Achilleas Christoforidis
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Achilleas Christoforidis has a total of 6 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Anastasios Moumtzakis
Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
1 shared publication - D. Marmanis
Department of Petroleum & Natural Gas Technology, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, 65404 Agios Loucas, Kavala, Greece, Tel. +30251046229, Tel. +302510462247, Tel. +302510245133
1 shared publication - Dimitra Karali
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
1 shared publication - K. Ouzounis
Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece, Tel. +302541079886
1 shared publication - Konstantinos Dermentzis
Department of Science, Laboratory of Chemical Technology and Electrochemistry, Technological Education Institute TEI of Kavala, 65404 Agios Loucas, Kavala, Greece
1 shared publication - Spyridon Rapsomanikis
Environmental and Networking Technologies and Applications Unit (ENTA), Athena Research Centre, University Campus, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 19 May 2017
- Published by MDPI AG in Atmosphere
- Vol. 8 (5) , 89
Decomposition Kinetics of Non-Volatile Alkanes on Urban Aerosol
The decomposition kinetics of non-volatile n-alkanes that were collected in an urban environment were studied. The quartz filters that they were collected on were exposed in two reactors, in dark and natural light conditions, for four days. Ambient air that was passed through the reactors continuously, ensured a supply of exogenic oxidants to the surface of the filters. The lifetimes of the non-volatile n-alkanes were experimentally determined to be in the order of 3–6 days. The results from the light reactor exhibited approximately a 10% decrease in their lifetime. The results obtained for the prevailing atmospheric conditions and for the duration of the experiments, were in agreement with values from the literature.
- 19 May 2017
- Published by MDPI AG in Atmosphere
- Vol. 8 (5) , 89
Open AccessDecomposition Kinetics of Non-Volatile Alkanes on Urban Aerosol
The decomposition kinetics of non-volatile n-alkanes that were collected in an urban environment were studied. The quartz filters that they were collected on were exposed in two reactors, in dark and natural light conditions, for four days. Ambient air that was passed through the reactors continuously, ensured a supply of exogenic oxidants to the surface of the filters. The lifetimes of the non-volatile n-alkanes were experimentally determined to be in the order of 3–6 days. The results from the light reactor exhibited approximately a 10% decrease in their lifetime. The results obtained for the prevailing atmospheric conditions and for the duration of the experiments, were in agreement with values from the literature.
- Open Access
- 1 December 2015
- Published by Elsevier in Desalination and Water Treatment
- Vol. 56 (11) , 2988-2993
Electrochemical treatment of actual dye house effluents using electrocoagulation process directly powered by photovoltaic energy
In the present work, the decolorization treatment of colored wastewaters produced from polyamide textile dyeing is studied using the electrocoagulation process with sacrificial aluminum electrodes. The electrical energy is obtained from a solar photovoltaic array by directly connecting it to the electrocoagulator without batteries. The photovoltaic electrocoagulation (PV-EC) system is made versatile according to the instantaneous solar irradiation by adjusting the wastewater flow rate to the current intensity supplied by the photovoltaic array. All the PV-EC experiments were performed in Kavala Institute of Technology (latitude 40°55′, longitude 24°22′, and altitude 138 m above the sea level). The purpose of this paper is to investigate all parameters affecting the efficiency of the process, such as initial wastewater pH, conductivity, operating time, flow rate, and solar irradiation. The efficiency of the EC process was followed by measurements of turbidity and chemical oxygen demand (COD). According to the obtained experimental results, fast and effective decolorization of the treated wastewater occurred in a few minutes of electroprocessing. Turbidity was quantitatively reduced from 103 to 0.2 NTU, amounting to a removal percentage of over 99%, whereas COD was reduced by 65%. The proposed process is appropriate for decolorizing colored textile dye wastewaters and especially for small applications in remote and isolated locations without connection to public electric grid.
- 1 December 2015
- Published by Elsevier in Desalination and Water Treatment
- Vol. 56 (11) , 2988-2993
Open AccessElectrochemical treatment of actual dye house effluents using electrocoagulation process directly powered by photovoltaic energy
In the present work, the decolorization treatment of colored wastewaters produced from polyamide textile dyeing is studied using the electrocoagulation process with sacrificial aluminum electrodes. The electrical energy is obtained from a solar photovoltaic array by directly connecting it to the electrocoagulator without batteries. The photovoltaic electrocoagulation (PV-EC) system is made versatile according to the instantaneous solar irradiation by adjusting the wastewater flow rate to the current intensity supplied by the photovoltaic array. All the PV-EC experiments were performed in Kavala Institute of Technology (latitude 40°55′, longitude 24°22′, and altitude 138 m above the sea level). The purpose of this paper is to investigate all parameters affecting the efficiency of the process, such as initial wastewater pH, conductivity, operating time, flow rate, and solar irradiation. The efficiency of the EC process was followed by measurements of turbidity and chemical oxygen demand (COD). According to the obtained experimental results, fast and effective decolorization of the treated wastewater occurred in a few minutes of electroprocessing. Turbidity was quantitatively reduced from 103 to 0.2 NTU, amounting to a removal percentage of over 99%, whereas COD was reduced by 65%. The proposed process is appropriate for decolorizing colored textile dye wastewaters and especially for small applications in remote and isolated locations without connection to public electric grid.