Energiia: ekonomika, tekhnika, ekologiia

The material presented in the article is devoted to important events in the history of the Russian Engineering School (Bauman Moscow State Technical University): the 125th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Vasilyevich Uvarov, the first gas turbine engineer of the USSR, and the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Department of Turbine Engineering at the Faculty of Thermal and Hydraulic Machines. The expansion of the scope of application of gas turbines is shown, in particular, as part of a key (turbopump) unit of powerful liquid rocket engines with a thrust of more than 100 tons. It tells about the peculiarities of the interaction of teachers of the department with graduates for many years after they received their diploma. The process of formation of a researcher of the highest category - graduates of the department - after his distribution to the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering named after P.I. Baranov is traced.

The ideology of ESG arose in accordance with the humanitarian and technological vector of social development, the emphasis on the environment, the economy for humans, the expectations of investors and the demands of society for business to be socially responsible, and for the economy to be technologically clean, resource-saving, safe for the environment. ESG approaches were identified for the first time in 2005 as investment decision factors that are important for all market participants, contributing to economic stability and market predictability. (Ending in the next issue)

Rooftop solar power plants are a technology that has proven itself positively in various countries of the world. In Russia, this area of solar energy development has not yet revealed its potential, but it is extremely promising for achieving the goals of the low-carbon strategy of the Russian Federation and the development of renewable energy sources (RES). To assess the potential of rooftop photovoltaics in 2023, the Earth Concerns Everyone project, in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Center, published an overview of the possibilities of this technology for adapting energy systems to heat waves. The presented review may become one of the starting points for a discussion about new technological niches for renewable energy in the country's energy system.

The paper presents data on plasma technology for processing production and consumption waste into energy (electric, thermal, hydrogen, biofuels) - the WtE concept. Calculations of the Complex of a high-temperature plasma converter (VTPC) and its modifications: VTPC + H2 and VTPC + BAT are presented. The prospects of using the VTPK + BAT Complex, which provides a degree of internal CO2 utilization of up to 88%, and an almost complete replacement of natural gas with biodiesel and combustible components of pyrogas, are noted. The VTPK + BAT complex guarantees the recycling of waste and the sale of all manufactured products: electricity, thermal energy, basalt-like slag, carbon dioxide (for growing microalgae), alga biomass (feed in animal husbandry), biodiesel. To implement the WtC concept, it is proposed to process glycerin and hydrogen obtained in the VTPK + BAT Complex into a wide range of chemical products. Based on the VTPK + BAT Complex, the structure of a regional agro-industrial and communal cluster is proposed. From the standpoint of the WtE and WtC concepts, the effectiveness of various modifications of the VTPC Complex is compared.