Varvara Sygouni

Dr. Varvara Sygouni

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras
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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 February 2019 in Membranes
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Varvara SygouniVarvara Sygouni
Varvara Sygouni
APAlexis G. Pantziaros
Alexis G. Pantziaros
IIIakovos C. Iakovides
Iakovos C. Iakovides
ESEvangelia Sfetsa
Evangelia Sfetsa
PBPolychronia I. Bogdou
Polychronia I. Bogdou
CPChristakis Paraskeva
Christakis Paraskeva
The semi-solid wastes (pomace or alperujo) produced in the two-phase olive oil extraction process contains extremely high organic load and phenolic substances. Efficient treatment of such kinds of wastes using membrane filtration, should be sought to reduce the hazardous effects to the environment. On the other hand, phenolic compounds can be isolated and purified up to a level of commercial exploitation using the membrane technology. Firstly, the extraction process with mixtures of water and ethanol was optimized by testing extraction parameters (e.g., solvent’s mixture, duration, and temperature) at laboratory scale. Next, extraction was conducted using larger volumes and the treatment was continued in a pilot membrane filtration system, consisted of ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. The extracted solution from the olive oil pomace was fed to the pilot membrane filtration system, where all fat, lipids, and solids were removed while the phenolic compounds were concentrated in the retentate streams of NF and/or RO. Total phenolic content (TPC) at the RO’s concentrate stream was 225 mg/L and at the final effluent was lower than 10 mg/lt. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) value at the final effluent was much lower (~280 mg/L) than in the feed stream (>32,000 mg/L).


1 October 2005 in International Journal of Multiphase Flow
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MTM.A. Theodoropoulou
M.A. Theodoropoulou
Varvara SygouniVarvara Sygouni
Varvara Sygouni
VKV. Karoutsos
V. Karoutsos
CTChristos Tsakiroglou
Christos Tsakiroglou

1 November 2003 in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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CTChristos Tsakiroglou
Christos Tsakiroglou
MTM Theodoropoulou
M Theodoropoulou
VKV Karoutsos
V Karoutsos
DPD Papanicolaou
D Papanicolaou
Varvara SygouniVarvara Sygouni
Varvara Sygouni

23 November 2015 in Crystal Growth & Design
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SJSofia Jaho
Sofia Jaho
GAGeorgia D. Athanasakou
Georgia D. Athanasakou
Varvara SygouniVarvara Sygouni
Varvara Sygouni
MLMaria G. Lioliou
Maria G. Lioliou
PKPetros G. Koutsoukos
Petros G. Koutsoukos
CPChristakis Paraskeva
Christakis Paraskeva

21 July 2016 in Environmental Geochemistry and Health
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ESEliana Spilioti
Eliana Spilioti
MVMargarita Vargiami
Margarita Vargiami
Sophia LetsiouSophia Letsiou
Sophia Letsiou
KGKonstantinos Gardikis
Konstantinos Gardikis
Varvara SygouniVarvara Sygouni
Varvara Sygouni
PMParaskevi Moutsatsou
Paraskevi Moutsatsou