CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Arsenic Removal Using Electrocoagulation Process
Vaiyakone P., (Corresponding) Soriano R., Morales-Corpuz V., (Corresponding) De Sales-Papa L., Ballesteros F.
Topic:
Water treatment
Contamination of water resources with Arsenic poses serious health concerns because of its toxic and carcinogenic nature. Detection of Arsenic at concentrations higher than 10 parts per billion (ppb) in some Philippine water resources confirmed the need for further studies on the contamination and...Read more
Keywords:
Arsenic Removal, Water Contamination, Electrocoagulation
Anaerobic digestion of long-chain fatty acids (oleic, palmitic, stearic) with whey protein as the emulsifier
(Corresponding) Eftaxias A., Michailidis C., Diamantis V., Aivasidis A.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Long chain fatty acids are suitable for biogas production, however, they are often responsible for process inhibition, due to their high toxicity even at low concentrations. In this study, anaerobic co-digestion of whey protein emulsified with oleic, palmitic or stearic acid were examined in...Read more
Keywords:
anaerobic digestion, biogas, emulsification, fat oil and grease, LCFA
High-rate anaerobic co-digestion of agro-industrial wastes combined with ammonia recovery and biogas purification
Eftaxias A., Georgiou D., (Corresponding) Diamantis V., Koumara A., Koskinari M., Aivasidis A.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Screened dairy manure, pressure-sterilized animal by-products, and cheese whey were co-digested in a Plug Flow Reactor (PFR) over a period of 150 days. The mixture was characterized by TCOD = 70±8 g/L, SCOD = 26±6 g/L, NH4-N = 1.5±0.3 g/L, TSS = 20±5 g/L, VSS = 18±6 g/L, TS = 33±5 g/L, VS = 26±2 g/...Read more
Anaerobic co-digestion of poultry manure and used cooking oil for enhanced biogas production
(Corresponding) Eftaxias A., Gkalimanis P., Koskinari M., Koumara A., Diamantis V., (Corresponding) Aivasidis A.
Topic:
Biowaste
Aim of this study was to evaluate the anaerobic co-digestion of diluted poultry manure (DPM) and used cooking oil (UCO). Mixtures of DPM with different UCO dosages (1 to 6% v/v) were prepared using a high-shear emulsifier and digested in batch anaerobic reactors. Increasing the UCO dosage resulted...Read more
Keywords:
anaerobic digestion; pre-treatment; fat oil and grease; poultry manure, biogas
SeaLoc: A pilot forecasting system providing sea characteristics and other support services on high local resolution
(Corresponding) Kalantzi G., Kotsopoulos S., Panitsidis K., Partozis A.
Topic:
Marine environment and coastal management
SeaLoc project aims in developing an integrated forecasting system with accompanying services for the Greek seas. Further development, however, can facilitate the whole Mediterranean region. It will provide interaction both with specialists as well as with everyday users through the internet and...Read more
Keywords:
marine forecasting; marine services; applied oceanography; high resolution oceanography
Sources and transfer of Cu, Hg and Pb into marine food webs using innovative tracers (metal stable isotopes, trophic markers): results of a pilot study in a French coastal area
(Corresponding) Chouvelon T., Araujo D., Bouchoucha M., Briant N., Bruzac S., Crochet S., Knoery J., Ponzevera E., Rozuel E., Sireau T., Thomas B., Amouroux D., Bérail S., Brach-Papa C.
Topic:
Heavy metals in the environment
Copper (Cu), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) are elements and contaminants of historical and emerging concerns in coastal environments. Although Cu is considered essential for living organisms, it is bioactive in a narrow range of optimal concentrations. Hg and Pb have no known biological role and are...Read more
Thermo-physical properties of agricultural residues for syn gas production using thermo-gravimetric analysis
(Corresponding) kumar p.
Topic:
Energy technologies and sustainability
The thermal degradation behaviour and the activation energy can be integrated utilized to understand the behaviour and constituent of biomass degradation rate prior to gasification. Thermophysical properties of agricultural residues in order to facilitate its further processing and utilization for...Read more
Thermolysis and kinetic parameters determination of biomass fuel powders by differential thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA/DTG/DTA)
(Corresponding) KUMAR p.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of the agriculture residues were evaluated using a differential thermo-gravimetric analyser under a non-isothermal condition. The direct Arrhenius plot method and the integral method were applied for the determination of kinetic parameters: activation...Read more
Keywords:
Pearl Millet Cob, Activation Energy, Pre-Exponential factor, Order of Reaction
Numerical simulation of CO2-brine-rock interactions on CO2 sequestration in Shihezi Formation of Ordos Basin in China
(Corresponding) Liu B., Li Z., Fu X.
Topic:
Energy technologies and sustainability
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), as the best way of reducing carbon emissions under existing technological conditions, is attracting more and more attention. Although experiments can explore chemical process of CO2 sequestration, it is limited in time scale. CO2 geological storage will last...Read more
Keywords:
CO2 geological storage, CO2-brine-rock interaction, reactive transport model
Quantification of Soil Properties from Hyperspectral Data for Sustainable Agriculture Using Deep Learning
(Corresponding) Singh S., Kasana S.
Topic:
Agroforestry, forest and agricultural sustainability
The characterization of soil properties is critical for optimizing farming for sustainable agriculture. All the existing techniques for soil quantification do not take advantage of the sequential nature of Hyperspectral Data. This work focuses on proposing a Hybrid Framework that can quantitatively...Read more
