{"id":5748,"date":"2021-02-04T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T09:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/150.140.135.22\/wordpress\/index.php\/env_lab\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:45:53","slug":"env_lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/env_lab\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Engineering Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:15%;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:15%;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-bg-color:#ececec;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ececec;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:2.08;\">Environmental Engineering Laboratory<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/The Environmental Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras operates with the main purpose of promoting teaching and research in the field of Environmental Engineering with emphasis on the areas of water and air quality characterization, water purification, wastewater treatment and disposal, air pollution and solid waste management, and environmental statistics.\">Environmental Engineering Laboratory<\/a> of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras operates with the main purpose of promoting teaching and research in the field of Environmental Engineering with emphasis on the areas of water and air quality characterization, water purification, wastewater treatment and disposal, air pollution and solid waste management, and environmental statistics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:100px;--awb-padding-right:100px;--awb-padding-bottom:100px;--awb-padding-left:100px;--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/blog_post_11_content.jpg&#039;);--awb-bg-position:center center;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column fusion-empty-column-bg-image fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/blog_post_11_content.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fusion-empty-dims-img-placeholder fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" aria-label=\"blog_post_11_content\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:100px;--awb-padding-right:100px;--awb-padding-bottom:100px;--awb-padding-left:100px;--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Env-Eng-Lab-2-768x1024.jpg&#039;);--awb-bg-position:center center;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column fusion-empty-column-bg-image fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Env-Eng-Lab-2-768x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fusion-empty-dims-img-placeholder fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:15%;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:15%;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:2.08;\">Research<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">The main specific topics of the research activity of the Laboratory are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Direct anaerobic treatment of low and high-strength wastewater<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Quality characterization of water and wastewater<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Inland and coastal water quality measurements using satellite data<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Transport of pollutants into environmental systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Simulation of pollutants transport into water bodies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Soil rehabilitation using acoustic waves<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Wastewater treatment with solar-powered reactors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Monitoring, simulation and prediction of air quality<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Watershed management<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Design of systems for the disposal of liquids, gases and solid wastes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Spatial time monitoring of air pollution and network optimization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Development of methodologies for rapid monitoring of pollution in catchments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Aquatic ecosystem restoration techniques.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Inland and coastal water quality classification indicators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; color: #58595b;\">Eutrophication and anoxia in lakes, reservoirs and coastal areas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:15%;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:15%;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-bg-color:#ececec;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ececec;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:2.08;\">Equipment<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>L<\/strong>aboratory equipment, in addition to basic analyzers and other apparatus, samplers, field instruments and various pilot units, also includes specialized analytical-research instruments such as a microscope and a stereoscopic microscope with an image analyzer, a particle size analyzer Coulter, atomic absorption spectrophotometer with graphite furnice, organic carbon analyzer, HPLC ion chromatograph, gas chromatograph \u2013 mass spectrometer system and a station for air pollution measurements equipped with analyzers for suspended particulates and gaseous pollutants. There are also computers with the appropriate software and a rich library in the scientificc areas of the laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>See a detailed presentation of the equipment below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gas Chromatograph with ECD-FID Detector (GC7890A, Agilent) and Purge &amp; Trap System (OI Analytical 4660)<\/li>\n<li>Zetasizer Dynamic Zeta and Particle Size Analyzer, Nano-ZS, Malvern<\/li>\n<li>Master Sizer 2000 Device \u2013 Hydro \u00b5P, Malvern<\/li>\n<li>Atomic absorption spectrophotometer with flame (Perkin Elmer 2280) and graphite furnace (Perkin Elmer HGA-300)<\/li>\n<li>Fluorescence spectrophotometer Carry Eclipse, Varian<\/li>\n<li>Gas Chromatograph (Shimadzu GC-14B) with Mass Detector (Shimadzu -QP2000)<\/li>\n<li>Ionic Chromatograph DX500, Dionex<\/li>\n<li>Organic Carbon Detector TOC 5000, Shimadzu<\/li>\n<li>Ultrasound Device, Multifrequency System MFG, Meinhardt Ultraschalltechnik<\/li>\n<li>Acoustic wave transmitters<\/li>\n<li>Optical microscope Leica DMLB<\/li>\n<li>Stereoscope Leica<\/li>\n<li>High temperature oven<\/li>\n<li>Deep Freeze Refrigerator Innova U101<\/li>\n<li>Incubation chamber<\/li>\n<li>Freezer chamber<\/li>\n<li>Autoclave Sanyo<\/li>\n<li>Packed columns<\/li>\n<li>Shallow and deep-water samplers<\/li>\n<li>Bottom sediment samplers<\/li>\n<li>Submarine sediment core samplers for lakes and seas<\/li>\n<li>Physico-chemical parameters sensors for field research<\/li>\n<li>Field Acoustic Current Doppler Profiler (ADCP)<\/li>\n<li>Methane field sensor up to depths of 70 meters<\/li>\n<li>Weighers<\/li>\n<li>Water level recorders<\/li>\n<li>Propellers<\/li>\n<li>Micro-sensors for measuring physico-chemical parameters of water-bottom sediment interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:100px;--awb-padding-right:100px;--awb-padding-bottom:100px;--awb-padding-left:100px;--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Env-Eng-Lab-3-768x1024.jpg&#039;);--awb-bg-position:center center;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column fusion-empty-column-bg-image fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Env-Eng-Lab-3-768x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fusion-empty-dims-img-placeholder fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" alt=\"Env Eng Lab 3\" aria-label=\"Env Eng Lab 3\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%201024%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:90px;--awb-padding-right:8%;--awb-padding-bottom:120px;--awb-padding-left:8%;--awb-background-color:#ececec;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1280px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Personnel<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p>The personnel of the Lab comprise three Faculty Members, one Emeritus Professor, one Administrative staff member, two post-doctoral associates, seven PhD candidates, four postgraduate students and undergraduates working on their diploma theses.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020, Director of the Laboratory is Professor Ioannis D. Manariotis (tel.: +302610996535, e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:idman@upatras.gr\">idman@upatras.gr<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5748","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5748"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16185,"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5748\/revisions\/16185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.civil.upatras.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}