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Issue 4

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Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X

Volume

Issue number
4
Publication month
November

Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

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Dimitrios Komilis et al. View all

Solid Waste Management

In this work, we performed a detailed full cost accounting for 7 types of existing and planned municipal solid waste management facilities (sanitary landfills, anaerobic digestion, biodrying, incineration, aerobic mechanical and biological, material recovery and waste transfer stations) in Greece...

depreciation full cost accounting +3 more

Processes affecting recent and future evolution of the Xylokastro beach zone (Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

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Serafim Poulos et al. View all

General

The aim of the present study is to investigate the morphodynamic regime of the coastal area of Xylokastro (north coast of Peloponnese), in order to identify and evaluate the processes controlling its formation and evolution. Within this concept, a number of factors have been considered and evaluated...

wave regime coastline changes +2 more

Causes and remedies for filamentous foaming in activated sludge treatment plant

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Krishna Khairnar et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

This paper reviews the problem of foaming associated with the activated sludge process and its control using various physical, chemical and biological methods. Activated sludge process is widely used for treatment of every type of wastewater like industrial, domestic and municipal wastewater. This...

Filamentous Bulking Selectors +3 more

Risk assessment of oil spill accidents

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Christodoulou George et al. View all

Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis

The objective of this study is to present an integrated stochastic approach for quantifying the risk of oil spill in marine waters and adjacent coasts. This was achieved via the effective cooperation between the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Bogazici University (BU) within...

Oil slick sea accidents +4 more

Integrated management of karstic waters – A case study of the Zlatibor mountain massif, Serbia

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Vranjes A. et al. View all

Water Resources Management

The Zlatibor mountain massif has significantly changed for the past 20 years due to the development of tourism, which has resulted in an increase in water consumption and environmental threats. This area abounds in considerable surface and groundwater resources, which are not utilised adequately...

Integrated water management karst +2 more

Environmental impact assessment of a METRO infrastructure facility construction by modelling water and soil pollution

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MARIA P. PAPADOPOULOU et al. View all

Environmental Management and Policies

The construction of large infrastructure projects such as highways, railroads, landfills, airports, harbours offers great social-economic opportunities for the development of a region; it is also mainly responsible for the deterioration of natural environment in the greater areas where these...

Environmental impact assessment soil and subsurface water map pollution +4 more

Using a market-type allocation system to confront water scarcity: an inter-district approach in Greece

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Dionysis Latinopoulos et al. View all

Water Resources Management

This study examines the implication of a market-based system to allocate water regionally in one of the most intensively irrigated areas of Greece. The proposed approach combines elements from administrative allocation and tradable water rights in order to assess several water supply scenarios under...

regional water allocation collective decision making +3 more

Adsorption kinetics of Direct Black 38 on nitrogen-doped TiO2

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Guilherme Luiz Dotto et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

In this work, three samples of nitrogen-doped TiO 2 prepared at different calcination temperatures (400, 450 and 500 °C) were applied for the adsorption of Direct Black 38. Kinetic studies about the adsorption of Direct Black 38 on nitrogen-doped TiO 2 were performed under different initial dye...

adsorption capacity colored effluents +2 more

Effect of soil scarification on natural regeneration of mature scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands in Greece

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Grigoriadis Nikolaos et al. View all

Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management

The natural regeneration of Scots pine stands at the Sarakatsana location in the Pieria Mountains improved considerably after the removal of the dense ground vegetation followed mechanical soil scarification. The experimental design consisted of replications on scarified and non-scarified soil. The...

Regeneration Silviculture +3 more

Preliminary study of the effect of using biosorbents on the pollution of the treated water

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Hossam Altaher et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Several adsorbents have been tried out by researchers to remove different pollutants from wastewater. However, the adverse effect of these biosorbents on the treated water and the possibility of leaching new pollutants to the treated water have not been investigated. A batch technique was employed...

Adsorption Date Stones +5 more

Prediction of adsorption efficiency for the removal malachite green and acid blue 161 dyes by marble sludge dust using ANN

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semra çoruh et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

In the present study, batch adsorption studies were performed for the removal of malachite green and acid blue 161 dyes from aqueous solutions by varying parameters such as contact time, waste marble dust amount, initial dye concentration and temperature. The equilibrium adsorption data were...

Marble sludge dust Adsorption +3 more

Electrochemical desalination of nacl solutions by electrosorption on nano-porous carbon aerogel electrodes

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K. Dermentzis et al. View all

General

The objective of this study is to elucidate the efficiency of electrosorption on desalination of aqueous NaClsolution using nano-structured carbon aerogel electrodes. The experiments were performed in an electrosorption cell consisting of a pair of carbon aerogel sheets separated by a 0.5cm spacer...

Electrochemical desalination electrosorption - electrodesorption +1 more

Sensitivity analysis of Penman evaporation method

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Nikos Mamassis et al. View all

Hydrology and water resources

In this paper the influence of key meteorological variables in Penman evaporation method was explored. Monthly data over a 16-years period (1993-2008)were used from Thissio-Athens meteorological station. The climatic parameters of surface air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and sunshine...

Evaporation Penman method +2 more

Electric vehicles and traffic related pollution reduction: a simulation model for Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Yorgos N. Photis et al. View all

Air Quality

This paper analyzes the potential contribution of electric vehicles in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction over the next decade following a simulation procedure. Emissions were assessed through a stepwise methodological approach at the transportation link level in the Hamilton Census...

Electric mobility electric vehicles +4 more

Bayesian model of urban water safety management

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BARBARA TCHÓRZEWSKA-CIEŚLAK, cbarbara@prz.edu.pl et al. View all

Water Resources Management

Water supply system is a critical infrastructure. Main task of urban water system is to provide consumers with drinking water in adequate quantity, at the required quality and pressure corresponding to current standards. For the purposes of this paper, operational reliability of the water supply...

water supply systems risk analysis +1 more

Removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol by simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation (SAB) using low cost adsorbents

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ULLHYAN A. et al. View all

Pollution Control Technology

This study was aimed to investigate the use of Mustard stalk as a cheap, eco-friendly adsorbent with support matrix for the immobilization of microbial cell and for subsequent removal of 2,4-dichlrophenol(2,4-DCP) from waste water. A comparative batch study between adsorption as well as simultaneous...

2 4-dichlorophenol +5 more

Removal of Mn(II) and Fe(II) by Aspergillus Sp. TU-GM14 immobilized on Detarium Microcarpum matrix

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Omeike, Sunday O. et al. View all

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Removal of Fe(II) and Mn(II) ions from aqueous solution by fungal biosorbent Aspergillus sp. TU-GM14immobilized on Detarium microcarpum matrix was investigated in this study. Effects of biosorption parameters pH, biosorbent concentration, bead size and equilibrium time on Fe(II) and Mn(II) ions...

Biosorption II +7 more