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Alternative fuel for internal combustion engines for commercial vehicles
Snášel, Pavel ; Charvát, Pavel (referee) ; Štětina, Josef (advisor)
The liquid petroleum fuels, gasoline and diesel, have gradually enforced during the development of thermal machines. Because these fuels are non-renewable and their usage is joined with many ecological and economical problems, we face the task how to replace these dominating fuels. The purpose of this thesis is to summarize and compare the properties of alternative fuels, especially their heating value, and sketch the supposed progress of their usage in transportation.
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Alternative Fuel Engines
Bilík, Michal ; Ramík, Pavel (referee) ; Dundálek, Radim (advisor)
This thesis deals with an overview of alternative fuels for road vehicles and their effect on ecology. This work also describes the specific characteristics and peculiarities of power units which run on alternative fuels, their advantages, disadvantages and shows examples of some vehicles.
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Příprava a hodnocení odrůdových destilátů z hroznů
Šimek, Fabián
The aim of the thesis was to process grapes of several vine varieties by two different methods and to prepare microsamples of distillates. Then by using chemical, physical and sensory methods evaluate and compare used varieties, technology of spirits production and selected quality parameters. The diploma thesis was developed in the years 2018 – 2020 at the Institute of Postharvest Technology of Horticultural products, at the Faculty of Horticulture in Lednice of Mendel University in Brno. Thesis describes the production technology, quality parameters and legislation of spirits from grapes and wines. The experimental part of the thesis is devoted to the production of these distillates and compares two methods of processing grapes for distillation. First method was preparing wine by traditional way, which is then distilled. Second method was an alternative approach, where the grapes was processed similar to fruits distillates, where the grapes are not pressed, but ferment on skins and distilled with them also.
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Cross-sectional study of selected legal regulations in the field of alcohol with a specific focus on the methanol case
Fialová Mikešová, Tereza ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Rolová, Gabriela (referee)
Background: In 2012, there were massive poisonings with harmful alcohol laced with methanol throughout the Czech Republic. As a result of intoxications, not only death but also damage of health of various degrees occurred. The event, which directly endangered public health, brought new experience and, among other things, confirmed the thesis accepted in professional circles that no way of consuming alcohol is necessarily safe or even beneficial to health, which is why there is a need to change the approach to alcohol. Aim: The aim of the bachelor thesis was to briefly describe the development of selected legislative regulations aimed at reducing alcohol consumption on our territory from the establishment of the independent republic to the present day and to describe the procedure and measures applied by state administration authorities during methanol poisonings and the effects of this phenomenon on the further development of legislation in the context of the event. Methods: Content qualitative analysis of written materials was used. In the first place, suitable documents issued by state administration bodies, legal regulations published in the Collection of Laws and media communications were selected. The obtained data were subsequently subjected to a qualitative content analysis, on the basis of...
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Cognitive sequelae from methanol poisoning
Bernášková, Lucie ; Kulišťák, Petr (advisor) ; Šivicová, Gabriela (referee)
This thesis focuses on cognitive functions in patients after methanol poisoning. The theoretical part consists of a description of methanol, characteristics of methanol poisoning and its neurological sequelae. Methanol poisoning affects the basal ganglia, therefore we describe them and their role in cognitive processes. The theoretical part also describes a case of mass methanol poisoning in the Czech Republic in 2012-2013. The practical part compares results of a control group and a group of patients poisoned with methanol in cognitive assessment. Results show that the patients after methanol poisoning have significantly lower scores in tasks testing memory and executive functions than the control group.
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Methanol as an alternative fuel
Balcárek, Ondřej ; Kučera, Pavel (referee) ; Píštěk, Václav (advisor)
This Bachelor thesis is a topic review of problematics of alternative fuel solutions, in particular of methanol and it's production. The aim was to describe properties and possibilities of use of methanol, not only as fuel, but also as a raw material in chemical industry. The information was obtained mainly from English-written sources. Finally, in conclusion part, use and potential of methanol in period of transition to renewable sources is being reviewed.
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Role of therapeutic approach in the treatment outcome, hospital costs, one-year post-hospital medical costs and quality of life in the patients who survived acute methanol poisoning.
Rulíšek, Jan ; Zacharov, Sergej (advisor) ; Máca, Jan (referee) ; Kieslichová, Eva (referee)
(English) Background: Methanol poisoning is severe medical condition with a need of urgent intensive treatment. Mass poisoning outbreak took place in the Czech Republic in 2012-2013. Costs of hospital treatment of methanol poisoning present significant financial burden to healthcare systems. The effect of treatment modality choice on clinical outcome and healthcare costs is not known, as well as its impact on the quality of life of methanol poisoning survivors after hospital discharge. Aim: To compare different therapeutic methods, choice of antidote (fomepizole versus ethanol) and extracorporeal elimination method (intermittent vs. continuous dialysis) for optimizing clinical outcome, cost-effectiveness, hospital costs, post-discharge costs, and the quality of life in survivors. Methods: For prospective cohort study, all patients hospitalized with acute methanol poisoning were included (n=106); for hospital and one-year healthcare costs study, all survivors of acute methanol poisoning (n=83) were included. For longitudinal quality of life study all survivors with informed consent (n=54) and control group of chronic alcohol abusers, age- and gender-balanced, without history of methanol poisoning (n=23), were included. Results: Comparative data of clinical effectiveness of elimination techniques...
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Prospective study of the role of oxidative stress in acute methanol poisonings.
Hlušička, Jiří ; Zacharov, Sergej (advisor) ; Lambert, Lukáš (referee) ; Pohanka, Miroslav (referee)
5 SUMMARY Context: Acute methanol poisoning is a life-threatening condition. Methanol is metabolized in the organism to formaldehyde and than to formic acid, which inhibits cytochrome c oxidase in mitochondria and thus contributes to the development of oxidative stress. Aim: To study the role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of acute neuronal damage to the central nervous system (CNS), in the development of long-term sequelae of methanol poisoning and chronic neurodegenerative processes in the years following acute methanol exposure. Material and Methods: Methanol intoxication was confirmed analytically in 55 patients included in he d ; hei age a he ime f i ning a 46.7 3.6 ea (9 female and 46 male ). All a ien , together with 41 control subjects, were examined in a prospective longitudinal cohort study. At admission, during hospitalisation, and at regular intervals after discharge during the follow-up, the patients were sampled for serum concentrations of lipid oxidative damage markers 4-hydroxy-trans-2- hexenal (HHE), 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), malondialdehyde (MDA), and 8-isoprostane, for nucleic acids oxidative damage markers 8-hydroxy-2 -deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), 8-hydroxyguanosine (8- OHG), 5- (hydroxymethyl) uracil (5-OHMU), for proteins oxidative damage markers ortho-tyrosine (o- Tyr),...
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Výskyt metanolu ve víně a lihovinách a jeho působení na lidský organismus
Osičková, Klára
The bachelor thesis "The occurrence of methanol in wine and spirits and its effect on the human body" describes the basic components in wines and spirits and the influence of individual substances on the overall quality of the product produced. The main topic of the work is methanol, which includes the chemical and physical properties of methanol, methods of determining its content and its formation in alcoholic beverages. The next part of this thesis deals with the effect of methanol on human organism. First it describes its effects in the body, symptoms of methanol poisoning and last but not least the provision of first aid in case of suspected poisoning by this substance. The work describes how to avoid poor quality alcohol and thus poisoning. At the end of the thesis there is a maximum amount of methanol content in individual spirits and there is also a citation of the Act on alcohol, which stipulates the requirements for the production of alcoholic beverages. The final point is the methanol affair describing the course of the entire tragic event that happened in 2012.
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Rail transport of dangerous goods
Šimonová, Veronika ; Zelený, Lubomír (advisor) ; Kliegrová, Lucia (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the transport of dangerous goods by rail in order to present and map this issue. Carriage of such cargo poses a threat to persons, animals, property and the environment, therefore it folllows the special rules established in the international agreement RID. The emphasis is placed on its analysis and subsequent application of acquired theoretical knowledge to a practical example of transport of dangerous flammable and toxic substances to the East European country.
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