New developments, projects, and proposals

Mathematical modeling of technological processes on the basis of their physical-chemical properties study

Presently a series of scientific researches on developing methodological bases for environmental prognostication of air and water basins' pollution by industrial emissions are carried out in the IEA.

We consider a range of issues relating to risk assessment and prognostication of environmental situation through mathematical methods. IEA conducts a research on mathematical modelling, which could be applied in all branches polluting the environment, including chemical and petrochemical industry and the objects of transport, storage and delivery of oil products.

This work includes the following two phases:

• development of mathematical models on the bases of mechanism, kinetics and macro-kinetics analysis for all the industrial branches under review. In order to optimally implement these industrial processes an optimal ecological-economic criterion should be created. This method will allow working out the concrete proposals on optimal implementation of technological process control to reduce greenhouse emissions and waster water
• as is known, the components carried into atmosphere by the flow of discharges in its turn react with other molecules (atoms, particles) of the environment.

Up to now the mechanism of interaction between the molecules(atoms and other particles) of industrial discharges and molecules (atoms and other structural parts) of the environment has not been found for concrete industrial zone. With this purpose we started to work out mathematical models for separate, but already certain quantity of discharges. These models, which include well-known hydrodynamic models, mass and heat exchange processes and also the characteristics taking into account environment's meteorological conditions are based on a study of the mechanism and kinetics of interaction between the molecules, atoms and other particles the environment and industrial discharges.

The whole complex of researches relating to the problems of the mentioned phases require to combine efforts of a wide range of specialists.

Nowadays all the world's scientific-research centres are engaged in scientific-practical activities to improve the quality and quantity of hydrocarbons being processed. By doing so they largely apply principles of mathematical kinetics, methods of mathematical modeling and optimal control .

It is a common assumption that accuracy and productivity of research into newly developed and current chemical, petrochemical, chemical-technological, biological and some other processes in various branches of industry are primarily based on well-known principles of chemical kinetics. Today, these principles are fundamental laws in optimal designing and industrial process control.

That is way, research into these processes on the bases of chemical kinetics is of paramount scientific, practical particularly economical importance. Scientific substantiation, improvement of research principles with the purpose of revealing the nature of physical-chemical and other phenomena in the said processes are linked, in the end, to the improvement of the scientific and especially technical-economic indices of real processes under review.

With that end in view, we have carried out scientific-research work to remove possible errors in the well-known principles of chemical kinetics and create fundamentally new principles in this branch to accurately describe the processes under review.

The IEA is pleased to offer this new method, which could promote important scientific-practical achievements in chemistry, petrochemistry , biology, ecology, photochemistry and photosynthesis.

In this work, first in the world practice, a new approach to describe chemical reaction speed is suggested. It is distinct from previous principles of chemical kinetics and the Law of Mass Action (LMA). This new approach on the base of which the modern representation of the theory of chemical kinetics was developed in a form of integral expression of the rate of reaction (IERR) has been approved on a variety of complex processes.

Based on theoretical and practical data the IERR has been first created for any molecularity and order with united and constant physical notions of such physical- chemical values as the reaction rate constant, balance constant, relative concentration (or mass) for simultaneously interacting particles (atoms, molecules, mass, etc.), order of reaction and of the reaction rate expression itself.

On the base of the suggested IERR a new theory for homogeneous and heterogeneous processes has been developed. Integral expression of reaction rate (IERR) or general principle of chemical kinetics (GPCK) is the basis that provides for all ways of intensification and raising the economic efficiency of various processes. From this viewpoint, the GPCK worked out by us on the base of a new approach to well-known principles of chemical kinetics and also practical application of this principle to the study of mechanism and kinetics of chemical, biological and some other processes is an actual task allowing to successfully solve a number of scientific and practical problems on mathematical modeling, optimal designing and control of concrete industrial processes.

We are hopeful these new principles would properly be used place in your scientific projects and practical activities.

We could actively collaborate provided you are interested in improving economic indices of your industrial work.

Investigation of the Solar activity change influence on the Caspian ecosystem.

It is long been known as a scientific fact that there is a certain correlation between the Solar activity change and some thermodynamic, geophysical and biophysical Earth processes (climate change, altitude of lakes' surface, equilibrium of colloid systems, quantity of precipitation, epidemics, frequency of storms, birth rate, etc.).

The majestic transfer processes in nature from circulation of substances in capillary systems of organism to global migration of fluids in Earth entrails pulsate according to mysterious rhythm of the Solar activity.

The electrophysical approach elaborated by us may be considered as a new basis for revealing and complex learning of this pulsation: assessment, prognosis and control of phenomena conditioned by the Solar activity.

The main objective of the work is:
Assessment of the Solar activity change effect on some geophysical factors of the Caspian region ecosystem, in particular on :

• physical-chemical, biophysical and chemical characters of geobiosphere
• microbiological processes
• growth of plants, crop capacity
• extreme nature phenomena
• health state, working capacity and disease intensity
• accident rate
• climate change
• seismic processes
• transfer processes

The process of obtaining an alternative fuel-hydrogen

The process of obtaining hydrogen is based on the dissociation of hydrogen sulphide in the plasma of barrier discharge as a result of which two commercial products are produced: elementary sulphur and hydrogen. The process diagram includes two basic modules: treatment block and discharge block with high-voltage transformer.

The discharge block can be used :

a) for utilization of technological wastes, containing sulphurous compounds;

b) as the ozone generator for disposal of technological drains, swimming pools and drinking water

Obtaining of high-pure polymeric materials
Deep purification of monomers from oxygen, sulphur containing admixtures and moisture for production of chemical and petrochemical products, particularly the new type of plastic materials. The method allows to carry out complex purification and to obtain high-pure plastic materials.

Purification of waster water from phenol
The technology based on oxidative treatment that allows to purify waster water to sanitary norms.

Apparatus for processing of liquids and gas
The apparatus is designed for complex drying and processing of gas and liquids from micro-impurities in electric field.

Project of basic directions of complex scientific program "Radiation safety in the construction complex and operating sectors of Azerbaijan Republic for 2000-2005".

It is well-known that at the modern stage of technology energy industry in many cases has negative impact on the environment.

In this viewpoint oil industry is not exception. During many years we have been engaged in a study of technogenic pollution of the environment (particularly soils) caused by oil production, when heavy metals are among the most essential pollutants. As a result of investigations more than 15 metals have been found in oil refinery regions that several times exceed the maximum allowable concentration. According to present ideas such territories belong to dangerous and moderate dangerous zones, being characterised by increase of population general disease, in particular children's disease, with dynamic breach of separate organs.

We continue our investigation in these directions to assess the level of population risk caused by unfavourable technogenic pressing.

The object of the program is: to reduce people's radiation from natural origins of ionising radiation during production of construction materials, goods as well as in construction, building and exploitation of different objects.

The main directions of the program are:

1. Scientific-research and experimental works:

• study of the radiation-ecological state of natural gamma-phone in cities and regions of the Republic (air, water, soil, etc.) and the reasons causing super-regulatory indices
• mapping radiation division into districts in co-ordination with the seismic division into districts and also other exogenous-geological processes
• study of diseases' indices on individual regions and branches of the republic national economy and impact of radiation situation on them
• scientific substantiation of the adopted safety norms of natural radioactivity

2. Construction and architectural direction:

• creation of a departmental control system of the natural radioactivity of constructions and construction materials, building areas and objects being constructed or putting into exploitation
• working out and application of a complex of constructor-technological decisions, securing radon-protective buildings' construction
• working out of an effective system of buildings, installations and separate rooms ventilation with the purpose to prevent the accumulation of radon in them

3. Personnel training

• working out of programs and organisation of students' and specialists' training on appropriate profile in educational institutions at all levels of radiation safety and control branches
• organisation of permanent self-financing courses on training of specialists of technical service and laboratories as well as industrial branches being engaged in radiation safety and control, construction and scientific-research organisations and industrial construction enterprises
• organisation of an annual series of lectures and practical lessons for employees of construction and architecture control bodies and radiological divisions of the territorial sanitary and epidemiological stations of cities and districts of the republic

4. Providing with apparatus and methodology

• choice of the needed operating and working out the new apparatus to measure content of natural radio-nuclides in the enterprises of industrial construction materials and construction industry, in the objects being under construction and exploitation and also dose in population
• development of a meteorology control system of natural ionising radiation providing the organisations and enterprises carrying out natural ionising radiation control with appropriate apparatus and methodology

5. Information-methodical and consultative provision

• working out and publication of methodical, information and regulatory materials and technical literature on radiation safety in Azeri and Russian languages
• creation of a library with collection of necessary materials and literature on the problem being considered
• organisation of a permanent methodical-consultative centre
• organisation of publications and telecasts on radiation safety
• - holding of annual meetings-seminars with participation of representatives from interested organisations and enterprises

6. Organisational measures

• organisation of a joint committee on problems of reducing radiation from the natural radiation in the International Ecoenergy Academy with participation of all interested organisations of ministries and departments entrusting them with development and implementation of appropriate sections of the given program
• participation in international co-operation of NIS and other foreign countries on problems of the study of natural radiation sources and rational methods on protection of population from radiation .