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Volume 14

Global NEST Journal cover

Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X

Volume

Volume number
14
Publication year
2012

Emission estimates and air quality impacts from the use of alternative fuels by the Titan cement factory in Thessaloniki

by

Moussiopoulos N., Banias G., Douros J. , Michailidou A.V. and Tsegas G.

General

Cement production is an energy-intensive process. Utilisation of fossil fuels is common practice in the cement industry around the world. Alternative fuel substitution rates increase every year. More specifically, 18 % of the fuel used by the European cement industry in 2006 consists of alternative...

alternative fuels cement industry +3 more

Anaerobic treatment of sewage sludge and grease trap sludge in continuous co-digestion

by

Neczaj E., Bien J., Grosser A., Worwag G. and Kacprzak M.

General

In recent years many researchers show a high interest in co-digestion, simultaneous anaerobic decomposition of a homogenous mixture of at least two biodegradable waste. Anaerobic codigestion is reported to offer several benefits over digestion of separate materials, such as increased cost-efficiency...

co-digestion sewage sludge +2 more

Estimating flood inundation and the consequent economic losses in the Koiliaris river basin in Crete, Greece

by

Vozinaki A.-E.K., Kourgialas N.N. and Karatzas G.P.

General

Local communities may experience flood events with devastating damages and economic losses. This work presents the application of an integrated method for flood loss estimation at the watershed level. The one-dimensional hydraulic model MIKE 11 was used to simulate the physical process of a flood...

Flood loss estimation flood inundation +1 more