• Renewable Energy as a Strategic Mechanism for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: A Bibliometric Review 

  Woźniak, Agnieszka; Ciuła, Józef; Kochanek, Anna; Guzal-Dec, Danuta (MDPI, 2026)

  This study offers a comprehensive bibliometric and scientific mapping review of the literature examining renewable energy as a strategic mechanism for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Drawing on a ...
• The State and Development Directions of Polish Waste-to-Energy Plants in Improving R1-Based Energy Recovery Performance 

  Banaś, Marian; Pająk, Tadeusz; Wróbel, Wojciech; Ciuła, Józef (MDPI, 2026)

  The paper presents an analysis of the status and development trends of Polish Waste-to-Energy (WtE) installations in the context of improving the level of energy recovery measured by the R1 indicator of the Waste Framework ...
• Effectiveness of spin coating quantum dots deposition process onto mesoporous titanium dioxide for photovoltaic application 

  Kwaśnicki, Paweł; Gronba-Chyła, Anna; Generowicz, Agnieszka; Ciuła, Józef; Duriagina, Zoia; Koval, Viktor; Tepla, Tetiana; Herbut, Piotr; Mucha, Zbigniew; Mańkowska, Dorota (Politechnika Lubelska, 2026)

  The aim of this work was to present an effective method for deposition onto a conductive material covered by a thin film on a glass surface using the spin coating technique. The TiO2 layer, consisting of 99% anatase ...
• Assessment of the Possibility of Implementing a Circular Economy by Environmental Evaluating the Life Cycle of Products Derived from Bulky Municipal Waste 

  Generowicz, Agnieszka; Gronba-Chyła, Anna; Godula, Piotr; Kulczycka, Joanna; Lewandowska, Anna; Dorosz, Aneta; Ciuła, Józef; Kwaśnicki, Paweł (MDPI, 2025)

  Current wood waste recycling processes need to be improved to prioritize ma- terial recovery over energy recovery by cascading the use of wood waste and limiting as much as possible non-recyclable batches that may contain ...
• Recycling of Sewage Sludge in Poland – Environmental Aspects and Risks Related to Its Management in a Circular Economy 

  Ciuła, Józef; Wiewiórska, Iwona; Potok, Halina; Babiarz, Aneta (Politechnika Koszalińska, 2025)

  Sewage sludge generated in the process of household and industrial wastewater treatment plants should be utilized in line with the principles of sustainable development, taking into account the processes that are an ...
• Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Environment: Current State of Research, Sources of Origin, Health Risks, and Regulations—A Comprehensive Review 

  Kochanek Anna; Grąz, Katarzyna; Potok, Halina; Gronba-Chyła, Anna; Kwaśny, Justyna; Wiewiórska, Iwona; Ciuła, Józef; Basta, Emilia; Łapiński, Jacek (MDPI, 2025)

  Small-particle-produced goods, such as those used in industry, medicine, cosmetics, paints, abrasives, and plastic pellets or powders, are the main sources of microplastics. It is also possible to mention tire recycling ...
• The efficiency of vehicle fleet management using the example of a company transporting a T60 medium 

  Kochanek, Anna; Plata, Karol (Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Sączu, 2024)

  The transport of hazardous substances is an integral part of today's society. Nearly 90% of dangerous goods are transported by road in Poland. Due to the lack of a nationwide monitoring system, based on the electronic ...
• Detection and analysis of network security threats using artificial intelligence 

  Litawa, Grzegorz; Żelasko, Mateusz; Litawa, Julia (Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Sączu, 2024)

  This article describes ways of detecting and analysing major security threats in network. Our research is based on a neural network created in Python language with the use of TensorFlow. With the help of artificial intelligence, ...
• Recognition of people in an IoT system with limited resources 

  Drozd, Daniel; Jabłoński, Zenon; Litawa, Grzegorz (Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Sączu, 2024)

  The Internet of Things (IoT) is currently a rapidly growing field of science. It is often the case that devices working in IoT cannot exceed predetermined dimensions. The small size does not allow the use of large ...
• Designing a forecasting system using its parameters 

  Korostil, Jerzy; Afanasyewa, Olesya; Korostil, Olga (Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Sączu, 2024)

  The work solves the problem of calculating parameter values and their use in building a system for forecasting external, random events that negatively affect the functioning process implemented by a technical object. To ...
• Recognition of the efficiency of the structure of an active municipal waste landfill based on the quality of the water environment 

  Kozak, Przemysław; Przydatek, Grzegorz (Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Sączu, 2024)

  A landfill site is an engineered facility intended for depositing waste. Regardless of their type, such facilities pose a potential threat to the water and ground environment, as well as to human health and life, because ...
• Analysis of forecasting parameters for technical objects 

  Korostil, Jerzy; Afanasyewa, Olesya; Korostil, Olga (Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Nowym Sączu, 2024)

  The aim of the work is the development and research of parameters characterizing the process of functioning of a hybrid forecasting system oriented to use in technical object management systems. Parameters characterizing ...
• Evaluation of the Activity of a Municipal Waste Landfill Site in the Operational and Non-Operational Sectors Based on Landfill Gas Productivity 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Generowicz, Agnieszka; Kanownik, Włodzimierz (MDPI, 2024)

  This research identifies the productivity of landfill gas actively captured at a municipal waste landfill site with a waste mass exceeding 1 million Mg from sectors in the operational and non-operational phases, considering ...
• Environmental and energy efficiency of a selected municipal wastewater treatment plant – a case study 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Golonka, Monika; Barsan, Narcis; Mosnegutu, Emilian; Chitimus, Alexandra-Dana; Irimia, Oana (IOP Publishing, 2024)

  Based on the analysis of environmental and energy efficiency in the years 2019–2021 in the selected sewage treatment plant (WWT) located in the southern Poland with mechanical-biological wastewater treatment, it was found ...
• Systemic Efficiency Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Suburban Municipality 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Basta, Emilia (2020)

  A comparative analysis of municipal waste generated in a selected suburban municipality in the mountain area of the European Union showed a collection of mixed and segregated waste, taking into account 10 fractions out of ...
• Analysis of a Mechanism Used to Operate an Oscillating Separator 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Mosnegutu, Emilian; Bibire, Luminita; Chitimus, Dana; Panainte-Lehădus, Mirela; Jasiński, Marcin; Sporea, Nicoleta (MDPI, 2024)

  This article presents a comparative study of two different kinds of processes that produce oscillatory motion on a work surface during the mechanical separation process. The investigation began with determining the ...
• Study on the Method of Household Waste Collection: Case Study 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Panainte-Lehadus, Mirela; Vulpe, Mihai; Nedeff, Valentin; Mosnegutu, Emilian; Tomozei, Claudia; Chitimus, Dana (MDPI, 2022)

  This article presents research on how household waste is collected. An online survey, with 348 participants, from the Romanian region of Bacau, was conducted from October 2018 to May 2019. The online questionnaire included ...
• Recognition of Effectivity Waste Management in the Selected Urban-Rural Commune – Case Study from Poland 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Waśko, Marcin (MedWin Publishers, 2022)

  The analysis of waste management in the urban - rural commune in the mountain region in three years showed a difference between the declarations and the number of segregating inhabitants due to the development of internal ...
• Recognition of systemic differences in municipal waste management in selected cities in Poland and the United States 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz (Springer, 2023)

  This study aims to demonstrate differences in the efficiency of municipal waste management from 2014 to 2017 between two selected cities with a comparable number of inhabitants: Radom in Poland and Spokane, WA, in the ...
• Indicators of Impact Selected Municipal Units on the Air Quality—Case Study from Poland and Romania 

  Przydatek, Grzegorz; Irimia, Oana; Panainte-Lehadus, Mirela; Tomozei, Claudia; Mosnegutu, Emilian; Gawron, Piotr (MDPI, 2022)

  A 2020 investigation into air quality in urban areas found that nitrogen oxide and PM10 concentrations were above average. With the exception of summer, three seasons were found to have the highest nitrogen oxide ...

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