The New Biodegradable Surfactant Drilling Fluid for Offshore Drilling Environment

In oil and gas industry, there are many challenges faced before reservoir fluid produced out of reservoir rock. In drilling progress, the reservoir rock may be invaded by drilling fluid and cause several damage to the wall formation. This is called as formation damaged. Formation damage is defined as any type of a process which results in a reduction of the flow capacity of an oil, water or gas bearing formation. In oil and gas reservoirs, formation damage has known as a source of serious productivity reductions as it could lead to water injectivity problems in many waterflood projects. The injectivity problem has reduces the effectiveness of recovery mechanism, mainly on third recovery mechanism. Besides, formation damaged has negative affect to oil and gas production as it could reduces the production due to its mechanism

Antiphospholipid Syndrome — controversies

Antiphospholipid Syndrome which was defined for the first time in 1985 is more and more frequently diagnosed and better treated. During the 30-year period of observation numerous new questions have appeared regarding the nature of this diseases. In particular: how to diagnose the disease in patients with non-classification criteria; how to prevent thrombosis and pregnancy complications, why does thrombosis appear despite the proper anticoagulation, is it possible to diagnose seronegative antiphospholipid syndrome? The current knowledge regarding diagnosis and treatment of APS has been presented in this paper

Comparison of tractor slip at three different driving wheels on grass

ArticleThe paper deals with a possibility of tractor slip reduction on a grass and evaluates an use of two versions of special wheels. Both prototypes were developed at the Department of Transport and Handling of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. The first system was designed in 2010 year as blades wheels. The second system (spikes device) consists of spikes which are mounted onto standard tractor tyres with special cuts, was designed in 2014 year. The spikes are settled in these cuts while moving on road surface. The second one is placed near the drive wheels and uses the blades. The spikes and blades are ejected to reduce wheels slip when tractor operates on grass or soil. The base position allows tractor transport on road with standard tyres. The goal of experiments realized on grass surface was to compare mutually slip behaviour achieved. The measurements were realized with standard tyres without any modification, too. A tractor with three types of drive wheels were loaded by heavier tractor. Drawbar pull and wheel rotation speed for slip calculation were measured in tests. The results show a fact that a loss of energy due to the wheels slip increases, while a penetrometric resistance in the surface layers of a soil decreases, at soil humidity 33.2%. An application of both prototypes is very advantageous because they reduce the wheels slip, increase tractor operation efficiency and so protect the soil

Volatile combustible release in biofuels

ArticlePlant biomass consists of varied materials. Biomass is used for different purposes, but it is most frequently burnt in modern combustion devices for heat production. The quality of solid biofuels depends on the total content of combustibles while the volatile combustible content affects the combustion process. The aim of the paper is to determine the exact content of the biofuel components by the means of the gravimetric method – namely volatile combustible, ash and moisture content – and to evaluate the process of volatile combustible release as a function of temperature during the experiment. The device Nabertherm L9/11/SW/P330 type with accessory was used to carry out the experiments. Various biofuel samples were examined, namely wood (9 kinds), wood cuttings and wood chips (2 kinds), pellets (4 kinds), sawdust (1 kind), compared to less traditional fuels (DDGS and RME – 2 kinds) and wood coal (1 kind). The tables and graphs present the experimental results, which allow evaluation of the components content in different biofuels and provide characteristics of the process of volatile combustible release in analysed fuels. Spruce wood without bark showed the highest content of combustible (99.89%). Sawdust of fruit trees contains the highest proportion of volatile combustible (93.978%) and releases the combustible at the highest rate (15.25 mg h-1)

Abū Al-Ḥasan Al-Masʻūdī on pre-Islamic Arab religions and belief

This study aims to shed light on one aspect of the contributions of an early Muslim historian of religion, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Masʻūdī. It focuses on al-Masʻūdī’s work on pre-Islamic Arab religions and beliefs. The study is based on textual analysis of al-Masʻūdī’s treatment of the issue in his Murūj (The Meadows), and comparisons are made with al-Masʻūdī’s treatments of the non-Arab religions. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan penerangan tentang satu aspek dalam sumbangan seorang sejarawan Islam awal iaitu Abū al-Ḥasan alMasʻūdī, dengan memfokuskan karya-karya beliau terhadap agama masyarakat Arab pra-Islam. Kajian ini berasaskan analisis teks tentang pengendalian al-Masʻūdī, terhadap isu tersebut dalam karyanya Murūj. Seterusnya ia dibandingkan dengan pengendalian beliau terhadap agama masyarakat bukan Arab

Special tractor driving wheels with two modification of spikes inclination angle

ArticleThe paper presents a research on an improvement of tractor drawbar properties using special driving wheels. Two modifications of the special driving wheels were designed and tested under field conditions. The results were compared with standard tyres. The special driving wheels consists of the tyres with a modified tyre-tread pattern and equips with the spike segments. The special driving wheels allow to activate or deactivate the spike segments to improve a drawbar pull at worse adhesive conditions of the ground or transport on roads with standard tyres. The first modification activates all 8 spike segments at spike inclination angle 90° and the second one 4 at angle 90°and 4 at 30°. The measurements were realised in October 2017 in an area of the Slovak Agricultural Museum in Nitra. The drawbar properties of the special driving wheels were evaluated based on drawbar pull of the test tractor Mini 070 type connected with a load tractor MT8-065 type. Using the test tractor in 1st and 2nd gear, the measurements were realized at 100% wheels slip and repeated 4 times. The results show the statistically significant differences in the drawbar pull of the test tractor with different driving wheels on a grass plot. The highest increase in drawbar pull reached the value 25.56% (2nd gear) and 19.98% (1st gear) in case of the special driving wheels with 4 spike segments at 90° and 4 at 30°. In case of the special driving wheels with 8 spike segments at 90°, increase in the drawbar pull reached the value 10.09% (1st gear) and 15.21% (2nd gear) in comparation with the standard tyres

Comparison of consumption of tractor at three different driving wheels on grass surface

ArticleThe paper deals with possibility of reduction of tractor fuel consumption when working on grass surface, and compares use of two versions of spike devices embedded to the original tyre body. The device was designed at Department Transport and Handling (Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra). Older as well as newer system proposed in 2017 comprises spikes and it is assembled to common tractor tyre tread pattern with auxiliary grooves cut in. Same device can be set to two positions, allowing to work as 8 - spikes and 16 - spikes system. The spikes are tilted in grooves when moving on paved road. The spikes are ejected out to reduce wh eels slip when operated in field. Remaining eight spikes are tilted in case of 8 - spikes system. Measurements were realised on grass surface. Tractor Mini 070 type was loaded with heavier tractor MT8 - 065 type in tests with 3 different driving wheels, balanc ing the actual weight in all cases. Drawbar pull and fuel consumption were measured in tests, allowing to compute specific drawbar consumption and fuel consumption per hour for three different loads. The results pointed out a fact the tyre slip loss and en ergy consumption of tractor movement increase at the soil humidity 19.45%. It follows from results achieved that use of both 8 - and 16 - spikes wheel device versions reduced fuel consumption when cultivating higher humidity soil, preferable for tillage. Eigh t spikes system with semi - tilted remaining spikes is the most efficient method

Contamination of transmission and hydraulic oils in agricultural tractors and proposal of by-pass filtration system

ArticleTractors use various types of lubricating oils in transmission and hydraulic system. Oils are contaminated by different ways depending on the work of the lubricated system. There are general requirements on the cleanliness level of the oil in the tractor transmission and hydraulic system according to the standard DIN 51524. According to all that, this paper presents research conducted by two tractors. The tractor John Deere 8100 used only its own implements (ploughs, trailers etc.) and it was operated in compliance with user manual. In this tractor, the oil cleanliness level met the standard DIN 51524 because reached the stage 7 (NAS 1638). The tractor Zetor Forterra 124 41 contained extremely contaminated oil, it reached stage > 12 (NAS 1638), due to the non-standard operation which was opposite to the user manual. Both ways of tractor operation are typical for farmers activity in the Slovak Republic, depending on the tractor type and style of agricultural production at most. The second part of this paper is aimed at the proposal of by-pass filtration system to eliminate the oil contamination. The by-pass filtration system is the second stage of the oil filtration in the tractor, whereas the first one means standard tractor filter. Function of the system was tested according to the decrease of chemical elements concentration characterising the oil contamination and visual method based on filter and its change after operating of tested tractor. There was evaluated the decrease of concentration of Fe (41.6%), Cu (28.7%) and Si (20.5%) after by-pass filtration system was running under operational conditions. It can be concluded that the by-pass filtration system was proposed correctly and it is suitable for tractors operation

Implementation of selected database operations in parallel environment

Název práce: Implementace vybraných databázových operací v paralelním pro- středí Autor: Bc. Ján Majdan Katedra: Katedra softwarového inženýrství Vedoucí diplomové práce: RNDr. David Bednárek, Ph.D. Abstrakt: Předložená diplomová práce se zabývá možnostmi implementace da- tabázových operací v paralelním prostředí Bobox. Popisuje potřebné teore- tické znalosti z oblasti databází, a též algoritmy potřebné pro implementaci da- tabázových operací v hlavní paměti počítače. V textu jsou popsané možnosti pa- ralelní realizace databázových operací pomocí hašovacích tabulek. Představené jsou principy založené na sdílení hašovací tabulky, a taky předzpracování dat (lokální hašovací tabulka). Součástí diplomové práce je i paralelní implementace vybraných operací, která je založená na postupech představených v textu práce. Realizace zahrnuje taky měření výkonnosti implementace při různých stupních paralelizace. Naměřené výsledky jsou přehledně prezentované a analyzované z po- hledu škálovatelnosti paralelizace v prostředí Bobox. Klíčová slova: databázové operace, Bobox, paralelizace, hašování, předspracování dat 1Title: Implementation of selected database operations in parallel environment Author: Bc. Ján Majdan Department: Department of Software Engineering Supervisor: RNDr. David Bednárek, Ph.D. Abstract: This thesis describes several design possibilities of database operations in a parallel environment called Bobox. First, the thesis covers theory of da- tabases as well as algorithms needed to implement database operations in main memory. Next part discusses the usage of hash tables to implement parallel data- base operations. The key principles discussed contain hashing approaches based on a shared hash table, as well as principles of data preprocessing (local hash Table). The thesis then describes practical usage of selected database operations, which were implemented based on the principles described in the first theory sec- tions. The implementation also involves performance measurement at different levels of parallelism. Finally, acquired results are analyzed and discussed in terms of scalability of parallelism and performance in the Bobox environment. Keywords: database operations, Bobox, parallelism, hashing, data preprocessing 1Department of Software EngineeringKatedra softwarového inženýrstvíFaculty of Mathematics and PhysicsMatematicko-fyzikální fakult