Application of Solar Energy in the Processes of Gas, Water and Soil Treatment

Pawłat, Joanna; Stryczewska, Henryka Danuta

doi:10.5772/26629

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“…Therefore, the upper government can guarantee that its behaviors and values are the same with the lower government in a macro direction. This system rebuilds the incentive mechanisms of local governments and leads their value orientation, thereby forming a system represented by pressure [26,27]. Given the Chinese political centralization and its resulting GDP championship and campaign-style environmental inspection, the central government's environmental governance intentions were passed on to the provincial governments, which are the real executors to solve environmental problems [28].…”

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Ecopolitical discourse: Authoritarianism or democracy? — Evidence from China

Li²

2020

PLoS ONE

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From the discourse analysis perspective, ecopolitics has experienced a discourse change from authoritarianism to democracy. This study uses theory of authoritarianism and democracy in ecopolitics to explore the impact of authoritarian ecopolitical discourse (AED) and democratic ecopolitical discourse (DED) on environmental quality in China. After analysis using panel data and comparison of three main regions, results suggest a negative relationship between AED of the central government and environmental quality. By contrast, a positive relationship exists between AED of local governments and environmental quality. A positive relationship exists between DED, which measures the proposals of People's Congress deputies and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and environmental quality. Nevertheless, the positive effect of DED is weaker than that of AED. The impact is also different among the regions. Our interpretations are as follows. China's current governance mechanism is a top-down decision-making mechanism, rather than a bottom-up information transmission mechanism. The concentration of power keeps decisionmaking power and resources away from levels with considerably accurate information and capabilities in problem solving. Therefore, we suggest that governments should change their decision-making process and exert effort to be transparent to the entire society. A bottom-up mechanism of information collection and transmission should be established, such as environmental inspection mechanism and checking on cadres' achievements with green GDP.

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Ecopolitical discourse: Authoritarianism or democracy? — Evidence from China

Li²

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Small water, wastewater, air and soil treatment installations supplied with electric energy from renewable energy sources are perfect example of zero-emission technology achieved with reasonable cost [4,5].…”

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AOTs and Solar Energy for Air, Water and Soil Treatment

Pawłat

Stryczewska

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Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Japan

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In many locations, generation of electrical energy is restricted due to unfavorable logistic conditions. That limits introduction of new technologies, requiring electrical power including air, water and soil purification technologies. Small scale treatment installations supplied with electric energy from solar sources were proposed as a good example of zero-emission technology achieved with reasonable cost. Treatment process of agricultural samples, pathogens and pests based on ozone and advanced oxidation process was described.

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“…The volume of waste been generated has continually increased as global population is increasing and resources available cannot adequately handle it [1]. According to [2], inadequate access to clean water and lack of its sanitation are persistent world-wide problems affecting humans on each continent (according to United Nations, number of people who lack access to safe drinking water will increase from over 1 billion to over 1.8 billion in 2025). Water may seem to be abundant on our planet but not readily assessable.…”

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Solar Energy Application in Waste Treatment- A Review

2016

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This review is an exposure on the various ways that solar energy can be harnessed for numerous waste treatment processes. Almost all forms of waste treatment require energy which is scarcely available considering the global energy crisis. The objective of this study is to enumerate the solar energy applications in waste treatment as a way of global environmental protection and energy management. Solar energy which is abundant in most part of the world has been adopted as a very sustainable source of energy for waste treatment. Its application in both solid waste and waste water treatment as in pyrolysis, solar incineration and gasification for solid wastes treatment and solar pathogenic organic destruction, solar photocatalytic degradation, solar distillation and desalination for waste water treatment. These waste treatment methods require light from the sun to photocatalyse reactions and also heat as thermal energy for the various endothermic reactions. This review therefore highlighted various methods of waste treatment which does not require the limited conventional energy sources. It also reveals that model optimizations for assessing the best options for potential pollutant treatment in pyrolysis,, solar incineration, gasification, photo catalytic degradation etc, of contaminants have not been achieved.

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Application of Solar Energy in the Processes of Gas, Water and Soil Treatment

Cited by 6 publications

References 37 publications

Ecopolitical discourse: Authoritarianism or democracy? — Evidence from China

Ecopolitical discourse: Authoritarianism or democracy? — Evidence from China

AOTs and Solar Energy for Air, Water and Soil Treatment

Solar Energy Application in Waste Treatment- A Review

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