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Bioagronomic and energy potential of Carthamus tinctorius L. in the Mediterranean area
2011
In recent years, interest in dedicated energy crops, in particular oilseed crops, in the Mediterranean area has risen. This is due both to an increase in energy demand in various sectors and the need to meet the objectives set by the European Union. The agro-energy sector may become an important economic opportunity for farms, especially when considering the use of the whole plant – the oil-rich seeds and the lignocellulosic crop residues. However, in economic terms, further study is needed in the management, quantification and subsequent use of crop residues. This research looks at the productive and energy potential of the seed and crop residues of safflower with the aim of introducing th…
DFT insights into competing mechanisms of guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation on a platinum cluster
2023
In a scenario of declining fossil resources and increasing demand for renewable and sustainable alternatives, biomass is the only source able to offer an easy and gradual transition in the use of current energy technologies based on the exploitation of carbon derivatives. Its conversion to liquid fuels has oriented our study towards the computational mechanistic analysis of the guaiacol catalytic hydrodeoxygenation, which is currently considered one of the most challenging routes for upgrading biomass-derived bio-oils. For this purpose, a subnanometric Pt10 platinum cluster was chosen as the catalyst model, with Pt as a computational reference element for catalytic hydrogenation, and guaiac…
Alternative Ways of Energy Supply in Rural Areas
2019
Optimization of thermal energy and electricity production processes using renewable energy source (RES) is extremely important for agricultural horticultural, and production farms. The article is devoted to the search for the best available techniques to the optimize the process of obtaining heat energy from RES to meet the energy needs in Polish agriculture. The food industry is particularly energy-intensive and as a result, when introducing various innovative technological processes, strong emphasis is placed on rational energy consumption and minimizing its losses, as well as on the secondary use of waste heat. The direct result of using RES devices is also a reduction in greenhouse gas …
Energy potential of the biomass of the scots pine (PINUSSYLVESTRIS L.)
2015
Comparison of epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry in counting freshwater picophytoplankton
2021
The smaller the phytoplankton, the greater effort is required to distinguish individual cells by optics-based methods. Flow cytometry is widely applied in marine picophytoplankton research, but in freshwater research its role has remained minor. We compared epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry in assessing the composition, abundance and cell sizes of autofluorescent picophytoplankton in epilimnia of 46 Finnish lakes. Phycocyaninrich picocyanobacteria were the most dominant. The two methods yielded comparable total picophytoplankton abundances, but the determination of cell sizes, and thus total biomasses, were on average an order of magnitude higher in the microscopy results. Howev…
Vertical stratification of bacteria and archaea in sediments of a small boreal humic lake
2019
Impact of Manaus City on the Amazon Green Ocean atmosphere: Ozone production, precursor sensitivity and aerosol load
2010
As a contribution to the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia – Cooperative LBA Airborne Regional Experiment (LBA-CLAIRE-2001) field campaign in the heart of the Amazon Basin, we analyzed the temporal and spatial dynamics of the urban plume of Manaus City during the wet-to-dry season transition period in July 2001. During the flights, we performed vertical stacks of crosswind transects in the urban outflow downwind of Manaus City, measuring a comprehensive set of trace constituents including O3, NO, NO2, CO, VOC, CO2, and H2O. Aerosol loads were characterized by concentrations of total aerosol number (CN) and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), and by light scattering proper…
Distribution of biomass and site location of combustion and gasification power plants in western Sicily
2012
The substitution of conventional fossil fuels with biomass for energy production results both in the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions and in the replacement of non-renewable energy sources. The use of biomass for energy production responds to the growing pressure of government policies towards the achievement of better environmental sustainability of power generation processes. This is particularly true for the agricultural areas of Sicily, where the realization of new economic dynamics can lead to development of a local economic system. However, at present, generating energy from biomass is rather expensive due to both technological limits related to low conversion efficiencies, and…
Bioindicatori della qualità del suolo
2012
La qualità del suolo è un aspetto fondamentale della gestione sostenibile dell’agrosistema, al pari della qualità dell’acqua e dell’aria. Studiare la qualità del suolo significa valutare quanto bene esso svolga le proprie funzioni e come esse possano essere migliorate o salvaguardate per il futuro. Poiché la definizione di qualità del suolo è oggettiva, essa non può essere valutata utilizzando fattori di opportuna convenienza, ma attraverso l’uso di indicatori. Le proprietà biochimiche possono essere utilizzate come “indicatori precoci” delle perturbazioni che degradano il suolo in quanto risultano maggiormente sensibili alle variazioni indotte dall’attività antropica e dall’ambiente rispet…
Regressiomenetelmiä viljapellon biomassan estimointiin ortokuvista ja digitaalisesta korkeusmallista
2012
Tutkielmassa esitellään käyttötarkoitus biomassan estimoinnille ja vertaillaan kolmea regressiomenetelmää, lineaarista regressiota, k:n lähimmän naapurin menetelmää sekä tukivektoriregressiota. Tutkielmassa esitellään myös aineisto ja aineistoon suoritetut muunnokset.