Volume 13
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Feasibility study of cement composites with para wood particle wastes: strength and durability
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential use of Para wood particle wastes and cement for producing the cement composite as a new environmental friendly construction material. Strength and durability of cement composites mixed with different mix proportions of Para wood particles...
3-D Oil spill modelling. Natural dispersion and the spreading of oil-water emulsions in the water column
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A 3-D hybrid turbulence model, simulating the transport and fate of oil spills in various waters, is used to evaluate the influence of natural dispersion on the spreading of water-in-oil emulsions formed in the water column. The model combines the Navier-Stokes equations for two-phase flows, the RNG...
A Critical Review of Natural Gas Flares-Induced Secondary Air Pollutants
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Application of material balance analysis (in one of our previous studies) to natural gas flare in the upstream petroleum operations confirmed the emission of primary air pollutants in form of CO, CO2, NO, and NO2 from “sweet” natural gas while “sour” gas emits SO2 in addition; incomplete combustion...
Analysis of tourism potential for Crete island, Greece
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To describe the tourism potential of an area, not only single meteorological parameters have to be taken into account, but also thermal sensation and people’s thermal comfort. The latter can be estimated by the use of human energy balance models and the derived thermal indices, which comprise all...
Watershed management with special emphasis on fresh water wetland: a case study of a flood plain wetland in west Bengal, India
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The last few decades we have witnessed an enormous rise in awareness of the importance of wetlands. Mathura beel1 has been assumed to take the attention in recent years because of its ecological significance in terms of flood control, water purification, aquatic productivity, and microclimatic...
Statistical predictors of hazardous medical waste generation rates in a 40-bed general hospital
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Objective of the work was to investigate correlations among hazardous medical waste generation rates and various hospital parameters in 2 departments and a clinic of a 40-bed Hellenic general hospital (Hospital of Ikaria). Medical waste was recorded at the bio-pathology lab, the pathology clinic and...
Dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) by nucleofile reactants at the presence of ionic liquids and under application of microwaves
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Laboratory-scale experiments were performed in order to examine the effect of microwave field on the effectiveness of KPEG method (nucleophilic substitution of the chlorine atoms in a molecule of PCBs by alkaline polyethylene glycol PEG) in the removal of PCBs from highly contaminated mineral oils...
An environmental health information system - assessment of the situation in Greece
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Presented are the results, with emphasis on the situation in Greece, of the ENHIS-2 project “Establishment of Environment and Health Information System Supporting Policy Making”. The information system is based on a set of Environmental Health Indicators developed and updated by the project...
Adsorption capacity of GAC pilot filter-adsorber and postfilter- adsorber for individual THMs from drinking water, Athens
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Trihalomethanes are a major class of chlorination by-products in drinking water. They are formed when chlorine reacts with bromide (Br-) and natural organic matter (NOM) in source waters. Toxicology studies have shown all THMs to be carcinogenic or to cause adverse reproductive or developmental...
Environmental sensitivity index mapping of Lagos shorelines
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Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) mapping of Atlas Cove, Lagos, Nigeria was carried out with the objective of producing an Environmental Analysis Index map of the shorelines. The study integrated methodologies developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Nigerian Oil...