The article considers the issues of increasing energy efficiency of 6-10 kV controlled capacitor plants of power supply systems of energy-intensive facilities due to more accurate compensation of reactive power. Analysis of the most common circuits for connecting batteries of static capacitors using semiconductor and electromechanical switches was ...

By Vladimir Babenko, Alexandr Danilov, Dmitrii Vasenin, Valery Krysanov

Currently, the development of the country's economy is characterized by the trend of globalization, which is constantly developing, modernizing, acquiring new forms and features, which ultimately radically changed the way of the world economy. The task was set to analyze and propose options for improving the investment attractiveness and efficiency...

By Semen Podvalny, Iana Zolotukhina, Olga Sotnikova, Ekaterina Prokshits

Results of scientific and practical justification of use as a part of designs of biological protection of polymer concrete on the basis of non - isocyanates polyurethane are presented. Influence of a ratio polymer is established: radiation - resistant filler on strength and protective properties of a polymer concrete. Regression dependences of chan...

By Dimitry Barabash, Andrei Barabash, Sergey Pinaev

VelikaTišina swamp is located far north of the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and belong to the territory of the Municipality of Šamac. The vascular flora was investigated within the Conservation Study, which was done in cooperation with the Republic Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Historical Natural Heritage of the...

By Nataša Marić, Slađana Petronić

Natural and landscape complex of Pale municipality, where dominates mountainous areas, are characterized by diversity of geological and geomorphological phenomena and forms, as well as biological and ecosystem diversity. The significance of natural heritage is multiple, especially in terms of tourism and adapting the tourist offer to the needs and ...

By Jelena Golijanin, Sanda Šušnjar, Rade Ivanović

Dams and tailing storage facilities are specific mining facilities that carry many potential hazards, and therefore risks. In this paper, for tailing mud damMedjedja andtailing storage facilityof the Omarska Mine near Prijedor, on the basis of the current state of the dam, past events, visual observations and specialist measurements, we have analys...

By Lazar Stojanovic, Ljubica Figun, Jelena Trivan

The article studies the effect of solar radiation at different seasons on the mode of deformation (MD) of a span structure with an orthotropic plate. The temperature fields of the elements of the structure were measured during daylight hours at different times of year at various air temperatures and sun positions. Cases were identified in which it ...

By Sergey Gridnev, Igor Podlesnykh, Yuri Skalko, Aleksandr Rezunov

In this study the adsorption of As(V), Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions from multi-species model solution was tested in dynamic conditions in sand columns containing a thin layer of bentonite (B), iron-based sludge (IS) and synthetic magnetic particles (MP). Adsorption experiments were performed in order to evaluate the removal efficiency and selectivity of ...

By Alexandra Bekényiová, Zuzana Danková, Michal Hegedüs, Zuzana Mitróová, Silvia Dolinská, Ingrid Znamenáčková

Water consumption in a settlement is an extremely variable size that changes constantly over time. Changes in water consumption occur on an annual, monthly, weekly, daily and hourly basis, and depend on many factors such as: climate, season, temperatures, hours of work, consumer habits, etc.Extreme value of consumption, ie. the peak hour flow is de...

By Jasmin Hrnjadović, Nedim Suljić

Freshwater water resources are not inexhaustible [1]. In recent decades, more and more facts point to this statement from the European Charter for Water. Uncontrolled drinking water interventions, losses in water supply and climate change indicate the problem of sufficient quantities of drinking water [2]. Looking at this problem, it is hard to bel...

By Sanel Buljubašić