Research Abstracts

This paper presents the work performed within the project entitled “Design and Development of an Autonomous Desalination System with Photovoltaics and Wind Generator”. The project is partially financed by the Greek Ministry of Development within the Operational Programme for Competitiveness, Measure

The main application for solar energy in southern Mediterranean countries in agriculture is the drying of agricultural crops. The optimisation of dryers necessitates complete knowledge of the whole drying process, thus leading to energy savings and avoiding environmental pollution by using renewable

The use of ceramic membrane in liquid pollution treatment is actually limited due to the price of ceramic membrane, nevertheless these membranes are more resistant to solvent, pH and oxidation. In this work the preparation of low cost TiO2(50%)-ZnAl2O4(50%) membranes deposited on an artificial cordi

Our article deals with the possibilities to treat seawater using commercial nanofiltration polyamide membranes, denoted NF70 and NF 200, in order to elaborate usable salty aqueous solutions (from high concentrated solutions with total salinity around 70 g/L to isotonic solutions with total salinity

North Cyprus is one of the Mediterranean countries that is suffering from a water shortage because fresh water resources are limited. Currently, the limited resource of water in Northern Cyprus should be used appropriately and saved. The power plants are one part of industry that need a lot of water

This paper aims to highlight the value of knowledge management in greywater reuse. It presents a model of knowledge management that shows how institutional knowledge can be created in water management. It i s concluded that water knowledge is created through developing a process of transforming wate

Desalination is a highly complex process, which requires an efficient and accurate control system in the plant to maintain operation at optimum conditions that result in energy savings and in preventing scale formation. A study of a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) control of mechanical vapour compre

Desalination plants are increasingly regarded as a tool to preserve natural water resources and therefore as a means to protect the environment. Furthermore desalination plants are performing a public service which (for social reasons) take precedence over any other kind of industrial activity. Neve

A model aimed at predicting the behavior of inclined dense jets in a stagnant environment was proposed. The model takes into account four jet parameters (flow rate, density, inclination and diameter) and results in a set of algebraic and ordinary differential equations, which are easily solved by si

Pipelife Norge AS’ Stathelle plant has a unique production facility in the PE pipe industry which enables continuous production (extrusion) of PE pipes in long lengths directly to the sea bay that lays in front of the factory. The long pipes, up to 600 m in length, are then plugged in both ends, or