Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions- Individual Fellowships -H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
Action Title
“Development of A Novel Submerged Anaerobic Electrochemical Membrane Bioreactor (e-SAnMBR) for bilge water treatment”
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Dr GEORGIA GATIDOU
Email:
georgia.gatidou@cut.ac.cy
ggatid@env.aegean.gr
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Georgia-Gatidou
Dr Georgia Gatidou is an Environmental Scientist holding a PhD diploma in Environmental Sciences. During her PhD thesis she received a Marie Curie Fellowship and visited for one year the Department of Biology and Environmental Studies (University of Sussex). She has worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Pithagoras II program – Post- Doctoral Fellowship) and in the Water and Air Quality Laboratory, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean (Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation Fellowship). She has also done many short-term visits to other institutions and events in UK, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Italy.
Dr Gatidou has extensive experience on environmental analytical chemistry and she is an accredited analyst according to ISO 17025 by the Hellenic Accreditation System for pesticides analysis in surface and underground water. So far, she has developed and validated several analytical methods for the determination of different organic micropollutants (e.g. endocrine disrupting compounds, siloxanes, benzotriazole, benzothiazoles, pesticides, anti-fouling booster biocides) in several environmental samples (surface water, seawater, waste water, sediment, sludge, biota) using various chromatographic techniques like GC-MS, LC-MS, HPLC-DAD techniques.
After finishing her PhD, she focused on waste water treatment, ecotoxicology and sewage-based epidemiology. She has conducted research for the treatment of domestic waste water and she has investigated the fate and behavior of different micropollutants in lab-scale aerobic biological systems (activated sludge, MBBR, Lemna minor, Chlorella sorokiniana).
She has also applied different ecotoxicity bioassays for investigating waste water and micropollutants toxicity. Since 2005, she has taught as visiting lecturer several courses in undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Department of Environment (University of the Aegean, Greece) and she has trained and supervised more than 30 under and post-graduate students. She has also participated in 14 research projects.
At the moment she counts 40 original research papers in international scientific journals with peer review and 43 announcements in international conference proceedings. She has also written a book chapter after invitation. Up today her publications have been cited more than 1500 times by other authors (h-factor 23) and her publication in JCA (2007) 1138: 32-41 was awarded by the journal as highly cited.
Project Coordinator
Assistant Prof. Dr Ioannis Vyrides
Host Institution
Cyprus University of Technology
Funding
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie-H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
Grant Agreement ID
841797
Overall Budget
€ 157 941,12
Project Website
“ElectroSAnMBR” Project Aims to Develop an Innovative Technology Consisting of an ElectrolysisCell (EC) Inside A SAnMBR For the Treatment Of Real Bilge Water.
Bilge water is the main pollutant of shipboard waste water. It can be defined as saline, oily and greasy waste water with a high COD. Bilge water includes lubricating oil, cleaning diesel oil, oily sludge, spills from the engine room, water leaks from internal pipes and seawater filtrations. According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations (MARPOL 73/78) and the European directive 2000/59/EC the discharge of oil residue to marine environments is prohibited. To meet these regulations, bilge water is either treated enroute in an oil separation system before being discharged to the sea or deposited at reception facilities on land. Chemical or physical processes are the most common methods for the treatment of bilge water however, they contribute substantially to operational cost. As for biological methods, so far, few data are available for their use on real bilge water treatment. Based on the above, it is obvious that alternatives are of great demand for companies dealing with bilge water treatment.
“ElectroSAnMBR” project aims to develop an innovative technology consisting of an electrolysis cell (EC) inside a Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAnMBR) for the treatment of real bilge water. The electrochemical system will be consisted by a pair of electrodes inside a SAnMBR. This e-SAnMBR system will be developed and optimized at a laboratory scale at Environmental Engineering Laboratory (EEL), Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), then it will be operated at pilot scale at Ecofuel Cyprus Ltd and the microbial profile in bioreactors will be examined at Environmental Bioprocessing Laboratory (EBL) at CUT. The electrodes will be constructed at the Nano/Micro Mechanics of Materials Lab (NMML) at CUT.
The specific objectives of ElectroSAnMBR project are:
- Manufacture of novel electrodes
- Batch operation of integrated EC at anaerobic digestion system
- Continuous operation and comparison of SAnMBRs and e-SAnMBR
- Biotransformation study of selected organic compounds commonly found in bilge water
- Ecotoxicity assessment of treated bilge water
- Design and operation of a pilot e-SAnMBR
- Analysis of Microbial Profile
Optimization of decentralized domestic waste water treatment and sanitation via Constructed Wetlands” DOMUS¬_CW
Summary (English)
The wetland in Choletria was reconstructed within the framework of the European Program INTERREG BALKAN-MED Optimisation of decentralised Domestic Wastewater Treatment via constructed wetlands”, “DOMUS-CW” http://domuscw-project.eu/ The purpose of the “DOMUS-CW” project is the upgrade, study and monitoring of artificial wetland systems that treat municipal waste in the Balkans.
Specifically, within the project, two artificial wetlands have been upgraded: in Ploutochori, Municipality of Andritsaina – Krestena in Peloponnese, Greece and in the community of Choletria in Paphos, Cyprus, where their performance is evaluated, in order to highlight the prospects of artificial wetlands. The program is coordinated by the Institute of Chemical Engineering (Patras) with the coordinators being Dr Ioanna Ntaikou and Professor Gerasimos Lyberatos.
The supervision of the reconstruction, the upgrade and monitoring of the artificial wetland in Cyprus was conducted by Dr. Ioannis Vyrides, in collaboration with Choletria community. Through the systematic and detailed monitoring of the two CWs their operational efficiency was evaluated. An exploitation plan for CW effluents and plant biomass was also investigated, aiming at the recovery of water and nutrients, contributing thus to the European goals for Sustainable Development.
Specifically, In Choletria community, a wastewater treatment plant with a septic tank was built in 1985, as an artificial wetland of horizontal sub-surface flow.
This system did not function properly, since the first years of its operation, due to a combination of reasons. Following relevant studies, the Cyprus University of Technology (Co-ordinator Dr. Ioannis Vyrides), within the framework of the above mentioned INTERREG BALKAN-MED European Program and with the support of a specialized consultant (Mr. George Dialynas, Chemical Engineer), reconstructed completely the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) of Choletria Community as a septic tank – artificial wetland, free water surface system, suitable and highly efficient for the Mediterranean climate of Cyprus.
The construction works of the new wastewater treatment system of Choletria Community began in November 2019 and were completed in July 2020, where the operation of the WWTP began with the surface flow of wastewater into the wetland. Since then, the wastewater treatment of Choletria Community has been operating as an artificial free water surface wetland, with the aim of efficient treatment of municipal wastewater -at a minimum of secondary treatment- with natural, ecological processes.
Περίληψη Ελληνικά
Ο υγρότοπος στα Χολέτρια ανακατασκευάστηκε στα πλαίσια του Ευρωπαϊκού Προγράμματος INTERREG BALKAΝ-ΜΕD “Optimisation of decentralised Domestic Wastewater Treatment via constructed wetlands”, “DOMUS-CW” http://domuscw-project.eu/ Σκοπός του έργου “DOMUS-CW” είναι η αναβάθμιση, μελέτη και παρακολούθηση συστημάτων τεχνητών υγροβιότοπων που επεξεργάζονται αστικά απόβλητα στα Βαλκάνια. Συγκεκριμένα, στο πλαίσιο του έργου έχουν αναβαθμιστεί 2 τεχνητοί υγροβιότοποι: στο Πλουτοχώρι Δήμου Ανδρίτσαινας – Κρέστενας Πελοποννήσου και στην κοινότητα Χολετριών Πάφου, όπου μελετάται και συγκρίνεται η απόδοση τους, με σκοπό να αναδειχθούν οι προοπτικές των τεχνητών υγροβιότοπων στα Βαλκάνια. Το πρόγραμμα συντονίζεται από το Ινστιτούτο Επιστημών Χημικής Μηχανικής (Πάτρα) με συντονιστές τη Δρ Ιωάννα Ντάικου και τον Καθηγητή κ.
Γεράσιμο Λυμπεράτο και την εποπτεία της ανακατασκευής, αναβάθμισης και παρακολούθησης του τεχνητού υγροβιότοπου στην Κύπρο είχε ο Δρ Ιωάννης Βυρίδης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής του Τεχνολογικού Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, σε συνεργασία με την κοινότητα Χολετριών. Οι τεχνητοί υγρότοποι για σκοπούς επεξεργασίας λυμάτων αποτελούν συστήματα επεξεργασίας των υγρών αποβλήτων με φυσικές – βιολογικές διεργασίες, όμοιες με αυτές που λαμβάνουν χώρα στο φυσικό περιβάλλον, μέσω των εδαφικών υλικών, της βλάστησης και των μικροοργανισμών, όπου οι ρύποι από τα λύματα μεταβολίζονται και αφαιρούνται.
Στην κοινότητα Χολετριών είχε κατασκευαστεί το 1985 μονάδα επεξεργασίας λυμάτων σηπτικής δεξαμενής – τεχνητού υγροβιότοπου οριζόντιας υποεπιφανειακής ροής. Η μονάδα αυτή δεν λειτουργούσε σωστά, από τα πρώτα έτη κατασκευής της, λόγω ενός συνδυασμού παραγόντων.
Μετά από σχετικές μελέτες, το ΤΕΠΑΚ -μέσω του προαναφερόμενου ευρωπαϊκού προγράμματος και με υποστήριξη εξειδικευμένου συμβούλου (κ. Γιώργος Διαλυνάς, Χημικός Μηχανικός) ανακατασκεύασε πλήρως την Εγκατάσταση Επεξεργασίας Λυμάτων (ΕΕΛ) της Κοινότητας Χολετριών σε σύστημα σηπτικής δεξαμενής – τεχνητού υγροτόπου ελεύθερης επιφάνειας, κατάλληλο και ιδιαίτερα αποδοτικό για το Μεσογειακό κλίμα της Κύπρου.
Οι εργασίες κατασκευής της νέας μονάδας επεξεργασίας λυμάτων της Κοινότητας Χολετριών ξεκίνησαν το Νοέμβριο του 2019 και ολοκληρώθηκαν τον Ιούλιο του 2020, όπου και ξεκίνησε η λειτουργία της μονάδας με την επιφανειακή ροή των λυμάτων στον υγρότοπο. Έκτοτε, η μονάδα επεξεργασίας λυμάτων της Κοινότητας Χολετριών λειτουργεί ως τεχνητός υγρότοπος ελεύθερης επιφάνειας με στόχο την αποτελεσματική δευτεροβάθμια -τουλάχιστον- επεξεργασία αστικών υγρών αποβλήτων με ήπιες, οικολογικές διεργασίες.
Εκπομπή Σπίτι στη Φύση
Διάχυση/δημοσιότητα του έργου
Απογραφή και αξιολόγηση βιοτικού περιβάλλοντος από Terracypria
Τεχνητός Υγρότοπος Επεξεργασίας Λυμάτων στα Χολέτρια, Πάφος. Απογραφή και αξιολόγηση βιοτικού περιβάλλοντος
Τεχνητός Υγρότοπος Επεξεργασίας Λυμάτων στα Χολέτρια, Πάφος
PAF071 – Artificial wetland for Choletria wastewater treatment
PAF071 – Τεχνητός Υγρότοπος Επεξεργασίας Λυμάτων Χολετριών
Other DOMUS links
Τοποθεσία
This project was financed by Interreg V-B “Balkan-Mediterranean 2014-2020” and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Started 1st of September 2017- Finished 30th November 2020 Dr Vyrides was the scientific coordinator at Cyprus University of Technology.