CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Investigating the water, energy, marine land use, food, climate interlinkages in marine environment
(Corresponding) Papadopoulou M., Vlachou A.
Topic:
Spatial environmental planning
The conflicts observed in the marine environment between the installation of renewable energy production, aquaculture activities and tourism, highlight the need for a more coherent management. To this end, maritime spatial planning is being developed at the cross-sectoral level, so that human...Read more
The green strategies together with decisions create a business ecosystem in the Environmental Goods and Services Sector (EGSS). Such an ecosystem is a result of both technological development and strategy evolution. This paper aims to present and discuss the outcomes (as relations) of this sector...Read more
Keywords:
Green Management, Green Decisions, Environmental Goods and Services Sector, Circular Economy.
Transferring the Carbonation of Biomass Bottom Ash from Batch to Continuous Operation
(Corresponding) Schnabel K., Brück F., Pohl S., Weigand H.
Topic:
Mineral carbonation of alkaline waste materials
Biomass incineration residues may be used for CO2 capture and storage by carbonation of waste-borne metal hydroxides. Moist carbonation of these ashes can be performed under mild conditions (ambient pressure and temperature) and accelerated by using a CO2-rich gas. The process requires the wetting...Read more
Keywords:
mineral carbonation, alkaline waste, carbon capture and storage, rotating drum
Degradation of textile dyes in water by gas-liquid NSP-DBD plasma
MEROPOULIS S., (Corresponding) AGGELOPOULOS C.
Topic:
Advanced oxidation processes
Textile dyes represent some of the most complicated environmental pollutants due to their variety and complex structure. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is regarded as a highly competitive advanced oxidation process towards the removal of organic pollutants from wastewater. In this study, a gas-...Read more
Silver decorated TiO2/g-C3N4 nanocomposites for photocatalytic elimination of water pollutants under UV and artificial solar light
Ibrahim I., Belessiotis G., Kaltzoglou A., Katsaros F., Salama T., (Corresponding) Falaras P.
Topic:
Water treatment
TiO2/g-C3N4/Ag nanocomposites were prepared and used as highly efficient photocatalysts. TiO2 nanoparticles were first prepared using a sol-gel process, and titania herostructures with varying amounts of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) were created using a hydrothermal technique. Following...Read more
Keywords:
TiO2/g-C3N4/Ag nanocomposites; UV and artificial solar light; Organic-inorganic pollutants degradation.
An innovative and eco-friendly approach to recover gold (and copper) from gold fingers of waste printed circuit boards
Sousa P., Martelo L., Bastos M., Marques A., (Corresponding) Soares H.
Topic:
Sustainable supply of raw materials
Recycling waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) is a complex problem worldwide and sustainable technologies are required. So, this work aims to offer an innovative (an European patent was submitted, EP 20216239.2 1) and more sustainable solution to recover high-value materials (gold and copper) from...Read more
Keywords:
E-waste, Printed circuit board recycling, Physical and chemical processes; Gold and copper recovery.
Preliminary hydro-geochemistry characterization of the complex geological framework of the Coreca area (Calabria, South Italy).
(Corresponding) Vespasiano G., Apollaro C.
Topic:
Hydrology and water resources
Hydrogeochemical characterization combined with statistical methods has been used to investigate groundwater quality and related geochemical processes in the complex geological framework of Coreca (Calabria, South Italy). Coreca is characterized by a peculiar geological setting that affects the...Read more
Keywords:
Hydrogeochemistry; statistical analysis; Coreca; drinking and irrigation use; statistical elaboration.
Particulate Matter impacts on public health in a Mediterranean coastal city, Patras, Greece
(Corresponding) Nastos P., Moustris K., Kosmopoulos G., Salamalikis V., Kazantzidis A.
Topic:
Urban environment and health
It is of great consensus among the scientific community that particulate matter (less than 10 μm or 2.5 μm in diameter, hereafter PM10 and PM2.5, respectively) has become a significant threat for human health in modern urban agglomerations. Taking into consideration the intensification of...Read more
Keywords:
Particulate Matter (PM10, PM2.5), Cardiovascular and Respiratory Mortality, Patras, Greece
Chromium VI bioremediation from Tannery Effluent and contaminated soil using Tamarindus indica leaves extract-immobilized nanoparticles
(Corresponding) Babangida S., Aliyu M., Abdullahi S.
Topic:
Heavy metals in the environment
The potential for application of bioreduction of Cr(VI) as an alternative to chemical remediation strategy has been highlighted in several works of literature. The objective of the study was to determine Cr(VI) reduction capacity of nanoparticles-encapsulated Tamarindus indica methanolic leaves...Read more
Keywords:
Tamarind extract, Hexavalent chromium, Tannery effluent, Contaminated soil, and Nanoparticles.
Evaluation of Pressure-Driven Membrane Processes for Nutrients Recovery from Dilute Effluents
Tsaridou C., Karanasiou A., (Corresponding) Plakas K., Karabelas A.
Topic:
Circular economy and industrial symbiosis
Results are presented from an ongoing R&D project, aiming at full utilization of dairy-industry effluents. Development of a membrane-based method is pursued, for treatment of digestate (after fermentation yielding bio-gas) to recover nutrients (N-NH4, P-PO4) and water for reuse/recycling or...Read more
Keywords:
nanofiltration, ultra-low-pressure reverse osmosis, dairy industry effluents, anaerobic digestate, ammonium and phosphorous recovery
