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Papers by M. Tausova

Research paper thumbnail of Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance

Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance According prognosis of fut... more Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assumed increasing of the electrical energy volume, produced from renewable energy sources from present 260 MW approximately to 2100 MW (Petrovič, 2008), that presents almost 800 % increasing! In Slovakia position of photovoltaic in this sector was due to the high investment cost and on the last place due to the low system efficiency. Only possible way for implementation of the photovoltaic to the energetic system of the state is 0donation. Slovakia will go this way also.

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of the Effective Material Use from the View of EU Environmental Policy Goals

Energies

Humanity is dependent on natural resources. Use and productivity of these resources plays an impo... more Humanity is dependent on natural resources. Use and productivity of these resources plays an important role in energy savings and circular economy. The goal of this contribution is to evaluate productivity of resources in the frame of EU countries. Single analysis deals with data from the publicly available portal database and collected data were processed in the statistical software JMP. The trend of development and analysis of variability and linear dependence helped to create cluster analysis and comparison of the EU countries. The results from the view of average value of the indicator registered the growth, and from the view of variability the statistically important differences were verified for EU member states. Some pairs of indicators recorded positive, while some pairs recorded negative linear dependence. Cluster analysis shows two groups of countries—the first one with positive results, having the lowest tax burden in the case of energy taxes and environment, and the seco...

Research paper thumbnail of Statistical Evaluation of Quantities Measured in the Detection of Soil Air Pollution of the Environmental Burden

Applied Sciences

The article highlights the investigation of the relationships between measured quantities during ... more The article highlights the investigation of the relationships between measured quantities during the atmospheric geochemical survey of contaminated soil and the environmental burden of the industrial establishment in eastern Slovakia. Statistical data processing was undertaken from the measured values of pollutants. The basic statistical characteristics of the monitored indicators were defined here. With the help of regressive and correlative analysis, dependency was confirmed between examined values, further expressed by a mathematical relationship. We analysed variability of the measured variables due to the influence of changed input quantities by the non-parametric Wilcox test. The statistical data processing helps us to identify the dependency between the measured values and improves valorization of the pollution of a given environmental burden. This was due to the handling of organic pollutants and the production of basic organic and inorganic chemicals stated for other indust...

Research paper thumbnail of Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance

According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assu... more According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assumed increasing of the electricalenergy volume, produced from renewable energy sources from present 260 MW approximately to 2100 MW (Petrovič, 2008), thatpresents almost 800 % increasing! In Slovakia position of photovoltaic in this sector was due to the high investment cost and on the lastplace due to the low system efficiency. Only possible way for implementation of the photovoltaic to the energetic system of the stateis 0donation. Slovakia will go this way also.

Research paper thumbnail of The Development of Selected Industrial Indicators in Slovakia in 2006-2016

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Municipal Waste Development and Management in Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia

Sustainability

In the European Union, basic strategy results from the need to provide intelligent, sustainable, ... more In the European Union, basic strategy results from the need to provide intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth, along with respect to social and economic impacts of waste treatment. The paper focuses on municipal waste and its separation. Generally, within global waste management initiatives, the main goal is to minimize the negative effects of waste on the environment, as well as to increase and optimize the sources’ efficiency in the waste economy. Research on municipal waste development and its separation was done in individual regions of Slovakia to find if socially weaker regions have worse waste treatment. The results were compared according to the waste development per inhabitant and per household, as well as through rate indexes, which are connected to relationships between waste, social, and economic indexes. The results confirmed research results from other countries that show that the volume of municipal waste is increasing due to increased living standards of inha...

Research paper thumbnail of A Novel Economical Method of Determining the Geometric Characteristic of the Metal Foam Based on Image Analysis

Energies

The presented paper deals with the metal foams, which have a wide application potential ranging f... more The presented paper deals with the metal foams, which have a wide application potential ranging from power engineering, through catalysts to impact energy absorbers. The main aim of the paper is to propose an economical non-destructive method of determining the basic characteristics and dimensions using affordable devices. The basic principle of the proposed method lies in the image capture of metal foam and their subsequent analysis in image analysis software. An important element of the work is a comparison of results obtained by the proposed method with results obtained by high-resolution X-ray microtomography. The proposed method was evaluated in terms of measurement uncertainty and propagation of error in overall results. The use of the method is limited to the metal foams, characterized by an ordered structure, which are produced mainly by the electrophoretic deposition process. Based on the descriptive statistical analysis of results, it is possible to state, that the propose...

Research paper thumbnail of Parameter Optimization Model Photovoltaic Battery System for Charging Electric Cars

Energies

Sales of electric cars and vehicles (EVs) have recently been showing a rapidly growing trend. In ... more Sales of electric cars and vehicles (EVs) have recently been showing a rapidly growing trend. In connection with rising electricity prices as well as social pressure on the environmental impacts of electromobility, there is also increasing interest of EV owners in the ecological source of electricity. The largest group of owners of EVs are residents of family houses, so, logically, they focus their attention on the possibility of using photovoltaic (PV) charging systems for EV charging. The design of the PV system for supporting EV charging is problematic due to several input parameters in the calculation of energy needs and due to the inconsistencies of electricity generation with normal electric vehicle (EV) charging time. While the PV system produces electricity during the day, family homeowners require charging EVs mainly at night. This requires batteries as part of a PV system. The optimal design of the PV of the battery system must take into account the real consumption of EV,...

Research paper thumbnail of Competences of municipalities in waste economy

Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah

Healthy living environment is basic factor of modern society, orientated to the sustainable devel... more Healthy living environment is basic factor of modern society, orientated to the sustainable development. Waste economy presents activity, orientated to the avoiding and limitation of waste rising and decreasing of their negative impacts to the living environment. Slovak Republic gives to the tasks of living environment intensive attention from the view of legislative and economic measurements. Every year financial means are invested to the protection of living environment and there is created database and system for monitoring of living environment situation. Contribution is orientated to the competence of municipalities in area of waste economy. The goal is to analyze volume of fees from communal waste that present part of tax incomes for municipalities and to show its development in relation to produced volume of waste. During elaboration of the contribution we resulted first of all from the content law of waste and local taxes and fee for communal waste. Results show presently in...

Research paper thumbnail of Big Data Analytics of a Waste Recycling Simulation Logistics System

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Our paper is focused on data evaluation about the full recycling of waste by special statistical ... more Our paper is focused on data evaluation about the full recycling of waste by special statistical software and by using the principles of logistics. The paper goes further than the paper entitled "Environmental assessment of waste recycling based on principles of logistics and computer simulation design," which outputs a number of data that need to be reviewed and evaluated separately. Data, representing 15 types of waste for 5 years, enter the analysis. There were the types of waste that make up the most important part of the total waste production by means of descriptive statistics. Thanks to this, they were identified as the most important (from the production point of view) plastic granules with an average of 755.05 t/month, glass with an average of 672.233 t/month and paper with the average of 645.25 t/month. The persistence of particular waste type generation was examined by the variation coefficient in order to reduce the risk of supply of these secondary raw materials in the downstream supply chain. Selected waste elements can be considered relatively stable with a variation coefficient in the range 2.4-4.1%; the least stable type is electronic dust with a coefficient of variation of up to almost 23%.

Research paper thumbnail of Investigation of Operating Parameters and Degradation of Photovoltaic Panels in a Photovoltaic Power Plant

Energies

Recently, the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells and the increase in the number of photovoltaic power... more Recently, the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells and the increase in the number of photovoltaic power plants has led to a detailed examination of their operating parameters. In this article, we discuss material and operating parameter influences on the performance and efficiency of photovoltaic panels in a photovoltaic power plant. The plant consisted of 3600 pieces of polycrystalline PV panels from Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) Solar (type REC 230AE) with a maximum power of 230 Wp. Parameter measurements were made three years after the power plant was started. The measured and computed data were statistically processed using multidimensional statistical methods where the relationships between input and output variables were examined, which was subsequently quantified by regression analysis. Using the ANOVA, the variability of the measured efficiency of the panels and the performance for individual years was examined. Efficiency has been found to increase significantly over the yea...

Research paper thumbnail of Risk Evaluation in Energetic Industry

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Customer Processes in a Mining Company

E3S Web of Conferences

The aim of the thesis was to analyze the customer processes in the company. With the help of PEST... more The aim of the thesis was to analyze the customer processes in the company. With the help of PEST analysis we found out in which external environment the given company operates. We then analyzed the sales activities of our customers. The main outcome of this work was the elaboration of a SWOT analysis, which showed us the strengths and weaknesses of the company and also the opportunities and threats that come from its external environment. The result of the analyzes was a proposal in the form of a review of its status and recommendations for its further development in the sector under review, which could be adapted to its changes.

Research paper thumbnail of Recycling of Communal Waste: Current State and Future Potential for Sustainable Development in the EU

Sustainability

The constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment. In this sense, waste ma... more The constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment. In this sense, waste management has obtained increasing attention from the view of a circular economy. The European Union deals with these mentioned aspects, trying maintain long-term competitiveness and to provide sustainable development in accordance with all related environmental aspects. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the production of communal waste in 36 EU countries. The main aim is to evaluate the success of countries’ efforts to decrease waste production and increase recycling rates. The methodology used for the evaluation included data collected from the publicly available database Eurostat, consequent analyses and evaluation in the statistical software JMP 13 through regression, distribution, and cluster analysis, and the interpretation of the results. The results of the cluster analysis showed that despite clear EU waste management legislation, EU member states have significantly different...

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Distance of the Seismic Waves’ Impact in Disintegration of Rock Blasting

Shock and Vibration

The presented paper deals with attenuation of seismic waves, which depends on the degree of disin... more The presented paper deals with attenuation of seismic waves, which depends on the degree of disintegration of the rock environment in which seismic waves are propagated due to the explosion of explosive charges during blasting operations. Measurements of the impact of seismic waves were conducted to determine the best possible way to absorb these waves. The aim of the article is to identify the existence of a critical distance and the determination of the critical point from which the propagation of the velocity is not dependent on the type of deposit and the environment in which the seismic wave propagates. Statistical methods were used for these findings. The result is the determination of the distance of 80 m in which the speed on the individual deposits varied. From this limit on, there was no significant difference in the speed of propagation on the individual deposits.

Research paper thumbnail of Economical analysis of photovoltaic power plants according installed performance

Research paper thumbnail of Increase the Effectively of the Heat Pumps Using the Cooling-System for Residential Area

Research paper thumbnail of Potential of dendromass in Slovak Republic and its actual exploitationin thermic economy

DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, SPARC Europe Award 2009 English. Des revues scientifiques... more DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, SPARC Europe Award 2009 English. Des revues scientifiques et universitaires en texte intégral validées, accessibles gratuitement, couvrant toutes les disciplines et de nombreuses langues. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Education as a Tool for Tourism Development

Research paper thumbnail of EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Research paper thumbnail of Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance

Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance According prognosis of fut... more Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assumed increasing of the electrical energy volume, produced from renewable energy sources from present 260 MW approximately to 2100 MW (Petrovič, 2008), that presents almost 800 % increasing! In Slovakia position of photovoltaic in this sector was due to the high investment cost and on the last place due to the low system efficiency. Only possible way for implementation of the photovoltaic to the energetic system of the state is 0donation. Slovakia will go this way also.

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of the Effective Material Use from the View of EU Environmental Policy Goals

Energies

Humanity is dependent on natural resources. Use and productivity of these resources plays an impo... more Humanity is dependent on natural resources. Use and productivity of these resources plays an important role in energy savings and circular economy. The goal of this contribution is to evaluate productivity of resources in the frame of EU countries. Single analysis deals with data from the publicly available portal database and collected data were processed in the statistical software JMP. The trend of development and analysis of variability and linear dependence helped to create cluster analysis and comparison of the EU countries. The results from the view of average value of the indicator registered the growth, and from the view of variability the statistically important differences were verified for EU member states. Some pairs of indicators recorded positive, while some pairs recorded negative linear dependence. Cluster analysis shows two groups of countries—the first one with positive results, having the lowest tax burden in the case of energy taxes and environment, and the seco...

Research paper thumbnail of Statistical Evaluation of Quantities Measured in the Detection of Soil Air Pollution of the Environmental Burden

Applied Sciences

The article highlights the investigation of the relationships between measured quantities during ... more The article highlights the investigation of the relationships between measured quantities during the atmospheric geochemical survey of contaminated soil and the environmental burden of the industrial establishment in eastern Slovakia. Statistical data processing was undertaken from the measured values of pollutants. The basic statistical characteristics of the monitored indicators were defined here. With the help of regressive and correlative analysis, dependency was confirmed between examined values, further expressed by a mathematical relationship. We analysed variability of the measured variables due to the influence of changed input quantities by the non-parametric Wilcox test. The statistical data processing helps us to identify the dependency between the measured values and improves valorization of the pollution of a given environmental burden. This was due to the handling of organic pollutants and the production of basic organic and inorganic chemicals stated for other indust...

Research paper thumbnail of Economical analysis of FV power plants according installed performance

According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assu... more According prognosis of future development of power capacities in Slovakia till 2030 there is assumed increasing of the electricalenergy volume, produced from renewable energy sources from present 260 MW approximately to 2100 MW (Petrovič, 2008), thatpresents almost 800 % increasing! In Slovakia position of photovoltaic in this sector was due to the high investment cost and on the lastplace due to the low system efficiency. Only possible way for implementation of the photovoltaic to the energetic system of the stateis 0donation. Slovakia will go this way also.

Research paper thumbnail of The Development of Selected Industrial Indicators in Slovakia in 2006-2016

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Municipal Waste Development and Management in Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia

Sustainability

In the European Union, basic strategy results from the need to provide intelligent, sustainable, ... more In the European Union, basic strategy results from the need to provide intelligent, sustainable, and inclusive growth, along with respect to social and economic impacts of waste treatment. The paper focuses on municipal waste and its separation. Generally, within global waste management initiatives, the main goal is to minimize the negative effects of waste on the environment, as well as to increase and optimize the sources’ efficiency in the waste economy. Research on municipal waste development and its separation was done in individual regions of Slovakia to find if socially weaker regions have worse waste treatment. The results were compared according to the waste development per inhabitant and per household, as well as through rate indexes, which are connected to relationships between waste, social, and economic indexes. The results confirmed research results from other countries that show that the volume of municipal waste is increasing due to increased living standards of inha...

Research paper thumbnail of A Novel Economical Method of Determining the Geometric Characteristic of the Metal Foam Based on Image Analysis

Energies

The presented paper deals with the metal foams, which have a wide application potential ranging f... more The presented paper deals with the metal foams, which have a wide application potential ranging from power engineering, through catalysts to impact energy absorbers. The main aim of the paper is to propose an economical non-destructive method of determining the basic characteristics and dimensions using affordable devices. The basic principle of the proposed method lies in the image capture of metal foam and their subsequent analysis in image analysis software. An important element of the work is a comparison of results obtained by the proposed method with results obtained by high-resolution X-ray microtomography. The proposed method was evaluated in terms of measurement uncertainty and propagation of error in overall results. The use of the method is limited to the metal foams, characterized by an ordered structure, which are produced mainly by the electrophoretic deposition process. Based on the descriptive statistical analysis of results, it is possible to state, that the propose...

Research paper thumbnail of Parameter Optimization Model Photovoltaic Battery System for Charging Electric Cars

Energies

Sales of electric cars and vehicles (EVs) have recently been showing a rapidly growing trend. In ... more Sales of electric cars and vehicles (EVs) have recently been showing a rapidly growing trend. In connection with rising electricity prices as well as social pressure on the environmental impacts of electromobility, there is also increasing interest of EV owners in the ecological source of electricity. The largest group of owners of EVs are residents of family houses, so, logically, they focus their attention on the possibility of using photovoltaic (PV) charging systems for EV charging. The design of the PV system for supporting EV charging is problematic due to several input parameters in the calculation of energy needs and due to the inconsistencies of electricity generation with normal electric vehicle (EV) charging time. While the PV system produces electricity during the day, family homeowners require charging EVs mainly at night. This requires batteries as part of a PV system. The optimal design of the PV of the battery system must take into account the real consumption of EV,...

Research paper thumbnail of Competences of municipalities in waste economy

Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah

Healthy living environment is basic factor of modern society, orientated to the sustainable devel... more Healthy living environment is basic factor of modern society, orientated to the sustainable development. Waste economy presents activity, orientated to the avoiding and limitation of waste rising and decreasing of their negative impacts to the living environment. Slovak Republic gives to the tasks of living environment intensive attention from the view of legislative and economic measurements. Every year financial means are invested to the protection of living environment and there is created database and system for monitoring of living environment situation. Contribution is orientated to the competence of municipalities in area of waste economy. The goal is to analyze volume of fees from communal waste that present part of tax incomes for municipalities and to show its development in relation to produced volume of waste. During elaboration of the contribution we resulted first of all from the content law of waste and local taxes and fee for communal waste. Results show presently in...

Research paper thumbnail of Big Data Analytics of a Waste Recycling Simulation Logistics System

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Our paper is focused on data evaluation about the full recycling of waste by special statistical ... more Our paper is focused on data evaluation about the full recycling of waste by special statistical software and by using the principles of logistics. The paper goes further than the paper entitled "Environmental assessment of waste recycling based on principles of logistics and computer simulation design," which outputs a number of data that need to be reviewed and evaluated separately. Data, representing 15 types of waste for 5 years, enter the analysis. There were the types of waste that make up the most important part of the total waste production by means of descriptive statistics. Thanks to this, they were identified as the most important (from the production point of view) plastic granules with an average of 755.05 t/month, glass with an average of 672.233 t/month and paper with the average of 645.25 t/month. The persistence of particular waste type generation was examined by the variation coefficient in order to reduce the risk of supply of these secondary raw materials in the downstream supply chain. Selected waste elements can be considered relatively stable with a variation coefficient in the range 2.4-4.1%; the least stable type is electronic dust with a coefficient of variation of up to almost 23%.

Research paper thumbnail of Investigation of Operating Parameters and Degradation of Photovoltaic Panels in a Photovoltaic Power Plant

Energies

Recently, the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells and the increase in the number of photovoltaic power... more Recently, the use of photovoltaic (PV) cells and the increase in the number of photovoltaic power plants has led to a detailed examination of their operating parameters. In this article, we discuss material and operating parameter influences on the performance and efficiency of photovoltaic panels in a photovoltaic power plant. The plant consisted of 3600 pieces of polycrystalline PV panels from Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) Solar (type REC 230AE) with a maximum power of 230 Wp. Parameter measurements were made three years after the power plant was started. The measured and computed data were statistically processed using multidimensional statistical methods where the relationships between input and output variables were examined, which was subsequently quantified by regression analysis. Using the ANOVA, the variability of the measured efficiency of the panels and the performance for individual years was examined. Efficiency has been found to increase significantly over the yea...

Research paper thumbnail of Risk Evaluation in Energetic Industry

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Customer Processes in a Mining Company

E3S Web of Conferences

The aim of the thesis was to analyze the customer processes in the company. With the help of PEST... more The aim of the thesis was to analyze the customer processes in the company. With the help of PEST analysis we found out in which external environment the given company operates. We then analyzed the sales activities of our customers. The main outcome of this work was the elaboration of a SWOT analysis, which showed us the strengths and weaknesses of the company and also the opportunities and threats that come from its external environment. The result of the analyzes was a proposal in the form of a review of its status and recommendations for its further development in the sector under review, which could be adapted to its changes.

Research paper thumbnail of Recycling of Communal Waste: Current State and Future Potential for Sustainable Development in the EU

Sustainability

The constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment. In this sense, waste ma... more The constant consumption of resources exerts pressure on the environment. In this sense, waste management has obtained increasing attention from the view of a circular economy. The European Union deals with these mentioned aspects, trying maintain long-term competitiveness and to provide sustainable development in accordance with all related environmental aspects. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the production of communal waste in 36 EU countries. The main aim is to evaluate the success of countries’ efforts to decrease waste production and increase recycling rates. The methodology used for the evaluation included data collected from the publicly available database Eurostat, consequent analyses and evaluation in the statistical software JMP 13 through regression, distribution, and cluster analysis, and the interpretation of the results. The results of the cluster analysis showed that despite clear EU waste management legislation, EU member states have significantly different...

Research paper thumbnail of Critical Distance of the Seismic Waves’ Impact in Disintegration of Rock Blasting

Shock and Vibration

The presented paper deals with attenuation of seismic waves, which depends on the degree of disin... more The presented paper deals with attenuation of seismic waves, which depends on the degree of disintegration of the rock environment in which seismic waves are propagated due to the explosion of explosive charges during blasting operations. Measurements of the impact of seismic waves were conducted to determine the best possible way to absorb these waves. The aim of the article is to identify the existence of a critical distance and the determination of the critical point from which the propagation of the velocity is not dependent on the type of deposit and the environment in which the seismic wave propagates. Statistical methods were used for these findings. The result is the determination of the distance of 80 m in which the speed on the individual deposits varied. From this limit on, there was no significant difference in the speed of propagation on the individual deposits.

Research paper thumbnail of Economical analysis of photovoltaic power plants according installed performance

Research paper thumbnail of Increase the Effectively of the Heat Pumps Using the Cooling-System for Residential Area

Research paper thumbnail of Potential of dendromass in Slovak Republic and its actual exploitationin thermic economy

DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, SPARC Europe Award 2009 English. Des revues scientifiques... more DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals, SPARC Europe Award 2009 English. Des revues scientifiques et universitaires en texte intégral validées, accessibles gratuitement, couvrant toutes les disciplines et de nombreuses langues. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Education as a Tool for Tourism Development

Research paper thumbnail of EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT