykowego. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono metodzie wymuszonych przemieszczeń poprzecznych. Podstawowym stwierdzeniem z przeprowadzonych własnych badań była konieczność odejścia od podnoszenia odłączonego od podkładów odcinka szyny i skoncentrowanie się na przemieszczeniach poprzecznych; doprowadziło to koncepcji zastosowania...
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Determination of PAHs, PCBs, minerals, trace elements and fatty acids in Rapana thomasiana as an indication of pollution
PublicationW trakcie badań wykorzystano różne metodyki analityczne do oznaczania zawartości szerokiego spektrum składników (anality z grupy WWA i PCB), metali ciężkich i innych pierwiastków oraz kwasów tłuszczowych w próbkach tkanek miękkich mięczaków morskich pochodzących z miejsc o różnym poziomie antropopresji (obszary zanieczyszczone i niezanieczyszczone w bułgarskiej strefie przybrzeżnej Morza Czarnego).Analiza statystyczna uzyskanych...
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The mini ELITPC: Reconstruction and identification of charged particles tracks during beam tests at IFIN-HH
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Host and pathogen factors in Klebsiella pneumoniae upper urinary tract infections in renal transplant patients
PublicationPurpose . To analyse the role of virulence factors (VFs) and host in Klebsiella pneumoniae upper urinary tract infections (UTIs) in renal transplant (RTx) recipients. Methodology. Clinical and demographic data were registered prospectively. Phylogenetic background of K. pneumoniae isolates was analysed by PCR melting profiles (MP) and the following VFs genes: fimH-1, uge, kpn, ycfM, mrkD, rmpA, magA, hlyA, cnf-1, irp-1, irp-2,...
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Effect of selective laser treatment on initiation of fatigue crack in the main part of an undercarriage drag strut
PublicationThis paper presents the results of material characterization and a fatigue test conducted for a laser-re-melted drag strut used in an aircraft landing gear. The drag strut was re-melted with a CO2 laser beam. Eight re-melted paths were made in the form of spiral lines along the axis of the drag strut. Next, the drag strut was subjected to variable loads on a testing machine simulating loads occurring when an aircraft lands. The...
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Crack Detection in Metallic Surfaces Based on Dumbbell-Shaped Defected Ground Structures in Microstrip Technology
PublicationIn this paper, a novel crack detection sensor using a microstrip loaded with a Dumbbell-Shaped Defected Ground Structure (DS-DGS) is proposed. The sensing element is etched in the ground plane of a microstrip line and it is easy to fabricate. The electromagnetic (EM) field of the microstrip couples to the DS-DGS, thus demonstrating a bandstop behavior. It is shown that in the presence of a crack in a metallic surface underneath the...
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Effects of biotransport and hydro-meteorological conditions on transport of trace elements in the Scott River (Bellsund, Spitsbergen)
PublicationThe shaping of surface water chemistry in the Svalbard Archipelago is strongly dependent on the geology of the catchment and the process of long-range transport of atmospheric pollutants (LRATP). It was found that the dissolved trace elements in the Scott River, which catchment is characterized by a decreasing degree of glaciation, were of the natural origin (i.a. weathering and dissolution of local geological substratum). The...
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Trace Metal Contamination of Bottom Sediments: A Review of Assessment Measures and Geochemical Background Determination Methods
PublicationThis paper provides an overview of different methods of assessing the trace metal (TM) contamination status of sediments affected by anthropogenic interference. The geochemical background determination methods are also described. A total of 25 papers covering rivers, lakes, and retention tanks sediments in areas subjected to anthropogenic pressure from the last three years (2019, 2020, and 2021) were analysed to support our examination...
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New achievements in the field of extraction of trace analytes from samples characterized by complex composition of the matrix
PublicationWithout any doubt, the monitoring of compounds present in samples at trace or ultra-trace level usually requires a preliminary step of isolation and/or enrichment of analytes due to the fact that majority of analytical techniques are not sensitive enough for direct determination of trace compounds. On the other hand, sample preparation is considered as crucial part of whole analytical procedures, in particular in samples characterized...
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Main complications connected with detection, identification and determination of trace organic constituents in complex matrix samples
PublicationIt is well known that some problems with the determination of organic analytes at trace level can occur. This issue is connected with contamination during each stage of the analytical procedure from sampling to sample preparation up to chromatographic analysis, which often leads to false-positive or overestimated results. Another problem associated with determination of analytes occurs at trace- and ultra-trace level is a background...
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FE-investigations on crack spacing in reinforced concrete beams within non-local continuum mechanics.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki numerycznej analizy rozstawu rys w belkach żelbetowych przy zastosowaniu dwóch ciągłych modeli nielokalnych. Zbadano wpływ wielu różnych parametrów na rozstaw rys.
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Performance evaluation of temperature effect on hot in-place recycling asphalt mixtures
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Analysis of Efficiency of Thermoelectric Personal Cooling System Based on Utility Tests
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EFFECT OF MILK FAT COOLING RATE ON CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS OF TRIACYLGLYCEROLS THEREIN
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Numerical simulations of transonic flow with film cooling and jet vortex generators
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń przepływu transonicznego na stronie ssącej łopatki turbiny gazowej. Obliczenia wykonano dla geometrii komory pomiarowej w tunelu transonicznym IMP PAN, zaprojektowanej tak, aby odwzorować warunki przepływowe istniejące w palisadzie turbinowej. Przedstawiono wyniki obliczeń przepływu z zastosowaniem otworów chłodzących (film cooling) oraz strumieniowych generatorów wirów. Porównano je z danymi...
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Analysis of cyclone separator solutions depending on spray ejector condenser conditions
PublicationThe core design strategy for minimizing CO2 emissions in gas power plant entails combining a spray ejector condenser (SEC) and separator to accomplish steam condensation and CO2 purification. This innovative process involves direct-contact condensation of steam with CO2, facilitated by interaction with a subcooled water spray, along with a cyclone separator mechanism intended for generating pure CO2. The investigation of the SEC...