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N.C. Nkosi, R.P. Burger, N.R. Matandirotya , C. Pauw, S.J. Piketh
Domestic solid fuel combustion remains a key contributor to indoor and ambient air pollution in low-income settlements. Understanding solid-fuel cost perceptions and burning patterns variability is required for developing sustainable energy policies and ...
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Àngela Nebot and Francisco Mugica
The energy consumption used for domestic purposes in Europe is, to a considerable extent, due to heating and cooling. This energy is produced mostly by burning fossil fuels, which has a high negative environmental impact. The characteristics of a buildin...
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Elisa Gaggero, Mery Malandrino, Debora Fabbri, Giorgio Bordiglia, Anna Fusconi, Marco Mucciarelli, Paolo Inaudi and Paola Calza
This study investigated the concentrations of 22 elements in two Turin urban soils located in the city center (Campana Street garden (CA)) and in a peripheral area (Nobile Park (NOB)). The former was found contaminated by Pb, Zn, Ba, Cr and Ni and, to a ...
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Yang Shen, Lianpeng Zhang, Xing Fang, Zhuowen Zhao, Xing Li, Jiahui Wang and Qi Chai
The quality of air is increasingly affecting regional climate and human activity. Collection 6 aerosol products retrieved from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite were validated based on CE-318 sun photom...
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Tafadzwa Makonese, Daniel M. Masekameni, Harold J. Annegarn
Informal fixed-bed coal-burning braziers are used extensively in low-income communities of South Africa for space-heating and cooking needs. An investigation was carried out on the effects of coal moisture content and coal quality on the thermal and emis...
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Maryna Turkina, Oleksandr Skachkov
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The subject matter of the study is the economic efficiency of modernizing equipment for thermal power plants (TPP). The goal of the study is to identify the economic efficiency of modernizing the equipment of the TPP basing on new technology and taking i...
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Gayathri M
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Domestic violence
Violence against women has become an important topic for
discussion in India in recent years. Politicians and media have
placed a great attention on the issue due to continuously increasing
trends of violence against women. Domestic...
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Tafadzwa Makonese, Daniel M. Masekameni, Harold J. Annegarn, Patricia B.C. Forbes
Despite extensive electrification of low-income residential areas on the South African Highveld, extensive use is still made of wood and coal as domestic fuels, particularly for winter space heating. In informal settlements characterised by poverty and l...
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Pierre Peigné, Christian Inard and Lionel Druette
This paper presents a new air-heating system concept for energy-efficient dwellings. It is a system designed to heat a low-energy building by coupling a heat-recovery ventilation system with a three-fluid heat exchanger located on the chimney of a wood-...
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Tsietsi J. Pilusa, Robert Hughes, Edison Muzenda
In this study, flue gas emissions from combustion of eco-fuel briquettes in a ceramic lined stove were investigated. The eco-fuel briquettes were made of biomass such as spent coffee beans, mielie husks, saw dust, paper pulp and coal fines using a hand o...
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