Renewable Energy Sources Application for Forest Soils Safety

Renewable Energy Sources Application for Forest Soils Safety

  • Author Ulviyya Mammadova
  • ISBN: 978-0-9838996-4-8

Ulviyya Mammadova had bachelor degree in 2001 and master degree in 2007 at Azerbaijan Language University. Then within 2010-2012 she had the second higher education at Azerbaijan State Agrarian University as agro-engineer on land projecting and city/land cadastre. Since 2004 year she has been doing researches on ecological, technical and economical estimation of solar, wind and biomass energy potentials. Total amount of her publications is about 60 in the International Journals including 3 certifications of authorship and a book - “Solar Power Engineering Terms in Azerbaijan, Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian in seven languages”, also some energy and ecological maps. Her research interest is technical, ecological and economical estimation of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and other renewables’ application for to protect forest wood being used to supply energy demand of the local population living around the forest strips. Since 2008 she’s included into the editorial team in the International Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management. She has fulfilled her PhD dissertation at the Institute of Soilscience and Agrochemistry of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and is working as a senior engineer at SLCC of Azerbaijan Republic.

Description

The monograph was published due to the State Programs on «Reforestation and Forest Extention» signed on 2003, February 18 and «Application of Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources in Azerbaijan Republic» signed on 2004, October 21. In this book the main purpose is the ecological estimation of the solar and wind energy potentials of Pirgulu State Nature Preserve and the surrounding area where settlements located. Because of forest wood safety, only the alternative energy sources can be applied in the region instead of the fire-wood from the forests. At the same time preserve territory was extended 4 times more than ever that's why the soil investigation and ecological soil evaluation, especially bonitation was carried out here. Finally it was proved that the local solar and wind energy potentials can give opportunity to protect the woodland within the preserve borders. In order to save soil cover under the forest lines is possible if these renewable energy sources are utilized at the settlements surrounding Pirgulu. I should notice that this kind of research has been firstly realized in our Republic. That's pilot investigation and projecting of renewable (solar and wind energy sources) energy application for woodland protection and soil safety under the forests. Investigation area is the territory of Pirgulu State Natural Preserve in Azerbaijan which is located on the middle and high mountainous belts. Here the forest wood hewing process is realized by the local population living surrounding villages and settlements. At the result of hewing the square of the forests was reduced and the process goes on. Forests' cutting is carried out because of the energy demand provision of the population. Finally forests' destruction and woodless soils' degradation are happing in the preserve territory. The Preserve was established to save the biodiversity of the area, cleanness of atmosphere for supplying the working regime in the Astrophysical Observatory located within the borders of the preserve. In order to provide the responsibilities put forward in the preserve regulation, certainly the alternative of the fire-wood from the forests has to be determined, measured, calculated and mapped in advance. Vice versa forest synfolium will face very serious hazardous damages at least. That's why the local solar and wind energy potentials can assist to solve the chain ecological problems happening in the territory. At the same time ecological estimation of renewable energy sources and the current state of the forest and woodless soils should be suitable to confirm the necessity of the research realized in the region. The book is dedicated to the first well-known Azerbaijanian soil scientist Hasanbey Zardabi’s honoured memory.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I Chapter. Overview and Analytical Approach to Solar and Wind Energy Application for Forest Soils Protection

1.1 Problem Investigation Rate

1.2 Ecological damages of mass forest hewing

1.3 Validation of research direction

1.4 Investigation methodology

II Chapter. Ecological Estimation of Woodlands in Pirgulu

I Chapter. Overview and Analytical Approach to Solar and Wind Energy Application for Forest Soils Protection

2.1 Geographical location

2.2 Geological structure and relief

2.3 Climate

2.4 Hydrological structure

2.5 Flora and fauna

III Chapter. Character and Bonitation of Forest Soils in Pirgulu Region

3.1 Soil cover content in woodlands

3.2 Forest-soil investigation results

3.3 Bonitation and main bonitation scale of woodland and woodless soils

3.4 Final bonitation scale of woodland and woodless soils

3.5 Agro-production grouping of woodland and woodless soils

IV Chapter. Ecological Monitoring and Study of Natural Resources in Pirgulu

4.1 Determination of solar energy potential and its influence on the natural condition

4.2 Determination of wind energy potential and its influence on the natural condition

4.3 Study of anthropogenic influence on the woodlands

4.4 Effective protection ways of the woodlands

4.5 Forest biogeocenosis rehabilitation and forest soils protection ways

V Chapter. Ecological and Economical Background of Forest, Solar, Wind Resources in Pirgulu

IV Chapter. Ecological Monitoring and Study of Natural Resources in Pirgulu

5.1 Ecological and economical investigation of forest biogeocenosis state

5.2 Ecological and economical estimation of the fire-woods from forests

5.3 Ecological and economical validation of solar-wind energy resources application in the regions around woodland

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