Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Pre-design of a Mini CSP Plant
Abstract The REELCOOP project funded by the European Union aims at developing and demonstrating three small scale solar electricity generating units with two of them using thermal power cycles and one using PV. The system described here includes...
2015 / D. Krüger, A. Kenissi, S. Dieckmann, C. Bouden, A. Baba, et al. -
Day-roost tree selection by northern long-eared bats—What do non-roost tree comparisons and one year of data really tell us?
Abstract Bat day-roost selection often is described through comparisons of day-roosts with randomly selected, and assumed unused, trees. Relatively few studies, however, look at patterns of multi-year selection or compare day-roosts used across...
2015 / Alexander Silvis, W. Mark Ford, Eric R. Britzke -
Assessment of Different PCM Storage Configurations in a 50 MWel CSP Plant with Screw Heat Exchangers in a Combined Sensible and Latent Storage – Simulation Results
Abstract Effective and economic storage solutions have an important role to enable Solar Thermal Electricity plants (STE) to generate dispatchable power. A thermal storage can increase the value of STE by providing firm electricity in times of peak...
2015 / V. Zipf, A. Neuhäuser, C. Bachelier, R. Leithner, W. Platzer -
On a theory of stability for nonlinear stochastic chemical reaction networks2015 / Patrick Smadbeck, Yiannis N. Kaznessis
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On-line Application for the Calculation of Shadows on Collecting Surfaces
Abstract The calculation of radiation losses on collecting surfaces due to shadows effect of surrounding objects is a key aspect in the design process of both photovoltaics and solar thermal collecting fields. This aspect is of special relevance in...
2014 / J. Cadafalch, R. Cònsul, R. Ruiz -
Carbon accumulation in arid croplands of northwest China: pedogenic carbonate exceeding organic carbon2015 / Xiujun Wang, Jiaping Wang, Minggang Xu, Wenju Zhang, Tinglu Fan, et al.
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Terrestrial Carbonaceous Debris Tracing Atmospheric Hypervelocity-Shock Aeroplasma Processes
Abstract Atmospheric hypervelocity impacts are widely viewed to produce the meteoric smoke layer by the shock-less interactions of the impinging air molecules with the vaporized meteoroid. In contrast here, we intend to show how gas and solid...
2015 / Marie-Agnès Courty, Jean-Michel Martinez -
A Hamiltonian approach to wave-current interactions in two-layer fluids2015 / A. Constantin, R. I. Ivanov
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Assessment of flood hazard areas at a regional scale using an index-based approach and Analytical Hierarchy Process: Application in Rhodope–Evros region, Greece
Abstract The present study introduces a multi-criteria index to assess flood hazard areas in a regional scale. Accordingly, a Flood Hazard Index (FHI) has been defined and a spatial analysis in a GIS environment has been applied for the estimation...
2015 / Nerantzis Kazakis, Ioannis Kougias, Thomas Patsialis -
Geochemistry and Fuid-Inclusion Microthermometry of the Farsesh Barite Deposit, Iran2014 / Alireza Zarasvandi, Nazanin Zaheri, Houshang Pourkaseb, Abbas Chrachi, Hashem Bagheri
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Potential of advanced optical concepts in chalcopyrite-based solar cells
Abstract The potential of three advanced optical concepts in chalcopyrite-based solar cells is investigated by means of simulations with realistic optical and electrical parameters of state-of-the-art CGS and CIGS cells. First, a monolithically...
2010 / Benjamin Lipovšek, Janez Krc˘, Marko Topic˘ -
Performance, Combustion and Emission Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Fueled with Polyoxymethylene Dimethyl Ethers (PODE3-4)/ Diesel Blends
Abstract Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (PODEn) have high oxygen content, cetane number and solubility in diesel fuel. In this work, pure diesel and PODE3-4/diesel blends with 10-20% PODE3-4 by volume were tested in a light-duty (LD)direct...
2015 / Zhi Wang, Haoye Liu, Jun Zhang, Jianxin Wang, Shijin Shuai -
Environmental risk assessment for excipients from galenical pharmaceutical production in wastewater and receiving water
Abstract Many different excipients are used in galenical pharmaceutical production, in addition to the active pharmaceutical ingredients. Excipients are little investigated regarding their environmental fate and impact, even though some of them are...
2015 / Kim Catharina Wirz, Martin Studer, Jürg Oliver Straub -
Radiological risk from thoron, a case study: The particularly radon-prone area of Bolsena, and the lesson learned
Abstract The contribution of 220Rn is usually negligible compared to that of 222Rn: its very short half-life makes escape from its source site within the rock very unlikely and it never has time enough to filtrate through the ground and through...
2015 / G. Cinelli, B. Capaccioni, M.A. Hernández-Ceballos, D. Mostacci, A. Perghem, et al. -
Refining the site conceptual model at a former uranium mill site in Riverton, Wyoming, USA2015 / William L. Dam, Sam Campbell, Raymond H. Johnson, Brian B. Looney, Miles E. Denham, et al.
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Modelling Freshwater Resources at the Global Scale: Challenges and Prospects2015 / Petra Döll, Hervé Douville, Andreas Güntner, Hannes Müller Schmied, Yoshihide Wada
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The Burden of Shading and Location on the Sustainability of South African Solar Home System Program
Abstract Most contributions on the issues of sustainability of rural electrification projects have focused on the technology and business models used to drive the projects. The issues of user education and environmental impact on the technology have ...
2015 / Chukwuma Leonard Azimoh, Patrik Klintenberg, Fredrik Wallin, Björn Karlsson -
Rapid relaxation inversion of CSAMT data2003 / Xinyou Lu, Martyn Unsworth, John Booker
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Re–Os geochronology and Os isotope fingerprinting of petroleum sourced from a Type I lacustrine kerogen: Insights from the natural Green River petroleum system in the Uinta Basin and hydrous pyrolysis experiments
Abstract Rhenium–osmium (Re–Os) geochronology of marine petroleum systems has allowed the determination of the depositional age of source rocks as well as the timing of petroleum generation. In addition, Os isotopes have been applied as a...
2014 / Vivien M. Cumming, David Selby, Paul G. Lillis, Michael D. Lewan -
Evaluation of the Progress of Intensive Agriculture in the Cerrado Piauiense – Brazil
Abstract The duality agricultural production and environmental preservation is a consequence of the growth of the world population and globalization. On the one hand, there is the need for food production; on the other hand, there is the need to...
2013 / Claudionor Ribeiro da Silva, Kaíse Barbosa de Souza, Waldison França Furtado