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04431 Nitrous oxide emissions in Austria
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Environment (pollution, health profection, safety)
Nitrous oxide (N,O) from fossll fuel combustion 96104430 Tamaki, M. er ol., Kankyo Gijursu, 1995, 24, (9), 549-555. (In Japanese) The paper discusses the formation, distribution, and behaviour of N,O in ocean waters, lake waters, and groundwater.
Nitrous oxlde emlsslons In Austria 96104431 Orthofer, R. er al., Energy Cowers. Mgmr., Jun.-Aug. 1996, 37, (6), 1309-1314. Using IPCC recommended procedures, anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide in Austria for the base year 1990 were estimated to be around 4,800 metric tons. The uncertaintles are high particularly for the emissions from agricultural soils. About 62% of total emissions come from agriculture, 26% from the energy sector, and 11% from the industrial processes sector. Projects for the year 2000 show that emissions will grow by about 15%. This is mainly due to unwanted side-effects of pollution control technologies.
NO reduction b actlvated carbons. Some mechan96lQ4432 istic aspects of uncatalyze dYand catalyzed reaction Illan-Gomez, M. J. et al., Coal Sci. Techno/., 1995, 24, (2), 1799-1802. The paper discusses the temperature-programmed reaction and isothermal kinetic studies of NO reduction over activated carbons, optionally in the presence of impregnated metal ions.
Nonlinear d namics and the Great Salt Lake: A pre96104433 dictable Indicator of regYonal climate Abarbanel, H. D. Energy, Jul.-Aug. 1996, 21, (7), 655-665. Usine methods from nonlinear dvnamics. the authors examine a lone climatoTogica1 record of measuremints of the volume of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. These observations, recorded every 15 days since 1847, provide direct insight into the effect of large-scale atmospheric motions in climatoloeical studies. The lake drains nearlv 100,000 km2, and it thus acts as a spatial filter for the finest degrees of freedom for climate. In filtering out a very large number of atmospheric and climatological motions, it reduces its complexity but retains its effectiveness as a climate sensing system. Demonstrates four degrees of freedom active in the Great Salt Lake volume record, that these data reside on a strange attractor of dimension slightly larger than three, and that these data are predictable with a horizon of order a few years.
Occurrence and behaviour of radionuclides in the 96104434 Moselle River - Part I: Entry of natural and artificial radlonuclides Mundschenk, H. .I. Environ. Radioacfivity, 1996, 30, (3), 199-213 Various sources contribute to the radioactive contamination of the Moselle River, among which the French NPP Cattenom with four units of 1300 MWe represents the most important. Appropriate operational precautions were taken in order to monitor the nuclide transfer on different pathways under normal and accidential conditions and the effectiveness of these measures has been tested using natural and artificial radionuclides as tracers. Measurements of suspended matter have revealed that the inputs of natural nuclides exceed the discharges of the NPP Cattenom.
96104435 Occurrence and behaviour of radionuclides in the Moselle River - Part II: Distribution of radionuclides between aqueous phase and suspended matter Mundschenk, H. J. Environ. Radioacrivity, 1996, 30, (3), 215-232. Most of the radionuclides released from nuclear power plants into rivers are primarily absorbed onto suspended matter. To describe this nuclide transfer, a model was used which takes the total suspended matter load as solid phase into account. The necessary partition factors of various radionuclides were determined in river water/suspended matter of the Moselle in laboratory investigations. By use of this model, a conservative estimate of the radionuclude concentration of the solid phase could be obtained which proved to be more realistic than the results based on the distribution law.
96104436 Occurrence and behavlour of radlonuclldes In the Moselle River - Part Ill: Dlsperslon of radionuclldes along the rlver course Mundschenk, H. J. Environ. Radioactiviry, 1996, 30, (3), 233-251. Knowledge about propagation of radionuclides from nuclear power plants along the course of a river is of great interest in radioecological assessmends. By use of a model previously applied to the cases of tG Rhine and Weser Rivers, the distribution of various radionuclides released into the Moselle from the nuclear power plant Cattenom at normal operation is descibed with sRCo, “Co and ll”mAg as tracers.
306
Fuel and Energy Abstracts
July 1996
An overvlew of the Joule II Project ‘The under96104437 ground disposal of carbon dloxlde’ Holloway, S. Energy Convers. Mgmt., Jun.-Aug. 1996, 37, (6), 1149-1154. In January 1993, as part of the Joule II Non-nuclear Energy Research Programme, the European Commission initiated a two year study of the potential for the disposal of industrial quantities of carbon dioxide underground, with a view to reducing emissions to the atmosphere. The participants in the study were the British Geological Survey (UK), TN0 Institute of Applied Geoscience (The Netherlands), BRGM (France), CRE Group Ltd (UK), IKU Petroleum Research (Norway), RWE AG (Germany), University of Sunderland Renewable Energy Centre (UK), and Statoil (Norway). The objective of the study was to examine whether carbon dioxide emissions from large point sources such as power stations, could be disposed of safely, economically and with no adverse effects on man and the
96104436 Pedder pennies Blakers, A. Proc. Solar ‘95 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, ANZSES, Box 124, Caulfield East, Vie. 3145, Auswalia. The paper reports that the House of Representatives Environment Committee recentlv conducted an Inauirv into the oossibilitv of restorine Lake Pedder in iouth west Tasmania to-its original size. Miny issues weye covered, including the prospects for land restoration, the impact on tourism, flood mitigation, the technical feasibility and the value of energy production that would be foregone. (Pedder Pennies were small stones found at Lake Pedder)
96104439 Permanent storage of carbon dioxide In the marine environment: The solid CO, penetrator Murray, C. N. et al., Energy Convers. Mgmt., Jun.-Aug. 1996, 37, (6), ._<_ .A__ IUOI-I”,I.
To circumvent the uncertainty related to presently studied ocean disposal options based on pumping of liquid carbon dioxide or hydrate slurry injection at depth, with the associated risk of short term physical and biological oceanographic processes returning an important fraction of it to the atmosphere, a disposil technique using the naiural geochemical storage properties of deep marine (carbonate or alumino-silicate rich) sedimentary formations ii suggested: The technique proposed would dep&d on the fact that carbon dioxide can be obtained as a solid by cooling to -78.5”C. The overall density is approximately one and a half times - 1.56 kg.dm-’ that of seawater.
96104440 Phase composition of coal mining and preparation wastes and its role in determining the trends of their usage Skripchenko, G. B. et al., Coal Sci. Technol., 1995, 24, (2), 1637-1640. Using an X-ray method for quantitative determination of major mineral components in coal mining and processing wastes, the qualitative and quantitative mineral cpmposition was defined for many open pits and coal processing plants of the main coal basins of Russia and CIS countries.
96104441 Plasma levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors are Increased In coal miners with pneumoconlosis Schins, R. P. and Borm, P. J. Eur. Respir. J., 1995, 8, (lo), 1658-1663. Reports that among other cytokines, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is considered to play a key role in the development of mineral dust related fibrosis. Previously, the authors showed that ex-vivo release of TNF by peripheral blood monocytes is a marker for progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.
96104442 Polycycllc aromatic hydrocarbons from coal fluidized bed combustion Mastral, A. M. et al., Coal Sci. Technol., 1995, 24, (2), 1951-1954. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (priority pollutants) from two cyclones placed at the exit of a coal fluidized bed combustor are studied. Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy is used in the study.
96104443 Polynuclear aromatlc hydrocarbons In a Rlver Thames sedlment core Taylor, P. N. and Lester, J. N. Etwirorl. Technol., 1995, 16, (12), 1155-1163. The paper reports on the abundance of 14 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in a sediment core from Tilbury docks on the River Thames.
96104444 Postlve pressurlsatlon - A BRE ouide to radon remedial measures In’exlstlng dwellings Stephen, R. K. BRE Report BR.281, Building Research Establishment, 1995, 7 pp. Provides practical advice on methods of reducing radon levels by positive pressurization. The report is written for builders and householders who are trying to reduce indoor radon levels by positive pressurization.
Environment (pollution, health profection, safety)
Nitrous oxide (N,O) from fossll fuel combustion 96104430 Tamaki, M. er ol., Kankyo Gijursu, 1995, 24, (9), 549-555. (In Japanese) The paper discusses the formation, distribution, and behaviour of N,O in ocean waters, lake waters, and groundwater.
Nitrous oxlde emlsslons In Austria 96104431 Orthofer, R. er al., Energy Cowers. Mgmr., Jun.-Aug. 1996, 37, (6), 1309-1314. Using IPCC recommended procedures, anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide in Austria for the base year 1990 were estimated to be around 4,800 metric tons. The uncertaintles are high particularly for the emissions from agricultural soils. About 62% of total emissions come from agriculture, 26% from the energy sector, and 11% from the industrial processes sector. Projects for the year 2000 show that emissions will grow by about 15%. This is mainly due to unwanted side-effects of pollution control technologies.
NO reduction b actlvated carbons. Some mechan96lQ4432 istic aspects of uncatalyze dYand catalyzed reaction Illan-Gomez, M. J. et al., Coal Sci. Techno/., 1995, 24, (2), 1799-1802. The paper discusses the temperature-programmed reaction and isothermal kinetic studies of NO reduction over activated carbons, optionally in the presence of impregnated metal ions.
Nonlinear d namics and the Great Salt Lake: A pre96104433 dictable Indicator of regYonal climate Abarbanel, H. D. Energy, Jul.-Aug. 1996, 21, (7), 655-665. Usine methods from nonlinear dvnamics. the authors examine a lone climatoTogica1 record of measuremints of the volume of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. These observations, recorded every 15 days since 1847, provide direct insight into the effect of large-scale atmospheric motions in climatoloeical studies. The lake drains nearlv 100,000 km2, and it thus acts as a spatial filter for the finest degrees of freedom for climate. In filtering out a very large number of atmospheric and climatological motions, it reduces its complexity but retains its effectiveness as a climate sensing system. Demonstrates four degrees of freedom active in the Great Salt Lake volume record, that these data reside on a strange attractor of dimension slightly larger than three, and that these data are predictable with a horizon of order a few years.
Occurrence and behaviour of radionuclides in the 96104434 Moselle River - Part I: Entry of natural and artificial radlonuclides Mundschenk, H. .I. Environ. Radioacfivity, 1996, 30, (3), 199-213 Various sources contribute to the radioactive contamination of the Moselle River, among which the French NPP Cattenom with four units of 1300 MWe represents the most important. Appropriate operational precautions were taken in order to monitor the nuclide transfer on different pathways under normal and accidential conditions and the effectiveness of these measures has been tested using natural and artificial radionuclides as tracers. Measurements of suspended matter have revealed that the inputs of natural nuclides exceed the discharges of the NPP Cattenom.
96104435 Occurrence and behaviour of radionuclides in the Moselle River - Part II: Distribution of radionuclides between aqueous phase and suspended matter Mundschenk, H. J. Environ. Radioacrivity, 1996, 30, (3), 215-232. Most of the radionuclides released from nuclear power plants into rivers are primarily absorbed onto suspended matter. To describe this nuclide transfer, a model was used which takes the total suspended matter load as solid phase into account. The necessary partition factors of various radionuclides were determined in river water/suspended matter of the Moselle in laboratory investigations. By use of this model, a conservative estimate of the radionuclude concentration of the solid phase could be obtained which proved to be more realistic than the results based on the distribution law.
96104436 Occurrence and behavlour of radlonuclldes In the Moselle River - Part Ill: Dlsperslon of radionuclldes along the rlver course Mundschenk, H. J. Environ. Radioactiviry, 1996, 30, (3), 233-251. Knowledge about propagation of radionuclides from nuclear power plants along the course of a river is of great interest in radioecological assessmends. By use of a model previously applied to the cases of tG Rhine and Weser Rivers, the distribution of various radionuclides released into the Moselle from the nuclear power plant Cattenom at normal operation is descibed with sRCo, “Co and ll”mAg as tracers.
306
Fuel and Energy Abstracts
July 1996
An overvlew of the Joule II Project ‘The under96104437 ground disposal of carbon dloxlde’ Holloway, S. Energy Convers. Mgmt., Jun.-Aug. 1996, 37, (6), 1149-1154. In January 1993, as part of the Joule II Non-nuclear Energy Research Programme, the European Commission initiated a two year study of the potential for the disposal of industrial quantities of carbon dioxide underground, with a view to reducing emissions to the atmosphere. The participants in the study were the British Geological Survey (UK), TN0 Institute of Applied Geoscience (The Netherlands), BRGM (France), CRE Group Ltd (UK), IKU Petroleum Research (Norway), RWE AG (Germany), University of Sunderland Renewable Energy Centre (UK), and Statoil (Norway). The objective of the study was to examine whether carbon dioxide emissions from large point sources such as power stations, could be disposed of safely, economically and with no adverse effects on man and the
96104436 Pedder pennies Blakers, A. Proc. Solar ‘95 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, ANZSES, Box 124, Caulfield East, Vie. 3145, Auswalia. The paper reports that the House of Representatives Environment Committee recentlv conducted an Inauirv into the oossibilitv of restorine Lake Pedder in iouth west Tasmania to-its original size. Miny issues weye covered, including the prospects for land restoration, the impact on tourism, flood mitigation, the technical feasibility and the value of energy production that would be foregone. (Pedder Pennies were small stones found at Lake Pedder)
96104439 Permanent storage of carbon dioxide In the marine environment: The solid CO, penetrator Murray, C. N. et al., Energy Convers. Mgmt., Jun.-Aug. 1996, 37, (6), ._<_ .A__ IUOI-I”,I.
To circumvent the uncertainty related to presently studied ocean disposal options based on pumping of liquid carbon dioxide or hydrate slurry injection at depth, with the associated risk of short term physical and biological oceanographic processes returning an important fraction of it to the atmosphere, a disposil technique using the naiural geochemical storage properties of deep marine (carbonate or alumino-silicate rich) sedimentary formations ii suggested: The technique proposed would dep&d on the fact that carbon dioxide can be obtained as a solid by cooling to -78.5”C. The overall density is approximately one and a half times - 1.56 kg.dm-’ that of seawater.
96104440 Phase composition of coal mining and preparation wastes and its role in determining the trends of their usage Skripchenko, G. B. et al., Coal Sci. Technol., 1995, 24, (2), 1637-1640. Using an X-ray method for quantitative determination of major mineral components in coal mining and processing wastes, the qualitative and quantitative mineral cpmposition was defined for many open pits and coal processing plants of the main coal basins of Russia and CIS countries.
96104441 Plasma levels of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors are Increased In coal miners with pneumoconlosis Schins, R. P. and Borm, P. J. Eur. Respir. J., 1995, 8, (lo), 1658-1663. Reports that among other cytokines, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha is considered to play a key role in the development of mineral dust related fibrosis. Previously, the authors showed that ex-vivo release of TNF by peripheral blood monocytes is a marker for progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis.
96104442 Polycycllc aromatic hydrocarbons from coal fluidized bed combustion Mastral, A. M. et al., Coal Sci. Technol., 1995, 24, (2), 1951-1954. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (priority pollutants) from two cyclones placed at the exit of a coal fluidized bed combustor are studied. Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy is used in the study.
96104443 Polynuclear aromatlc hydrocarbons In a Rlver Thames sedlment core Taylor, P. N. and Lester, J. N. Etwirorl. Technol., 1995, 16, (12), 1155-1163. The paper reports on the abundance of 14 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in a sediment core from Tilbury docks on the River Thames.
96104444 Postlve pressurlsatlon - A BRE ouide to radon remedial measures In’exlstlng dwellings Stephen, R. K. BRE Report BR.281, Building Research Establishment, 1995, 7 pp. Provides practical advice on methods of reducing radon levels by positive pressurization. The report is written for builders and householders who are trying to reduce indoor radon levels by positive pressurization.