Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy

✍ Scribed by R. Gavasci and S. Zandaryaa (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 394
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book contains the papers presented at the First International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in September 1998. The main aim of the conference was to give an opportunity to scientists, experts and researchers from different fields to convene and discuss environmental and energy problems and also be informed about the state of the art. Today, environmental protection is increasingly becoming a matter of global priority now that the tendency towards sustainable development is growing. The main concept of sustainable development is to fulfill both the demand of today's generation and cater for the requirements of future generations. Hence, sustainable development requires sound management of those environmental and research and development technologies which have low environmental impact and which promote the use of renewable sources. Renewable energies are the only environmentally benign sources of energy and are available at any site and any time of the year. Moreover, the utilization of renewable sources of energy can contribute to the increasing energy demand and also advance the improvement of life standards in rural areas, where it is difficult to establish a permanent connection with central electricity systems. Application and adoption of emerging renewable energy technologies in rural and remote areas cannot be successful without transfer of knowledge, information and know-how. Environmental engineering involves research and application of technologies to minimize the undesirable impact on the environment. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in environmental engineering problems in order to focus on theoretical and experimental studies on atmospheric pollution, water management and treatment, waste treatment, disposal and management

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, Page ifc1
Front Matter, Page ifc2
Copyright, Page ifc3
Inside Front Cover, Pages i-ii
PREFACE, Page iii
TOR VERGATA, Page iv
MTU, Pages v-vi
AN ATTEMPT FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY UTILIZATION OF OIL-SHALE IN MONGOLIA, Pages 3-6
BUILDING DESIGN: SUSTAINABILITY AND SOME ENERGETIC AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS, Pages 7-16
DESIGN BUILDINGS WITH THE CLIMATE: LEARNING FROM THE PAST, Pages 17-25
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF CONTROLLED LANDFILLS IN RELATION TO THE VULNERABILITY OF THE AQUIFERS: A PROPOSED APPROACH, Pages 27-36
HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, Pages 37-45
IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL INDIGENOUS SPECIES IN AN AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS CONTAMINATED SOIL, Pages 47-55
LANDSLIDE CONTROL: A SUMMARY OF SUGGESTIONS FOR ENGINEERING CODE WRITERS, Pages 57-66
NUCLEAR ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Pages 67-74
PROPERTIES OF UNSTABLE STRUCTURAL SOIL OF MONGOLIA, Pages 75-78
REHABILITATION AND DIRECT FIRING CONVERSION OF MONGOLIA COAL FIRED BOILERS, Pages 79-88
REVITALIZATION AND NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS IN THE VENETIAN LAGOON: LAZZARETTO NUOVO ISLAND CASE STUDY, Pages 89-98
TOWARD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT: A MODERN APPROACH, Pages 99-105
DOMESTIC SOLAR SPACE HEATING IN MONGOLIA: DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION, Pages 109-118
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THROUGH SELF-POWERED PLANTS FOR ISOLATED COMMUNITIES, Pages 119-123
MODELLING OF A HYBRID WATER HEATING SYSTEM FOR USING THE RURAL CENTER OF MONGOLIA, Pages 125-128
MONGOLIA WIND RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PROJECT, Pages 129-134
ON UNESCO'S RENEWABLE ENERGY INFORMATION EXCHANGE PROGRAMME – THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (IREICS) PROGRAMME –, Pages 135-138
PRETREATMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND FIELD TRIALING OF AN INNOVATIVE SOLAR-POWERED REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION UNIT, Pages 139-144
THE FEASIBILITY OF SOLAR ENERGY USE IN RURAL AREAS OF MONGOLIA: SOLAR “GER”, Pages 145-150
THE WORLD SOLAR PROGRAMME, Pages 151-154
UTILIZATION OF ELECTRICITY OF HERDSMAN FAMILY AND POSSIBILITY TO SUPPLY IT WITH SOLAR BATTERY, Pages 155-159
WIND FARMS IN NORTHERN CLIMATE, Pages 161-170
CO₂ LASER BASED MOBILE DIAL SYSTEM FOR ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS MONITORING, Pages 173-178
MANAGING AIR QUALITY IN EUROPEAN UNION, Pages 179-186
REMOVAL OF NITROGEN OXIDES PRODUCED DURING WASTE INCINERATION: OPERATION OF A FULL-SCALE DENO_x SYSTEM, Pages 187-196
TE - CO₂ INJECTION LASER FOR WIND MEASUREMENTS DOPPLER APPLICATION, Pages 197-203
A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR TORRENTIAL REGIME RIVERS: FIRST RESULTS OF THE ACTION TAKEN ON BASENTO RIVER, Pages 207-214
ALTERATION PHENOMENA OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY WITHIN WATER SYSTEMS, Pages 215-220
GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING IN A RURAL AREA, Pages 221-229
GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF THE STEPPE AND GOBI ZONES IN MONGOLIA, Pages 231-237
MAN-MADE RECHARG OF THE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF CENTRAL AND UPPER SOURCES FOR ULAANBAATAR CITY WATER SUPPLY, Pages 239-243
NEW REGULATION FOR WATER MANAGEMENT IN ITALY, Pages 245-249
THE TREATMENT OF DRAINAGE CANAL WATER THROUGH LAGOONS. THE “FOCE CAVONE” EXPERIENCE, Pages 251-260
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MONGOLIA, Pages 261-264
A SURVEY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF ALUMINUM RECOVERY FROM COAGULATION SLUDGES, Pages 267-275
ACTIVATED SLUDGE MULTISTAGE PLANT WITH STEP SLUDGE RECIRCULATION: PROCESS OPTIMIZATION, Pages 277-284
DRINKING WATER AND WASTE WATER DISINFECTION: STRATEGIES AND PROBLEMS, Pages 285-293
INTEGRATING CONSERVATION AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT, Pages 295-302
PRESENT TRENDS IN THE REDUCTION OF ACCEPTABILITY LIMITS AT THE DISCHARGE OF WASTEWATER AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, Pages 303-311
SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND MODELING IN DISSOLVED OXYGEN BALANCE, Pages 313-322
THE 3^rd STAGE OF PURIFYING POLLUTED WATER BY VOLCANIC SLAG METHOD, Pages 323-327
WATER TREATMENT IN REMOTE AND RURAL AREAS: A CONCEPTUAL SCREENING PROTOCOL FOR APPROPRIATE POU/POE TECHNOLOGIES, Pages 329-336
DECHLORINATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS IN NON-POLAR MEDIA, Pages 339-347
HEAVY METALS PARTITIONING IN WASTE INCINERATION, Pages 349-357
LONG DURATION COMPRESSIBILITY TESTS ON MSW, Pages 359-367
NEW TRENDS IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ITALY, Pages 369-376
REUSE OF STABILIZED WASTE AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, Pages 377-385
THE INFLUENCE OF SOME OPERATING CONDITIONS ON CONTAMINANT RELEASE FROM WASTE MATERIALS, Pages 387-396
THE MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A BIG CITY: ROME, Pages 397-404
WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN INDUSTRIALIZED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES – GENERATION, QUALITY, DISPOSAL –, Pages 405-414
AUTHORS INDEX, Pages 415-416