Day 2 :
- Workshop
Location: Grand Ballroom D
Session Introduction
Alexander Trofimov
International Scientific Research Institute of Cosmic Anthropoecology, Russia
Title: Aqua-space suit as new geotechnology and universal human preventive mean during of heliophysical and climatic changes
Biography:
Alexander Trofimov has received Diploma of the Doctor from Novosibirsk State Medical University in 1973 and Doctor of Medical Sciences in 1998. He has served as ISA Professor in 1999, Academician of International Academy Energy-informative Sciences in 2001, Academician of ABI, USA in 2010, General Director and Chief of Scientific Council of International Scientific Research Institute of Cosmoplanetary Anthropoecology (ISRICA) and Chief of Laboratory Helioclimatopathology of Science Center of Clinical and Experimental Medicine of Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Medical Science. He has also received DSc from Open International University for Complementary Medicine in India in 1998. He wrote more than 300 scientific works, 7 monographs and received 9 patents. His basic research interests are in heliobiology, cosmic anthropoecology, geoecology, geophysics, helioclimatopathology, preventive medicine and investigation of water as a helioprotective mean.
Abstract:
We believe that at sequence of climatic and heliophysical events of last time, the main role have our magnetosphere. Accordingly the buffering properties of the geomagnetic field, which protects biosystems from excess solar proton-electron beams, are decreasing. Our main aim was the development at these conditions of preventive non-medicinal geotechnologies. It is shown, that our new technological means, so as informational holograms and drinking water, patented by ISRICA in Russia, has helioprotective properties and contributes to significant positive inversion of the functional dependence of activity of many human functional systems on heliogeophysical impacts. The non-medicinal means on the basis of drinking water treated light-hologram’s impact in the weakened geomagnetic field, which reduces the excess heliomagnetotropic reactions of a man and promotes prevention of crisis states (on an example of patients with hypertension) was developed and successfully tested. Treatment of drinking water by informational holograms in the weakened geomagnetic field, in our opinion, leads to such changes in its nanoclusteral structure, energy-information capacity and bio-catalytic activity that provide heliomagnetoprotective effect in relation to a man on the systemic and organism levels.
- Geological Sciences and Natural Hazards | Marine Geosciences and Oceanography | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | El Nino and La Nina, and Climate Variability & Predictability
Location: Grand Ballroom D
Chair
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA
Co-Chair
Judith M Tisdall
La Trobe University, Australia
Session Introduction
Hartwig Gielisch
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Title: Coal fires a major source of greenhouse gases: A forgotten problem
Time : 13:00-13:30
Biography:
Hartwig Gielisch is an Exploration Geologist, studied at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Since more than 20 years he works as Geologist and Exploration Manager in natural resource exploration projects, mainly searching for hard coal and lignite. He is a qualified/competent person for natural resource estimation reports and registered as European Geologist (Certificate No. 752) with the European Federation of Geologists EFG, Brussels, Belgium. Since 2006, he works in India, exploring several coal fires and has extinguished fires together with Coal India Ltd.
Abstract:
Coal fires seriously pollute the environment in several states of the world. Today most coal fires are manmade and emerge from illegal or unprofessional mining activities. The most disastrous coal fires of the world currently occur in China and India. In China the program "Big Step Forward" in the beginning of the 60’s together with inefficient small scale mining is the main reason of the 750 coal fires in China, where almost 200 m of excellent, near surface coal were burned in uncontrolled coal fires. In India disregard of standards with regards to coal fire prevention is the reason of the burning coal fields. The Jharia Coalfield in Jharkhand started burning in 1916 and burns this year for 100 years. General data on the volume of coal, which burns in Indian coal mine, are not available. In general, coal fires start as result of unprofessional or illegal mining activities in open pits and uncontrolled, inactive coal mines by self-combustion of coal. Self-combustion is mainly controlled by the grain size of the coals, in other words the smaller the grain size the higher the risk of oxidation and subsequent temperature build-up. Many coal fires burn underground with variable supply of oxygen. Hence, the coal does not burn completely like in power plants, but it smolders in the underground. Emissions from these smoldering fires and an incomplete combustion of the coal create dust and greenhouse gases such as NOX, CO2, CO2, CO and CH4. These emissions pollute the soil, groundwater and the atmosphere. Coal fire experts discuss since years the percentage and the cumulative influence of coal fires on global warming and climate change. Until now the percentage of greenhouse gases resulting from coal fires is unknown. The quantification of this percentage is a future duty of firefighting companies and organizations.
Yuri Yevdokimov
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Title: Economic evaluation of climate change impacts: Extreme weather events
Time : 13:30-14:00
Biography:
Yuri Yevdokimov is a Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. He has completed his degrees in Economics and Engineering. He holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Economics and Civil Engineering. His research interests lie in the field of sustainable development and climate change impacts particularly sustainable transportation and climate change impacts on regional economy. His work has been published in academic journals and conference proceedings. He has more than 20 publications, one monograph, three textbooks, 15 refereed journal articles and nine chapters in books are among these publications. Currently he teaches in undergraduate and graduate programs in Economics and Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick and conducts research in the areas of climate change impacts on transportation, energy economics and political economy of emerging economies.
Abstract:
Extreme weather events such as floods, storm surges, hurricanes, snowstorms, thunderstorms, tornados, droughts, heat/cold waves and others are among the most pronounced impacts of climate change. It is a commonly accepted knowledge that frequency of extreme weather events is increasing due to climate change which causes an increasing monetary damage to economic systems. In this study, extreme weather events are classified and their major attributes are discussed. Accordingly various statistical techniques to derive relationships between those events and their attributes are reviewed. As well, various methodologies to estimate economic impact from extreme weather events are analyzed in terms of their strengths and weaknesses. Main goal of this study is to design a model that connects economic monetary loss from extreme weather events due to climate change to its attributes in order to be able to predict future losses and to find the threshold for investments in mitigation and adaptation measures.
Ganesh C Bora
Mississippi State University, USA
Title: Sustainable transfer of concepts for global adaptation of smart farming to mitigate climate change due to agriculture
Time : 14:00-14:30
Biography:
Ganesh C Bora is an Associate Professor of Precision Agriculture and Machinery Systems at Mississippi State University in USA. He is the Chair of USDA Committee NCERA180: Precision Agriculture Technologies for Food, Fiber and Energy Production. He conducts research in mitigation of climate change, telemetry, UAS, data management, precision planting, energy savings through auto-guidance and sensing techniques for VRT, renewable energy. He was the Director of NDSU’s Bio-Imaging and Sensing Center from 2010 to 2016. He has received Superior Paper and AE50 award from ASABE. He has maintained excellent global presence, received patent in Kazakhstan and conducted workshops in Vietnam, Thailand, India and Bangladesh; besides teaching Advanced Agricultural Technology Management in Kazakhstan. He has co-chaired the Mechanization and Precision Agriculture committee in Engineering and Technology Innovation for Global Food Security in South Africa. He has received his PhD from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
Abstract:
Optimized the use of chemicals and fertilizer by adapting precision agriculture (PA), has positive economic and environmental impact and increase in crop yield. PA technology is component of smart farming resulting in reduction of GHG emissions, aiding in mitigating climate change impacts. Similar technology with adaptive modifications/customization can be used in developing countries. Policy makers along with scientist, academicians and progressive farmers in South and South-East Asia have substantial influence on development of modern agricultural methodologies. The technology is there and some of the large farmers have started to use it for economic benefits. The adaptation of analytic techniques with importance of Q certificate, carbon balance, livelihood adjustment due to change in climate is being studied in Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Vietnam. The impact of global change research by practicing PA technology with advanced mechanization is assessed by reducing agricultural inputs and its effect on CHG emission in these countries. The impact is substantial in terms of crop yield increase as well as on the environment.
Muftah H El-Naas
Qatar University, Qatar
Title: A practical approach to CO2 sequestration: Reactions with high salinity water
Time : 14:30-15:00
Biography:
Muftah H El-Naas is a QAFCO Chair Professor in Chemical Process Engineering at the Gas Processing Center, College of Engineering, Qatar University. He has completed his BASc degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada, MEng and PhD in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He has previously served as Chair of the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department, Director of the Petroleum Science and Engineering Graduate Program and Director of Research Funding at the UAE University. He has authored more than 150 papers in international journals and conferences, in addition to several book chapters and patent applications. His area of expertise includes CO2 capture and sequestration, biotechnology, water treatment and purification, membrane separation and plasma technology. Most of his recent research work focuses on the development of new, environmental-friendly technologies for the oil and gas industry.
Abstract:
Carbon dioxide is known to be a major contributor to global warming and climate change and hence has an adverse effect on environmental sustainability. CO2 is emitted by various activities associated with industrial processes and the burning of various types of carbonaceous fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Over the past few years, there has been a considerable amount of interest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) as an option to mitigate the harmful effects of CO2 emissions. This study evaluates a new approach to the capture and sequestration of CO2 through reactions with high salinity water in the presence of an alkaline agent. Processes such as the Solvay process have been successful in utilizing the reactions of CO2 with ammoniated high salinity water to sodium bicarbonate. This process, however, suffers from several drawbacks such as inefficient contact mechanism and the need for the regeneration of ammonia as alkaline catalyst in the process. Such drawbacks have been addressed through developing a new, inert particles reactor system that offers efficient mixing and stable operation. At the same time, carbon dioxide is reacted with high salinity water in the presence calcium hydroxide instead of ammonia to provide the alkalinity needed for the reaction of CO2 and NaCl. The new process and reactor system were able to achieve high CO2 capture efficiency (up to 99%) and effective reduction in water salinity (up to 40%), while storing the CO2 in a stable solid form, namely sodium bicarbonate. The new process can utilize any alkaline solid waste and the inert particles reactor system can be used to capture CO2 from different sources such as natural gas or flue gas.