Article | 05-September-2020
This paper deals with the issue of operating damage of combustion engine valves. It presents an innovative way and construction of a tool for strengthening piston engine valves by way of surface working. It presents the concept of machines for comprehensive surface working and for profiling the faces of combustion engine valves. It also includes the discussion of the methodology of working.
Krzysztof FILIPOWICZ,
Mariusz KUCZAJ,
Stanisław MIKUŁA
Transport Problems, Volume 15 , ISSUE 3, 107–116
Article | 25-November-2017
mixtures realizes the function of the combustion process activator. Thus, hydrogen addition improves energy conversion by about 3%. The second group of fuels is constituted by LPG and DME mixtures. DME mixes perfectly with LPG, and differently than other hydrocarbon fuels, consisting of oxygen as well, which makes the stoichiometric mixture less oxygen demanding. In the case of this fuel an improvement in engine volumetric and overall engine efficiency has been noticed compared with LPG. For the 11
Marek FLEKIEWICZ,
Grzegorz KUBICA
Transport Problems, Volume 12 , ISSUE 3, 135–146
Article | 31-July-2018
The use of electrically powered vehicles is becoming more and more established in practice and represents a promising solution in future ensuring quality mobility and reducing the pollution in the environment. Since these vehicles are high-priced, and there is still a low awareness among consumers in terms of energy consumption and pollution, vehicles with an internal combustion engine remain the norm. For this purpose, the study, here, provides an energy consumption estimate of an electric
Robert Robert Muha,
Aleš Peroša
Transport Problems, Volume 13 , ISSUE 2, 49–58
Original Paper | 07-June-2016
This paper presents the interactions of Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Pseudomonas putida) bacteria with ceramic materials obtained by combustion synthesis. These studies were conducted based on an analysis of the adsorption of bacteria onto aggregates of ceramic materials in an aqueous suspension. The materials used in the studies were of a nanostructured nature and consisted mainly of carbides: silicon carbide (SiC) in the form of nanofibers (NFs) and nanorods (NRs
Andrzej Borkowski,
Filip Owczarek,
Mateusz Szala,
Marek Selwet
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 65 , ISSUE 2, 161–170
Article | 27-August-2018
a series of studies and detailed analysis of constituents of elementary processes (degassing, gasification, combustion). The apparent simplicity of process implementation often determines knowledge and practical experience required in their application. The relationships known and used in the design usually concern a homogeneous substance (conventional fuels) and do not correspond to the conditions and needs of processing of complex substances of a different chemical composition and physic
Krzysztof GASKA,
Agnieszka GENEROWICZ
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 10 , ISSUE 1, 117–130
research-article | 08-April-2020
prevention,
2 – Following the Circular Economy concept,
3 – Recycling,
4 – Thermal transformation into energy through combustion or gasification,
5 – Landfilling.
The last option (landfilling) should only be used if there are no other suitable technologies for waste disposal. It should be remembered that since 2016 in Poland (and other EU’s countries) it is forbidden to store waste fractions with a calorific value above 6 MJ/kg [4].
Figure 2 shows the shares of individual waste management methods in
Krzysztof WYKA,
Anna SKOREK-OSIKOWSKA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 13 , ISSUE 1, 139–150
Article | 27-August-2018
substrate and their mixture prepared for the process of co-combustion. The results from the performed tests proved that the SMC used for the cultivation of mushroom can be called “an ecologic energy carrier” as the CO and CO2 emission indexes are lower than the same indexes for the referenced coal.
Monika CZOP,
Krzysztof PIKOŃ
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 10 , ISSUE 1, 95–102
Research Article | 27-December-2017
Semiconductive nanometer-size material ZnCo2O4 was synthesized by a solution combustion reaction of inorganic reagents of Zn(NO3)3. 6H2O, Co(NO3)3.6H2O and glycine as a fuel. The process was a convenient, environment friendly, inexpensive and efficient preparation method for the ZnCo2O4 nanomaterial. The synthesized materials were characterized by TG/DTA, XRD, EDX, SEM, and TEM. Conductance responses of the nanocrystalline ZnCo2O4 thick film were measured by exposing the film to reducing gases
S. V. Bangale
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 7 , ISSUE 1, 178–195
Article | 14-July-2019
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comparative environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) of chosen internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). It addresses an LCA of both petrol-fuelled and diesel-fuelled passenger cars. The analyses pertained to the carbon footprint and respiratory inorganics related to the cars in question, considered against the relevant system from cradle to grave. The comparative analysis has shown that the carbon footprint of a diesel-fuelled car is lower than
Dorota BURCHART-KOROL,
Piotr FOLĘGA
Transport Problems, Volume 14 , ISSUE 2, 69–76
research-article | 23-April-2019
biofuels, LPG, or compressed natural gas (CNG), and the development of electric drives.
An attractive option in counteracting the effects of the emission of internal combustion engines is alternative gas fuels, including biogas, natural gas, dimethyl ether (DME), hydrogen (H2), and mixtures of them. This article focuses on mixtures that are easy to obtain: natural gas and hydrogen (HCNG) and petroleum gases with dimethyl ether (LPG and DME). Their impact on engine performance, combustion
Grzegorz KUBICA,
Marek FLEKIEWICZ,
Paweł MARZEC
Transport Problems, Volume 14 , ISSUE 1, 95–103
Research Article | 21-April-2017
Internal combustion engines are fuelled mostly with liquid fuels (gasoline, diesel). Nowadays the gaseous fuels are applied as driving fuel of combustion engines. In case of spark ignition engines the liquid fuel (petrol) can be totally replaced by the gas fuels. This possibility in case of compression engines is essentially restricted through the higher self-ignition temperatures of the combustible gases in comparison to classical die-sel oil. Solution if this problem can be achieved by using
Stefan POSTRZEDNIK,
Grzegorz PRZYBYŁA,
Zbigniew ŻMUDKA
Transport Problems, Volume 10 , ISSUE 3, 99–111
Article | 08-December-2019
For internal combustion engines, many faults relating to the combustion process can occur, which affect the engine technical condition, its electrical equipment, the natural environment, etc. This article presents the results of the influence of the regulatory factor, which was the fuel dose (3 dose values), on selected parameters of the start-up process at constant settings of other control parameters (fuel injection advance angle and injection pressure). The tests of the start-up process were
Jacek CABAN,
Paweł DROŹDZIEL,
Piotr IGNACIUK,
Paweł KORDOS
Transport Problems, Volume 14 , ISSUE 4, 51–62
research-article | 08-April-2020
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In presented work two types of waste materials were used as an additive: fly ash and cement kiln dust. The fly ash was obtained from Bełchatów power plant. This world’s largest energy unit based on brown coal combustion in pulverized boiler every year generates enormous amounts of materials, which are created during production of electrical energy. The phase composition and the properties of fly ash can vary because it depends on the combustion
Karolina KNAPIK-JAJKIEWICZ,
Grzegorz GAJ,
Adrian KOWALSKI,
Sandra PRĘDKA
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 13 , ISSUE 1, 79–86
Research Article | 02-February-2017
Summary. The programing documents of the European Union determine the direction of transport systems development, including large cities and agglomerations. The context of these actions which aim to transform into ecologically clean and sustainable transport system is a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Assuming that public transport will significantly reduce the use of combustion-powered buses, studies on urban logistic enabling the use of electric buses for public transport
Stanisław KRAWIEC,
Bogusław ŁAZARZ,
Sylwester MARKUSIK,
Grzegorz KAROŃ,
Grzegorz SIERPIŃSKI,
Krzysztof KRAWIEC,
Ryszard JANECKI
Transport Problems, Volume 11 , ISSUE 4, 127–137
Article | 31-July-2018
The use of internal combustion engines increase environmental pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. The biodiesel fuel, which is renewable, more environment friendly, and cheaper, is a good alternative for diesel engines. The use of biodiesel fuel leads to a drop in diesel power and an increase in fuel consumption. To prevent these shortcomings, it is proposed to use dynamic regulation of the percentage composition of a mixture of diesel and biodiesel fuel. The modernization of diesel
Orest Horbay,
Andrii Poliakov,
Mykola Hrechaniuk,
Inna Vishtak
Transport Problems, Volume 13 , ISSUE 2, 59–67
Article | 03-March-2018
The analysis of biological resources for biofuels production in Ukraine has been carried out, and it has been shown that usage of alternative energy sources has great potential for substantially improving energy supply of the state and solving environmental problems. The directions of development and new technologies of obtaining motor fuels from biomass are systematized. It has been established that usage of different types of biofuels and their mixtures for feeding internal combustion engines
Myroslav PANCHUK,
Sviatoslav KRYSHTOPA,
Liubomyr SHLAPAK,
Liudmyla KRYSHTOPA,
Andrii PANCHUK,
Volodymyr YAROVYI,
Aleksander SŁADKOWSKI
Transport Problems, Volume 12 , ISSUE 4, 15–26
Article | 01-December-2012
Energy management is one of the most important tasks of the electric vehicles (EV) and is totally different with the management in the traditional internal combustion vehicles (ICV). To implement a pleasing management, the system should know the working current and terminal voltage of the traction battery systems very accurately. This paper presents a design of a smart current and voltage acquisition system with high accuracy for EV applications. The detailed structure and components, the
Dai Haifeng,
Zhang Xiaolong
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 5 , ISSUE 4, 824–842
Research Article | 10-April-2013
. The calculation process is based both on Emission Factor Method and Materials Balance Method, the former method realizes an easy calculation for the GHG emissions conducted from fuel combustion, electricity or steam consumption, general business and office activities, the later one provides a specialized calculation for professional production processes such as cement production, exhaust desulfurization and sewage treatment etc. A thermal boiler’s
Sheng-jie LI,
Jian ZHANG,
Lin QI,
Zhi-jie DUAN
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 6 , ISSUE 2, 689–710
Article | 04-November-2019
Damian HADRYŚ,
Henryk BĄKOWSKI,
Zbigniew STANIK,
Andrzej KUBIK
Transport Problems, Volume 14 , ISSUE 3, 85–96
Article | 24-June-2021
consumption. The instrumental method for evaluation of the electric power balance efficiency assumes that the driver is informed about the battery charge condition prior to combustion engine startup, operational evaluation of the charge state change is performed during automobile driving and the driver is warned about critical reduction of charge state (including the forecast of its change for the period of the parking of the automobile in winter).
Andrey PUZAKOV
Transport Problems, Volume 16 , ISSUE 2, 113–120
Article | 01-September-2012
Journal-bearings play a significant role in industrial applications and the necessity of condition monitoring with nondestructive tests is increasing. This paper deals a proper fault detection technique based on power spectral density (PSD) of vibration signals in combination with K-Nearest Neighbor and Support Vector Machine (SVM). The frequency domain vibration signals of an internal combustion engine with three journal-bearing conditions were gained, corresponding to, (i) normal, (ii
A. Moosavian,
H. Ahmadi,
A. Tabatabaeefar,
B. Sakhaei
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 5 , ISSUE 3, 685–700
Article | 03-September-2013
. The calculation process is based both on the Emission Factor Method and the Materials Balance Method; the first method performs an easy calculation for the GHG emissions released from the fuel combustion, electricity or steam consumption, general business and office activities; the last one provides a specialized calculation for the professional production processes such as cement production, exhaust desulfurization and sewage treatment etc. In order to test the system, it has been used as an
Sheng-jie LI,
Jian ZHANG,
Zhi-jie DUAN,
Liliana Mihaela MOGA,
Lin QI
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 6 , ISSUE 4, 1343–1365
Article | 09-August-2018
generate heat and electricity, biogas should be cleaned. H2S is a colourless, flammable, malodorous and toxic gas. The main issues due to the high concentrations of H2 S in biogas are its corrosive action, which damages engines and the production of sulfur oxides (SOx ) due to H2 S combustion. The best ways to remove H2 S from biogas are the biological methods with the use of biofilters, biotrickling filters, bioscrubbers and using of activated sludge.
Krzysztof Barbusiński,
Katarzyna Kalemba
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 1, 103–112
Article | 01-December-2012
light propagation through media or medium of interest thus making the solutions of forward and inverse problems to be relatively simpler to accomplish. The reports of the experimental result in this paper are mainly based on the previous works done by researchers in the area of optical tomography application where the main aspects are discussed. As a whole, the optical tomography can be applied to measure the velocity of beads in flow rig, measuring bubbles flow, flame imaging for combustion rate
M. T. M. Khairi,
S. Ibrahim,
M. A. M. Yunus,
M. Faramarzi
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 5 , ISSUE 4, 767–798
Article | 24-June-2021
greater heat-resistance and anti-corrosion properties, as well as high wear resistance in addition to the aforementioned hardness, which increases by as much as 15% for the AlSi9Cu4 alloy compared with the alloy after standard heat treatment. Such an increase in the values of the mechanical properties makes it possible to use the investigated alloy in applications including, e.g., recyclable thermally exposed surfaces, such as pistons in internal combustion engines, which enables further decrease in
Jarosław KONIECZNY,
Krzysztof LABISZ
Transport Problems, Volume 16 , ISSUE 2, 5–18
Article | 26-March-2020
Tamaz NATRIASHVILI,
Revaz KAVTARADZE,
Merab GLONTI
Transport Problems, Volume 15 , ISSUE 1, 39–48
Article | 01-March-2012
P. Shuk,
R. Jantz,
H.-U. Guth
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 5 , ISSUE 1, 233–245