Eco-friendly methods of reducing the consequences of winter maintenance in urban green areas
Folia Horticulturae, 2009 Trees play a crucial role in the urban environment. They fulfil aesthetic, sociocultural, ecological, health-promoting and economic functions. Urban development and related human activity bring many risks to green areas within urban space.
Bach Anna +2 more
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Hydrophilicity as a measure of the efficiency of the superplasticisers
Budownictwo i Architektura, 2013 This paper presents the results of chemical structural investigations of four new-generation superplasticizers (denoted here as SP-A through SP-M2) used in concrete production engineering. The commercial product samples, the gel permeation chromatography
Elżbieta Janowska-Renkas
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Solar heat transport fluid [PDF]
The progress made on the development and delivery of noncorrosive fluid subsystems is reported. These subsystems are to be compatible with closed-loop solar heating or combined heating and hot water systems.
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Sensitivity Analysis of Computations of the Vapor-Liquid Equilibria of Methane + Methanol or Glycols at Gas Hydrate Formation Conditions [PDF]
, 2019 The Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK-EOS) and Peng-Robinson (PR-EOS) equations of state are used often to describe the behavior of pure substances and mixtures despite difficulties in handling substances, like water, with high polarity and hydrogen bonding. They
Duben, Anthony J. +1 more
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Organic compounds in hydraulic fracturing fluids and wastewaters: A review [PDF]
, 2017 High volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) of shale to stimulate the release of natural gas produces a large quantity of wastewater in the form of flowback fluids and produced water.
Gonsior, Michael, Luek, Jenna L.
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Refined exposure assessment of polyethylene glycol (E 1521) from its use as a food additive [PDF]
, 2018 The EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) provides a scientific opinion on the refined exposure assessment of polyethylene glycol (E 1521) when used as a food additive.
Aggett, Peter +24 more
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Identification of best available thermal energy storage compounds for low-to-moderate temperature storage applications in buildings [PDF]
, 2018 Award-winning paper at III International Congress and V National on Sustainable Construction and Eco-Efficient Solutions (CICSE) March 2017Over the last 40 years different thermal energy storage materials have been investigated with the aim of enhancing ...
Barrios Padura, Ángela +4 more
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Development of covalent triazine frameworks as heterogeneous catalytic supports [PDF]
, 2019 Covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) are established as an emerging class of porous organic polymers with remarkable features such as large surface area and permanent porosity, high thermal and chemical stability, and convenient functionalization that ...
Krishnaraj, Chidharth +3 more
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GelsCross-linking chitosan at room and subzero temperature using a series of diglycidyl ethers of glycols (DEs)—ethylene glycol (EGDE), 1,4-butanediol (BDDE), and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEGDE) has been investigated to demonstrate that DEs can be a more ...
Yuliya Privar +5 more
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Exploring mild enzymatic sustainable routes for the synthesis of bio-degradable aromatic-aliphatic oligoesters [PDF]
, 2016 The application of Candida antarctica lipase B in enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of aromatic-aliphatic oligoesters is here reported. The aim of the present study is to systematically investigate the most favorable conditions for the enzyme catalyzed ...
Brandauer, Martin +6 more
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