Completed Projects: Success Stories

ISTC project 2992, Accidents on Industrial Sites with Dangerous Gases, was successfully completed on 16 March 2009. Through this project, a team of scientists developed new mathematical models and codes for the simulation of emergency situations resulting from industrial accidents and terrorist attacks involving liquefied fuel and toxic gases. The project is unique as it provides theoretical modeling for all the stages of an emergency situation.

Thanks to the results obtained, it will now be easier to forecast the progress of emergency situations with a higher degree of certainty, to evaluate direct damage that may be caused by an industrial accident or a terrorist attack on facilities or equipment used to store or transport liquefied gases, and to enhance safety and reduce the risk of industrial accidents and terrorist attacks on such sites.

Development of Mathematical Models and Codes for Numerical Simulation of Emergency Situations Evolution and Consequences of Industrial Accidents and Terrorist Attacks on Industrial Sites with Liquefied Explosive and Toxic Gases

The research was done together with Moscow State University / Department of Mechanics and Mathematics. Joint researches of scientific group of Institute-participant Mech-Math MSU and collaborators Prof. J.C. Legros (Universitй Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium) and Dr. Makhviladze G M (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK) and their scientific groups concerned to description of turbulent motion of polydispersed mixture of gas with liquid droplets accounting for droplets non-equilibrium breakup and evaporation were performed.

There have been 12 papers published in scientific journals or Conference proceedings and 8 presentations were made at 8 international conferences or workshops during the course of the project.

The project lasts for 39 months and the total budget was 214,286 €.

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Since 1995, Kyrgyz Republic carried out 71 science projects with ISTC in varied areas of science from infectious diseases, to toxic wastes processing and seismic analyses. Although the science level is good in this Central Asian Republic, communication infrastructures are often lacking therefore slowing down the exchange of information needed to carry out research. Through project CSP-043, Expansion of KRSU-ISTC Network, a broadband wireless network covering Bishkek region was created. So far, 11 institutes are connected to the network which provides intranet and internet.

The project solved the problem of the "last mile", which is the final leg of delivering connectivity from a communications provider to a customer. It is typically seen as an expensive challenge because "fanning out" wires and cables is a considerable physical undertaking. The WiMAX technology used in the project was developed to solve this specific problem.

The project duration was for 8 months and the total budget was 77,620 US dollars.

Project implementation allowed 11 institutions to become connected to the ISTC network:

1. Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University (remote facility)

2. State Sanitary Epidemiological Supervision Department

3. Institute of Cardiology and Therapy

4. Kyrgyz Scientific and Research Institute of Tuberculosis

5. Research Institute of Livestock, Veterinary and Pasture

6. Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology

7. Institute of Antiseismic Construction

8. Kyrgyz State National University / Institute of Fundamental Sciences

9. Institute of Biology and Pedology

10. Kyrgyz Agrarian University

11. Republican Center of Quarantine and Especially Dangerous Infections

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Project CSP-046 built a new quality broadband internet data transfer channel for 8 leading institutes in the Kyrgyz Republic. Over 200 scientists now have access to this network enabling them to exchange information among themselves and with their peers in foreign countries. Along with the network, a set of modern computer equipment (computers, printers, scanners and IP telephones) was provided. The addition of such equipment will enhance the quality of research carried out in the Central Asian republic.

The project results are:

- Creation of modern communication system for the ISTC beneficiary Institutions in Osh.

- Integration of WMD specialists in the world scientific community via modern communication means

E-mail, Internet, and access to the international collaborators and databases.

- Most effective use of the existing communication infrastructure of Kyrgyz Republic.

Institutes that benefited from the program:

- Osh State University

- Osh Technological University

- Southern Branch of the Institute of Medical Problems

- Osh Regional Veterinary Laboratory

- Antiplague Department of the Republican Center for Quarantine and Especially Dangerous Infections

- Altenergo Laboratory at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek University

- South Krygyz Geological Expedition

- Social Foundation "Agrotechnologiya"

The project duration was for 8 months and the total budget was 275,795.00 US dollars.

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The Kyrgyz Republic is a mountainous country and various natural resources can be extracted from such a geological environment. The area has practically unlimited resources of raw materials to produce fibers from rocks: basalt, diabase, porphyrite and amphibolite.

The aim of the project KR-548 was to work out modern production technologies of basalt based staple and continuous fibers, to create methods and means for obtaining fabrics, fibrous materials, composites and other materials from rocks to satisfy internal and external needs in first-class construction, insulation and other materials.

Nowadays, some known technologies can be found for the production of fibers out of fused basalt raw materials. However, today such production entails high power consumption, low quality of the product caused by insufficient research of new technological processes, inadmissible ecological consequences and hard labour conditions.

Through project KR-548, new design of nonstandard electric arc furnace for basalt glass melting has been developed. The electric arc furnace developed is smaller, the heat loss to the is low, it reaches heat coefficient of efficiency of up to 60-70 %, it allows cut in prime cost of manufactured material and it’s ecologically clean.

As a result of the project, a pilot batch of basalt fibers and products has manufactured. It is expected that the research carried out can be applied for large number of commercial and technical applications.

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Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). As a result of the project performance, some genes were identified that are potential markers of cervical tumors. Studying the interactions between DNA and the replication of complex proteins has shed a light on the connection between replication and methylation of DNA. This new knowledge can lead to the creation of new preparations and treatments for cancerous tumors.

The project lasted for 30 months and the total budget was 400,000 US dollars.

Four papers were submitted for publication in scientific journals and 5 presentations were made at international conferences or workshops during the course of the project.

The research project was carried out at Federal State Research Institution State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” together with Institute of Carcinogenesis, Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The project was funded by the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) in Moscow.

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Different studies show that a large number of culturable microorganisms are found in the atmosphere at the altitudes starting from the ground surface to several kilometers. Numerical estimates show that microorganisms forming part of aerosol particles may be in the atmosphere for a long time (about a month). In the process of wandering, these microorganisms are subjected to the effect of different unfavorable factors, which may either cause their loss or change their characteristics. Long-term being in atmospheric aerosol can be one of the reasons of variability of microorganisms and the emergence of new strains including ones that are pathogenic for man.

Carrying out profound two-year-long monitoring of the microbiological composition of the atmosphere allowed the creation of a bank of microorganisms. The addition and more detailed characterization of new microorganisms enabled us to reveal the relationship between the variety of culturable microorganisms and the altitude of sampling, the season and meteorological characteristics. The study of the obtained collection of “atypical” microorganisms, helped to extend our knowledge of the taxomonic composition of atmospheric microflora, to evaluate the variability of microorganisms under the influence of environmental factors and, and to trace the emergence of new strains.

Main result of the project: the analysisof microorganism samples collected from atmospheric air of Southwestern Siberia at different altitudes in different seasons.

The project lasts for 24 months and the total budget was 212.174 US dollars.

The project carried out at the Federal State Research Institution State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology “Vector”, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk region, was completed in the 1st quarter of 2009.

The research was done together with the Institute of Atmospheric Optics, SB RAS, Tomsk. Collaboration was established with the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at Guttenberg University, Mainz, Germany.

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