Brown Coal Bulletin, 2021 (vol. 61), issue 3
Operation of waste-free technology at the Komořany Coal Treatment Plant in 2012-2021
Ing. Roman Bauer, Ing. Pavel Kounovský, Ph.D., Ing. David Paus, Ph.D.
Zpravodaj Hnědé uhlí 2021, 61(3)
The company Severní energetická a.s. belongs one of the most important brown-coal mining companies in the Czech Republic. Its priorities also include efforts to reduce the extracted mineral expenses, but also efforts to reduce adverse impacts on the environment in the region. Therefore, the company's management has decided to carry out an investment project, during which the method of depositing mining waste at the Coal Treatment Plant in Komořany (hereinafter referred to as úUK) has been fundamentally changed. The plan was implemented in 2012 and is still fully functional to this day. This article describes the operation of the new technology from...
The potential of VEP depository utilization for growing energy crops
Ing. Karel Jacko, Ph.D., Ing. Renáta Zárubová, Ph.D.
Zpravodaj Hnědé uhlí 2021, 61(3)
Cultivation of energetic plants on deposits of secondary energetic products (SEP) represents one of the possibilities of their effective utilization in accordance with the set priorities of the Energy concept of the Czech Republic in response to the requirements of EU. Available scientific literature can be used to select the plants; however, it is necessary to respect specific edaphic and climatic conditions of localities. This contribution presents the potential of biomass production on thedeposits (SEP) of Počerady power-station; and it may contribute to a possible strategy of utilization of similar anthropogenically influenced areas.
Climate change in the wider area of the Most Basin and its impacts on mining and reclamation with a focus on the development of air pollution concentrations
RNDr. Michal Řehoř, Ph.D., Ing. Pavel Schmidt, Ing. František Helebrant, CSc.
Zpravodaj Hnědé uhlí 2021, 61(3)
For the third year, the Brown Coal Research Institute (VUHU), together with scientific teams from several European countries, has been involved in the research programme EU project TEXMIN - "The impact of EXtreme weather events on MINing operations", which deals with the impacts of climate change on the mining areas of individual countries. This paper summarises the first results achieved by the ACA. It summarizes the longterm climate development in the Czech Republic and in Europe, the climate development of the Most Basin region and the first results of addressing the impact of climate change on reclamation. The main attention in the article is devoted...