... cotton and kapok), core fibers (kenaf, hemp and jute), grass and reed fibers (wheat, corn and rice)," and finally wood flour, and regenerated cellulose fibers In particular, the bamboo and coir ... are produced from renewable resources, natural renewable energy, agriculture resources such as cellulose, corn, starch, natural sugar, or those resources that can be re-produced from nature can ... (PLA) [92], and starch [93] The blends with biopolymers from natural resources are mostly applied for medicine or films production Sustainable Biocomposites from Renewable Resources and Recycled...
Ngày tải lên: 21/05/2016, 22:55
... emerging and integrated area of Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Economics A majority of the authors are researchers doing applied work in economics, finance, and management science and ... Greve, Golombek, and Harris study the Norwegian pulp and paper mills and describe how they can reduce pollution and how this relates to absorptive capacity and social capital D’Amours and R¨ nnqvist ... trond.doskeland@nhh.no E Bjørndal et al (eds.), Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, Energy Systems, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12067-1 1, c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 T Døskeland...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20
From Conflict to Peacebuilding The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment pdf
... cope with and recover from stresses and shocks, and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets both now and in the future, while not undermining the natural resource base Natural resources: ... organizations and states, to prohibit smuggled resources from being exported from sanctioned countries and to prevent the trade in conflict resources Integrate natural resource and environmental ... human history, people and countries have fought over natural resources From livestock, watering holes and fertile land, to trade routes, fish stocks and spices, sugar, oil, gold and other precious...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Climatic signals in earlywood, latewood and total ring width of Corsican pine from western France" ppsx
... Growth and decline symptoms of Silver Fir and Norway Spruce in Northeastern France: Relation to climate, nutrition and silviculture, in: Landmann G and Bonneau M (Eds.), Forest decline and atmospheric ... (0.04), 0.80 (0.04) and 0.82 (0.04) for total ring, earlywood and latewood, respectively The corresponding verification coefficients (MRV and SV) were 0.46 (0.12), 0.37 (0.16) and 0.42 (0.12) (figure ... October and current February and June but was highly reduced by warm summer The positive effect of February and June precipitation was also significant for the total ring growth DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21
own your future update your skills with resources and career ideas from microsoft
... experiences and demonstrate your comfort level with teams of all types and sizes Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft helps you add to your skill set and ... with people from different cultures, knowing how to work with translation tools and communicate in real time and across time zones using video conferencing and webinars, and understanding server ... Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft to life: n Michael McMann, Senior Academic Marketing Manager at icrosoft M Learning, for his vision for this book and his helpful and encouraging...
Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2014, 14:30
Energy Resources: Production and Consumption
... World Total Primary Energy Supply World Total Energy Consumption Projections World Total Energy Consumption Projections (by fuel type) World Total Energy Consumption 1990 -2020 (by region) U.S Energy ... Mt) World Total Primary Energy Supply in 1998 (9491 Mtoe) **Other includes geothermal, solar, wind, heat, etc 10 World Energy Consumption 11 World Energy Consumption 12 World Total Energy Consumption ... World Total Energy Consumption 1990 -2020 (by region) U.S Energy Flow U.S Energy Consumption and Renewable Supply Additional Resources [slide 3] [slide 4] [slide 5] [slide 6] [slide 7] [slide 8]...
Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2016, 15:46
Characteristics of hydrogen production from food waste and waste activated sludge
... 2003 and 0:100 for 3.0 and 5.0 % of total VS concentrations could not be conducted because of low VS concentration of sewage sludge 20 mL of seed sludge and appropriate amounts of food waste and ... Characteristics of substrate Parameter Total solids Volatile solids Total COD Soluble COD Total carbohydrate Soluble carbohydrate Total protein Soluble protein Total Kjeldahl nitrogen pH Alkalinity ... media lab bottles A total of 33 bottles with different volatile solids (VS) concentrations and mixing ratios of food waste and sewage sludge were simultaneously operated Total VS concentrations...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40
Characteristics of Leachate from Citrus Groves and their Changes in the Collecting Reservoirs in Matsuyama, Japan
... Water and Environment Technology, Vol 9, No.2, 2011 In this study, runoff characteristics of materials such as organics, nutrients and inorganic matters from a citrus grove were investigated, and ... Seto Inland Sea on its west, which is one of the largest closed water areas in Japan and has required water purification for a long period Aside from this, there are many small reservoirs in and ... in detail and material balances around reservoirs were considered RESEARCH PROCEDURE Location: Matsuyama region and periphery of the Seto Inland Sea The location of the research area and the distribution...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17
CO2e emissions from HVAC equipment and lifetime operation for common U.S. building types
... challenges and design implications, Energy and Buildings, 35(10), 1049-1064, 2003 [4] Thormark, C., A low energy building in a life cycle - Its embodied energy, energy need for operation and recycling ... very few connections, and energy transfer among them (Figure 2) The emission factors presented in Torcellini and Deru’s [23] “The Source Energy and Emission Factors for Energy Use in Buildings” ... load from internal equipment and lights For example, the hospital average lighting and plug loads were 12.68 W/m2 and 23.18 W/m2, respectively; likewise, lighting and plug loads were 10.76 W/m2 and...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28
Changes of temperature data for energy studies over time and their impact on energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The case of Athens and Thessaloniki – Greece
... measures applied to dwellings Energy and Buildings 200, 37, 982-95 Frank Th Climate change impacts on building heating and cooling energy demand in Switzerland Energy and Buildings 2005, 37, 1175-85 ... determined from the thermal Qht and the electric Qce energy, using the conversion factors of 1.1 and 2.9 respectively, according to [31] Obviously, the total primary energy Qtot is the sum of Qhp and ... cooling demands is 28.5% and for Thessaloniki 13.2% Obviously, directly proportional to the energy demand for heating and cooling is the fuel (diesel oil) and electricity consumption and hence...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10
Energy efficiency and cost analysis of canola production in different farm sizes
... relation between energy inputs and output [20] Based on the energy equivalents of inputs and outputs, the indices of energy use efficiency, energy productivity, specific energy and net energy were ... energy inputs were divided into direct and indirect and renewable and non-renewable energy forms [18] Direct energy consisted of human labour, diesel fuel and electricity; whereas, indirect energy ... Eqs [8]: Energy use efficiency = (Energy output (MJ ha-1)) / (Energy input (MJ ha-1)) (1) Energy productivity = (Canola output (kg ha-1)) / (Energy input (MJ ha-1)) (2) Specific energy = (Energy...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:30
PLANT ASSETS,NATURAL RESOURCES AND TANGIBLE ASSETS
... plant assets, natural resources, and intangible assets are reported Chapter 10-2 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets and Intangible Assets ... of a plant asset Section – Natural Resources Section – Natural Resources Natural resources consist of standing timber and underground deposits of oil, gas, and minerals Distinguishing characteristics: ... Presentation Presentation and Analysis and Analysis Presentation Analysis Section – Plant Assets Section – Plant Assets Plant assets include land, land improvements, buildings, and equipment (machinery,...
Ngày tải lên: 17/12/2013, 12:41
Tài liệu ENERGY, POWER, AND POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY P1 pdf
... velocity of sound Condensed and in some cases converted from U.S Standard Atmosphere 1976, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, ... liquid Condensed, converted, and interpolated from the tables of M P Vukalovich, A I Ivanov, L R Fokin, and A T Yakovlev, Thermophysical Properties of Mercury, Standartov, Moscow, USSR, 1971 ... T, h, s interpolated and extrapola from I I Perelshteyn, Tables and Diagrams of the Thermodynamic Properties of Freons 12, 13, 22, Moscow, USSR, 1971 cp, TJ, A interpolated and converted f Thermophysical...
Ngày tải lên: 26/12/2013, 01:18
Tài liệu ENERGY, POWER, AND POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY P2 docx
... = Prandtl number; y = cp/cv ratio; vs = velocity of sound (m/sec); r = surface tension (N/m); /' = wet saturated vapor; g = saturated vapor Rounded off from values of C M Tseng, T A Hamp, and ... Converted and usually rounded off from JANAF Thermochemical Tables, NSRDS-NBS-37, 1971 foTo illustrate the term sensible enthalpy, which is the difference between the actual enthalpy and the enthalpy ... products and R reactants, s signifies sensible enthalpy, and the bhs are looked up in the table for the appropriate temperatures If the actual reaction was C2H2 + U/2O2 -» 2CO2 + H2O + 3O2 then W = and...
Ngày tải lên: 26/12/2013, 01:18
5 twitter lessons from the obama and romney campaigns
... high on the list when people clicked on "Big Bird." Build and engage your communit y Find out what people expect and want from your brand As an example, Steele said the Romney campaign posts behind-the-scenes ... statements in real time." Also, Steele pointed out, after Romney announced he would cut PBS's funding and mentioned "Big Bird" during the first debate, "Big Bird" began trending on Twitter Early on, ... Convention, the Obama digital media team tweeted a photo captioned: "This seat's taken." Witty and amusing tweets can show that you don't take yourself or your company too seriously Connect t...
Ngày tải lên: 07/01/2014, 15:28
Chapter 02 ENERGY, ENERGY TRANSFER, AND GENERAL ENERGY ANALYSIS
... forms of energy that constitute the total energy 2–5C How are heat, internal energy, and thermal energy related to each other? 2–6C What is mechanical energy? How does it differ from thermal energy? ... coal and 1.0 kg of CO2 and 15 g of SO2 from a coal power plant TABLE 2–2 Energy costs of cooking a casserole with different appliances* [From A Wilson and J Morril, Consumer Guide to Home Energy ... its energy changes while the other forms of energy remain unchanged Mechanisms of Energy Transfer, Ein and Eout Energy can be transferred to or from a system in three forms: heat, work, and mass...
Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 15:19
Tài liệu Population, Resources, and Welfare: An Exploration into Reproductive and Environmental Externalities* pptx
... fertility behaviour and free-riding on local common-property resources (Dasgupta and Mäler, 1991, 1995; Nerlove, 1991; Cleaver and Schreiber, 1994; Brander and Taylor, 1998; Section 7.4 and Appendix) ... J.J Heckman and E Leamer, eds., Handbook of Econometrics, (Amsterdam: North Holland) 43 Cain, M (1981), "Risk and Insurance: Perspectives on Fertility and Agrarian Change in India and Bangladesh", ... economic growth view fertility and natural resources, the way population growth and economic stress in poor countries are studied by environmental and resource economists, and the way development economists...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo " Natural resources and environment in Cam Ranh bay and sustainable development orientation " doc
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu CONTROL OF ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS FROM CHEMICAL, COATINGS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING pdf
... synthetic resin and which is subsequently incorporated into the same batch History: Cr Register, September, 1986, No 369, eff 10−1−86; am (1), (2) (a) and b and (b), (3) (b) and (c) 4., r and recr (2) ... No 673 123 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (b) Effective January 1, 1994, subs (2) and (3) (a) and (b) apply to reaction tanks, thinning tanks, blending tanks, and other process vessels used in ... 21°C (70°F) CAL MANUFACTURE History: Renum from NR 154.13 (2) (b), (3) (e) and (9) and am., Register, September, 1986, No 369, eff 10−1−86; am (1) (b) and (2) (b), Register, February, 1990, No...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 08:20
Tài liệu Banks’ exposure to interest rate risk, their earnings from term transformation, and the dynamics of the term structure pptx
... on the current and past shape of the term structure Savings banks and cooperative banks are said to rely heavily on earnings from term transformation And, in fact, the earnings from term transformation ... specific and regulatory effects are far more important For savings and cooperative banks, earnings from term transformation are an important source of interest income, and timely changes in earnings from ... risk, and the second one deals with the relationship of the interest margin and the possible earnings from term transformation Fraser et al (2002) for the U.S., Ballester et al (2009) for Spain and...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20