Publication detail

HISTORICKÁ PERSPEKTIVA NEDOVOLENÝCH, OPUŠTĚNÝCH A OPOUŠTĚNÝCH ENERGETICKÝCH SYSTÉMŮ

VANÝSEK, P. NOVÁK, V.

Original Title

HISTORICKÁ PERSPEKTIVA NEDOVOLENÝCH, OPUŠTĚNÝCH A OPOUŠTĚNÝCH ENERGETICKÝCH SYSTÉMŮ

English Title

Historical perspective of forbiden, abandoned and being abandoned energetic systems.

Type

conference paper

Language

Czech

Original Abstract

The steady advances of academic discoveries and technical inventions lead to a steady progress in simplifying human chores, improving the lot of many and opening new opportunities. Sometimes, however, these advances may have unintended or unrecognized negative consequences as well. This article is focusing on two technologies, both related to applications in energy, which were based on two metal elements, mercury and lead. As the poisonous nature and its impact on environment became more and more apparent, the use of these metals in many technological processes was pushed into background or oblivion. The purpose of this perspective is to give an overview of some obsolete applications of these metals with the goal to highlight ingenuity of prior generation of engineers and scientists.

English abstract

The steady advances of academic discoveries and technical inventions lead to a steady progress in simplifying human chores, improving the lot of many and opening new opportunities. Sometimes, however, these advances may have unintended or unrecognized negative consequences as well. This article is focusing on two technologies, both related to applications in energy, which were based on two metal elements, mercury and lead. As the poisonous nature and its impact on environment became more and more apparent, the use of these metals in many technological processes was pushed into background or oblivion. The purpose of this perspective is to give an overview of some obsolete applications of these metals with the goal to highlight ingenuity of prior generation of engineers and scientists.

Keywords

lead metal

Key words in English

lead metal

Authors

VANÝSEK, P.; NOVÁK, V.

Released

15. 5. 2019

Publisher

ČESKÁ ELEKTROTECHNICKÁ SPOLEČNOST

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-02-02858-1

Book

40. nekonvenční zdroje elektrické energie

Edition

1

Edition number

1

Pages from

109

Pages to

112

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT157453,
  author="Petr {Vanýsek} and Vítězslav {Novák}",
  title="HISTORICKÁ PERSPEKTIVA NEDOVOLENÝCH, OPUŠTĚNÝCH A OPOUŠTĚNÝCH ENERGETICKÝCH SYSTÉMŮ",
  booktitle="40. nekonvenční zdroje elektrické energie",
  year="2019",
  series="1",
  number="1",
  pages="109--112",
  publisher="ČESKÁ ELEKTROTECHNICKÁ SPOLEČNOST",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-02-02858-1"
}