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Volume number
10
Publication year
2008

Current status of the metal pollution of the environment of Greece - a review

by

Farmaki E.G. and Thomaidis N.S.

General

ABSTRACT Pollution from metals and metalloids of the environment of Greece seemed to attract many researchers and elemental pollutants in air, soil and water have been determined and studied systematically during the last decade. The most recent of these studies, concerning the last five years (2003...

Metals Metalloids +5 more

Flux enhancement by air dispersion in cross-flow microfiltration of a colloidal system through spiral wound module

by

Qaisrani T.M. and Samhaber W.M.

General

Enhancement of the permeate flux due to reduction of cake layer resistance by air-liquid twophase flow in a cross flow spiral wound microfiltration membrane has been investigated. Experiments were carried out with two different suspension systems, namely baker’s yeast suspension with a dry mass...

Flux enhancement Air dispersion +4 more

Ultrafine particles (UFP) and health effects. Dangerous. Like no other PM? Review and analysis

by

Politis M., Pilinis C. and Lekkas T.D.

General

The goal of the current review is to present and analyze the known information proposed and discussed the last few years about UFP and their possible health effects. It includes references from 1992 to 2008. It also includes references from some fundamental studies in the 1970's and 1980's. The...

air pollution Ultrafine particles +5 more

Integrated urban water modelling using Aquacycle model

by

Lekkas D.F., Manoli E. and Assimacopoulos D.

General

The traditional approach to urban water management is primarily based on a supply-oriented approach, where water follows a one-way path from supply to a single use, treatment and then discharged to the environment. The wide acknowledgement of the need to shift towards more sustainable practices has...

Urban water management integrated modelling +2 more

Do the maxima of air pollutants coincide with the incedence of childhood asthma in Athens, Greece?

by

Nastos P.T., Paliatsos A.G. and Priftis K.N.

General

In the present study an assessment of the influence of the ambient air pollution on the incidence of the Childhood Asthma Admissions (CAA) is attempted by using cross spectrum analysis. The medical data concern the hospital registries of the three main Children’s Hospitals of Athens for the 14-year...

Childhood asthma admissions Ambient air pollution +2 more

Enhancement of photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanoparticles by silver doping: photodeposition versus liquid impregnation methods

by

Behnajady M.A., N. Modirshahla, M. Shokri and B. Rad

General

Silver doped TiO2 nanoparticles have been prepared by liquid impregnation (LI) and photodeposition (PD) methods and characterized by surface analytical methods such as scanning electron micrographs (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The photocatalytic activity of silver doped TiO2 was tested by...

Heterogeneous photocatalysis TiO2 nanoparticles +4 more

Influence of nitrogen dioxide and acetylene on marbles, ceramics and pigment

by

Roubani-Kalantzopoulou F., Agelakopoulou T., Bassiotis I., Margariti S., Siokos V. and Metaxa E.

General

The air pollution has a great impact on the social and economic aspects all over the world. Thus, the interaction of materials with the atmosphere has received increased attention nowadays. In order to estimate the impacts of air pollution on the solid surfaces a suitable scientific basis is...

RF-IGC TiO2 +6 more

Treatment of the effluent from a kraft bleach plant with white rot fungi Pleurotus sajor caju and pleurotus ostreatus

by

Belem A., Panteleitchouk A.V., Duarte A.C., Rocha-Santos T.A.P. and Freitas A.C.

General

The final effluents from pulp and paper industry, even after biological treatment, often contain a plethora of unwanted by-products, which confer them colour and toxic characteristics. The aim of this work was to promote degradation of organic matter and remove colour by contacting fungi Pleurotus...

Kraft effluent biological treatment +2 more

Simple estimation of granule size distribution and sludge bed porosity in a UASB reactor

by

Vlyssides A.G., Barampouti E.M.P. and Mai S.T.

General

Granular sludge is the key factor for an efficient operation of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. In order to monitor the granularity of anaerobic sludge, the determination of the granule size distribution is of vital importance. Another critical parameter for the UASB reactor...

UASB granule size distribution +4 more