Browsing by Author "Pappa, Athina A."
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Chemical, acoustic and optical response profiling for analysing burning patterns
Mikedi, Katerina; Stavrakakis, P.; Agapiou, Agapios; Moirogiorgou, K.; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Pappa, Athina A.; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Zervakis, M. (2013)Improved data processing algorithms along with modelling techniques were employed in order to profile the responses and to assess the analytical capabilities of a system consisting of a mass spectrometer, a camera and a ...
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Dynamic vapor generator that simulates transient odor emissions of victims entrapped in the voids of collapsed buildings
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Pallis, George C.; Mikedi, Katerina; Giannoukos, S.; Agapiou, Agapios; Pappa, Athina A.; Cole, A.; Vautz, W.; Thomas, Charles Lawrence Paul (2014)The design, development, and validation of a dynamic vapor generator are presented. The generator simulates human scent (odor) emissions from trapped victims in the voids of collapsed buildings. The validation of the device ...
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Preliminary investigation of using volatile organic compounds from human expired air, blood and urine for locating entrapped people in earthquakes
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Sianos, Efstathios; Agapiou, Agapios; Georgiadou, A.; Pappa, Athina A.; Tzamtzis, N.; Giotaki, H.; Papageorgiou, Charalambos Ch; Kolostoumbis, D. (2005)A preliminary investigation on the possibility of using volatile organic compounds (VOCs) determination of expired air, blood and urine, for the early location of entrapped people in earthquakes, has been carried out. A ...
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A preliminary study of a novel mass spectrometry based system for monitoring gases and VOCs evolved during composting of green kitchen waste
Vamvakari, Julia P.; Mikedi, Katerina; Pallis, George C.; Zorba, Eleni; Pappa, Athina A. (2015)A combined system that consists of a pulsed sampling system, a capillary column as a transfer line and a mass spectrometer is used for online monitoring of complicated mixtures of gases and VOCs produced in a bioreactor. ...
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A preliminary study of combining mass spectrometric data with audio and video signals for real-time monitoring of controlled lab-scale fires
Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Mikedi, Katerina; Stavrakakis, P.; Agapiou, Agapios; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Pappa, Athina A. (2011)The different aspects of sensors integration, and specifically that of a Mass Spectrometer (MS) with audio and video signals, are investigated for detecting and monitoring indoor fire events. The present study focuses on ...
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A scale-up field experiment for the monitoring of a burning process using chemical, audio, and video sensors
Stavrakakis, P.; Agapiou, Agapios; Mikedi, Katerina; Karma, Sofia; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Pallis, George C.; Pappa, Athina A. (2014)Fires are becoming more violent and frequent resulting in major economic losses and long-lasting effects on communities and ecosystems
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TG-MS analysis of nitrile butadiene rubber blends (NBR/PVC)
Pappa, Athina A.; Mikedi, Katerina; Agapiou, Agapios; Karma, Sofia; Pallis, George C.; Statheropoulos, Miltiades K.; Burke, M. (2011)Blends of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are widely used in products such as hoses and seals. As part of a project that uses NBR/PVC blends for manufacturing forest fire hoses, blends of NBR/PVC ...
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Volatile emissions during storing of green food waste under different aeration conditions
Agapiou, Agapios; Vamvakari, Julia P.; Andrianopoulos, A.; Pappa, Athina A. (2016)Controlled field experiments were carried out for monitoring the emissions of three plastic commercial household waste bins, which were adapted for studying the effect of aeration process in the evolved volatiles, during ...