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Energy from deep and near-surface geothermal energy sources can make a significant contribution to the energy transition in Germany. In contrast to solar and wind energy, however, geothermal energy as a renewable energy source has yet to stake out a significant position in the general public’s awareness. Geothermal projects often run into opposition from a critical public. Reports are characterised ...

Evaluating opinions, sentiments and relationships within groups become increasingly easy due to wide availability of data on social media platforms. This article discusses aforementioned aspects for a Twitter network consisting of 37,760 German tweets related to renewable energies which were collected for the year 2019. Besides identifying the most frequent words like energy revolution, CO2, power, Germany and coal, this ...

Silos can be found in almost all companies in the building materials industry. They are used for the stocking of raw materials and intermediate as well as end products and as dosers or loading silos. Professional maintenance must be performed regularly to ensure their safe operation. Silos within the meaning of the German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV) Regulation 113-004 “Containers, ...

In May 2020, the German Bundestag passed the 7th Amending Act to the German Welfare Code, Book IV (Sozialgesetzbuch IV; SGB IV). The Act also contains amendments to the Social Welfare Code (SGB) Book VII that incorporate further developments into the law regarding occupational diseases. Professional associations and accident insurance funds welcome these changes, which are largely based on proposals ...

Top priority of occupational safety is precautionary measures and the avoidance of accidents. But fast, innovative and, above all, well-prepared rescue measures are just as essential in mine rescue. The rescue concept for each shaft provides an auxiliary hoisting for men rescue in case of emergency. Mines with shafts located at a greater distance from each other, have to provide ...

Due to the shaft itself and the use of the shaft specific conditions arise for the rehabilitation of old shafts. The shaft construction companies have to face these circumstances again and again when planning and carrying out the work. Almost always the influences of water and/or rock pressure determine the day-to-day work of these companies. Three case studies of shaft ...

The Federal Society for Final Storage (BGE) based in Peine/Germany is commissioned to convert the former Konrad iron ore mine into a repository for low to medium level radioactive waste. The following report deals with the reconstruction and renovation of Konrad 1 shaft including three shaft stations at 3rd, 4th and 5th level, shaft hoisting systems and the headframe including guide ...

In many areas where hydraulic fluids are used, it is important to minimize the fire hazard that can be caused by hydraulic fluids. Whether in steelworks and power stations or in machine tools or underground mining, it may be necessary to use hydraulic fluids with improved fire engineering properties, so-called flame-retardant hydraulic fluids, in order to prevent the formation and ...

The term “gas outburst” is in use worldwide for a variety of types of sudden emission of big volumes of mine gas, at which a differentiation concerning the causes of their occurrence is not carried out in many cases. As a consequence, it is often not possible to analyse the causes of these events in the different mining regions in ...

Many solutions have already been developed to prevent dust emissions at special sections of conveyor belt systems and at transfer points. All measures taken for this purpose serve to protect the people working in the surrounding area, to keep the production environment clean and often to provide explosion protection. However, most of the classic dust prevention methods also involve risks ...