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Multi-criteria analysis of sustainable environmental clean technologies for the treatment of winery's wastewater

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  • Antonis A. Zorpas
  • Aspasia Saranti

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The current study deals with the application advanced oxidation process (AOP), as a clean technology for the treatment of winery's wastewater. In order to find out the best available technique (BAT) amongst several AOP, a multi criteria analysis was used. As key evaluation criteria the categories of costs, benefits, opportunities and risks, were applied, each one of them included a range of economic, environmental, technical and social sub-criteria. The final results indicated that the methods of homogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalysis can be applied satisfactorily to the treatment of wineries wastewater, resulting in reduction of total organic carbon in the range of 30% to 80%. The multi-criteria analysis indicated that, the homogeneous photocatalysis photo Fenton, predominates over other photocatalytic techniques due to the high rates of degradation of the organic load (80%). The application of a hybrid system combining homogeneous photocatalysis photo Fenton as a pre-treatment step followed by biological treatment is found to be relatively the optimal solution to resolve the problem of winery's wastewater treatment, resulting in more than 90% reduction of total organic load.

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  • Antonis A. Zorpas & Aspasia Saranti, 2016. "Multi-criteria analysis of sustainable environmental clean technologies for the treatment of winery's wastewater," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 15(1/2), pages 151-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:15:y:2016:i:1/2:p:151-168
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    1. Bihter Gizem Demircan & Kaan Yetilmezsoy, 2023. "A Hybrid Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS Approach for Implementation of Smart Sustainable Waste Management Strategies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-23, April.
    2. Iliana Papamichael & Irene Voukkali & Mejdi Jeguirim & Nikolaos Argirusis & Salah Jellali & Georgia Sourkouni & Christos Argirusis & Antonis A. Zorpas, 2022. "End-of-Life Management and Recycling on PV Solar Energy Production," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-5, September.
    3. Michail Tsangas & Mejdi Jeguirim & Lionel Limousy & Antonis Zorpas, 2019. "The Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process in Combination with PESTEL-SWOT Analysis to Assess the Hydrocarbons Sector in Cyprus," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, February.
    4. Pantelitsa Loizia & Irene Voukkali & Georgia Chatziparaskeva & Jose Navarro-Pedreño & Antonis A. Zorpas, 2021. "Measuring the Level of Environmental Performance on Coastal Environment before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Cyprus," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-24, February.

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