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In this study, the removal of a cationic dye, basic red 18, used in the textile industry with montmorillonite was investigated as a function of initial dye concentration, agitation speed, ionic strength, adsorbent dosage, pH and temperature. Adsorption process was attained to the equilibrium within 30 minutes. The adsorption capacity of basic red 18 increased with increasing ionic strength, initial dye concentration, pH, agitation speed, and temperature, but decreased with increasing adsorbent dosage. The experimental data were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, Elovich and Dubinin-Radushkevich isotherms, and it was found that the isotherm data were reasonably correlated by Freundlich isotherm. Pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, Elovich kinetic equations and intraparticle diffusion model were used to examine the experimental data of different initial conditions. It was found that the pseudo-second order kinetic equation described the data of dye adsorption onto nnontmorillonite very well. Furthermore, for the removal of basic red 18, a semi-empirical model was established. Thermodynamic analysis was carried out for basic red 18 onto montmorillonite. It was found that the adsorption processes were endothermic in nature. The values of E-a, Delta H*, Delta S* and Delta G* at 293 K for basic red 18 adsorption on clay were calculated as 27.635 kJ mol(-1), 25.041kJ mol(-1), -0.090 kJ mal K-1 and 51.412 kJ mol(-1), respectively. The results indicated that montmorillonite could be employed as an alternative to commercial adsorbents in wastewater treatment for the removal of color and dyes. Fil, Baybars Ali (Balikesir Author)

Energy plays a vital role in economic development and it is generally considered one of the most important elements of sustainable development. For developing countries especially, economic growth requires an extensive use of energy. Unfortunately, the most abundant from of easily accessible energy is fossil fuels and burning fossil fuels generates waste products. Carbon dioxide (CO2) which comes from consuming fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas plays a significant role in today’s global warming crisis. Ideally CO2 emissions would be limited, but doing so may impact economic growth and development This study looks at the causal relationships between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions for the Central Asian Countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, for the period from 1990 to 2012. Johansen cointegration tests and Granger causality tests based on a Multivariate Vector Error Correction Modeling are used to determine the cointegration relationships between these variables.

The rapid increase in worldwide energy demands and its environmental impacts directs countries for more strategic energy policies. In terms of environmental impact of energy and security of supply, there is no source which has zero risk. In 21 century, coal is regarded as the world's most important and reliable source of energy. Our country is facing a serious energy supply security. In this process, the most rational thing can be done is to use the limited resources efficiently, economic and ecologically. Today, in the level achieved technologically, the capacity of conventional thermal power plants must be definitely improved and required rehabilitation. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) techniques have been developed the concept of traditional availability of fossil resources. Furthermore, to adopt the terms of mitigation of carbon dioxide (CO2), the use of different areas of CO2 such as chemical, biological and biotechnological products, has been investigated. It can be seen in western European countries the best practice examples of this. In this study, in order to contribute our country's energy policies and strategies and acquire new technologies to the sector, technological and ecological developments in modern thermal power plants were examined. 23rd International Mining Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, IMCET 2013 -- 16 April 2013 through 19 April 2013 -- Antalya -- 105453 Boren;DEMiR Export;et al;metso Expect results;Outotec;TMMOB Maden Muhendisleri Odasi

Health diseases have a vital significance affecting human being's life and life quality. Sudden death events can be prevented owing to early diagnosis and treatment methods. Electrical signals, taken from the human being's body using non-invasive methods and showing the heart activity is called Electrocardiogram (ECG). The ECG signal is used for following daily activity of the heart by clinicians. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a physiological parameter giving the variation between the heart beats. ECG data taken from MITBIH Arrhythmia Database is used in the model employed in this study. The detection of arrhythmic heart beats is aimed utilizing the features extracted from the HRV time domain parameters. The developed model provides a satisfactory performance with ~89% accuracy, 91.7 % sensitivity and 85% specificity rates for the detection of arrhythmic beats.

In recent years, the fact that the concern for the nature has declined not only threatened the natural environment but also increased the amount of waste materials and pollution rates. As it became necessary to recycle the disposed items, popularizing the usage of the recyclable products has gained great importance. The increasing pollution rates reached a serious level day by day and it became hard to prohibit. "Energy Park" Project which aims to make citizens become more conscious about this subject and to be able to spend time in a natural environment...

Renewable and sustainable energy generation technologies have been in the forefront due to concerns related to environment, energy independence, and high fossil fuel costs. As part of the EU's 2020 targets, it is aimed to reach a 20% share of renewable energy sources in final energy consumption by 2020, according to EU's renewable energy directive. Within this context national renewable energy targets were set for each EU country ranging between 10% (for Malta) and 49% (for Sweden). A large share of renewable energy research has been devoted to photovoltaic systems which harness the solar energy to generate electrical power. As an application of the PV technology, building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems have attracted an increasing interest in the past decade, and have been shown as a feasible renewable power generation technology to help buildings partially meet their load. In addition to BIPV, building integrated photovoltaic/thermal systems (BIPV/T) provide a very good potential for integration into the building to supply both electrical and thermal loads. In this study, we comprehensively reviewed the BIPV and BIPVT applications in terms of energy generation amount, nominal power, efficiency, type and performance assessment approaches. The two fundamental research areas in the BIPV and BIPVT systems are observed to be i) improvements on system efficiency by ventilation, hence obtaining a higher yield with lowering the panel temperature ii) new thin film technologies that are well suited for building integration. Several approaches to achieve these objectives are reported in the literature as presented in this paper. It is expected that this comprehensive review will be beneficial to researchers and practitioners involved or interested in the design, analysis, simulation, and performance evaluation, financial development and incentives, new methods and trends of BIPV systems. (C) 2017 Karabuk University. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. The authors would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive criticisms and valuable comments, which have been very useful in improving the quality of the paper. The presented work was developed within the framework of project "REELCOOP Research Cooperation in Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Generation", co-funded by the European Commission (FP7 ENERGY.2013.2.9.1, Grant agreement no: 608466). European CommissionEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre [ENERGY.2013.2.9.1, 608466] WOS: 000410699300003

WOS: 000428114800024 Wind energy is a resource that does not require any fuel or feedstock to be treated, refined or transported. It does not produce air pollution and hazardous waste. Because of these, wind energy, one of the major renewable energy sources, has been widely used in recent years. In this work, a three-phase distribution static synchronous compensator (D-STATCOM) is demonstrated for power quality enhancement in wind energy distribution systems. A five-level cascaded inverter is used to implement the D-STATCOM. D-STATCOM is controlled to compensate the reactive power, balances the load and eliminate harmonics. A novel control algorithm is based on the indirect current control system with synchronous reference frame theory for generating the gating pulses of Voltage Source Inverter (VSI). This proposed control system has one model predictive controller and two modified fuzzy logic controllers. The performance of the three-phase D-STATCOM is validated for power quality enhancement with different loads through software implementation using Matlab/Simulink environment. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified through simulation studies. Turkey Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK) [114E474] This work is supported by Turkey Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) with 114E474 numbered project, titled "Design and Implementation of a Smart STATCOM in Small Scale Wind Turbines".

An ecological- and biological-based urban planning model, which focuses on the health of the people living in the city, is aimed at improving and prospering the welfare level of the society. The best scenario for creating more sustainable living spaces is to direct people's behavior towards a more environmentally friendly system. For this purpose, the "sustainable green campus" model has been considered at Kirklareli University. Kirklareli University, which was established in 2010 in Kirklareli city. The Green Campus Model covers the renovation of the indoor and outdoor areas of Kirklareli University, Kayali Campus, and its human-oriented, ecological, and environmentally friendly development. The sustainable green campus model includes the evaluation of the spatial and social living areas of Kirklareli University within the framework of sustainability. With the green campus approach, it aims to be a sustainable, environmentally oriented campus where renewable energy sources are used, naturally energy consumption can be controlled, and recycling and treatment systems are used effectively. © Peter Lang AG 2020.

In this study, the energy, exergy, environmental, enviroeconomic, exergoenvironmental (EXEN), Exergoenviroeconomic (EXENEC) analyses are performed to a solar collector. The enviroeconomic (energy based environmental analysis), EXEN (exergy based environmental analysis) and EXENEC (exergy based environmental and economic analysis) analyses are firstly conducted in this kind of system in the literature. It is found that most of the energy and exergy are lost by the radiation. The major reason is the big temperature difference between sky and glass surface of the collector. Furthermore, the energy efficiency (25.40%) of the system is higher than the corresponding exergy efficiency (0.732%). Also, the solar exergy of the system is the maximum exergy input rate, and most of it is destructed in the system due to the irreversibility. It shows the major disadvantages of the solar collector system. The EXEN result (0.0727 kg CO2/day) is lower than the corresponding environmental one (0.0777 kg CO2/day). The enviroeconomic result (0.00112 $/day) is higher than the EXENEC result (0.00105 $/day). So, exergy based EXENEC method is more reliable. It can be generally concluded that the solar collector systems can be assessed more effectively by using the exergy and economy based EXEN and EXENEC methods, respectively due to the consideration of the environmental condition and useful energy into calculation. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd