In India, the beginning of the year 2021 was one of the unhappiest ever. According to the Reuters News Agency, a massive wall of water resulting from the collapse of [...]
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As a rule, ammonia-based refrigeration technologies are used for ice production in winter stadiums or refrigeration in cold temperature-controlled environments of storage facilities. Ammonia with its chemical, physical, toxicological, or [...]
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Devastating tsunamis are known and frequently heard of in the news and movies. They pose a threat to many coastal areas, not only the Pacific. Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes, [...]
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Safety in refineries, factories, and generally in the whole chemical industry, is a number one priority. Not only is contact with chemicals potentially fatal for chemical workers but also for [...]
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Air traffic has slowed down or virtually halted at some airports due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, it still holds true that the number of passengers moving at airports is [...]
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Forest and domestic fires are not the only cases when a fire is terribly dangerous. The annual damage caused by commercial property fires in the United States alone was estimated [...]
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Extreme natural phenomena have always threatened humanity. Today, despite having numerous ways to respond to them, the frequency of disasters is dramatically increasing due to climate change. The number of [...]
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Ports are places of intense human activity and cargo transport. The busiest Europe's seaport, Rotterdam, handles more than 12 million containers a year (the so-called TEUs, twenty-foot equivalent units ). [...]
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There is no doubt that electronic sirens are useful for more than a single purpose. Besides emergency warning, they find their applications in many other places such as large industrial [...]
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Sirens in towns are usually perceived by ordinary people only during their tests at the beginning of each month. In fact, alarm systems consisting of sirens (whether modern electric and [...]
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