Publications by authors named "Luigi Lopopolo"
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- - An analysis of tourism in the Tremiti Islands (TI) highlights that high tourist activity, especially in August, leads to significant territorial exploitation, with many arrivals but low occupancy rates.
- - The study addresses the impact of climate change on the islands, noting rising air and sea temperatures, and proposes measures to promote sustainable tourism.
- - A calculation of CO emissions from ferry transport and waste management is included, along with a proposed environmental tax of 1.47 €/capita aimed at reducing CO emissions, which could be positively received if funds are used for environmental initiatives.
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- This study estimates greenhouse gas emissions from aerobic and anaerobic Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in Southern Italy, focusing on different emission factors.
- It finds that emissions vary, with anaerobic plants emitting 73 kgCO/PE*y and aerobic plants emitting 91 kgCO/PE*y, highlighting the significant role of nitrogen and carbon emissions.
- The research identifies that nitrogen oxide (NO) emissions are the primary contributor to greenhouse gases, while measures to reduce these emissions are also discussed.
This paper studies the influence of temperature and of rainfall intensity and the effect of such variations on the treatment efficiencies and on the electrical consumptions in seven medium-large size Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in Apulia in South Italy (Bari, Barletta, Brindisi, Lecce, Foggia, Andria and Taranto). It has been observed, in the considered WWTPs, a slight but clear increase of the incoming flow due to the increase in rainfall intensity, which results to an increase of the energy consumption per incoming volume. The impact of the climate change to the incoming flow, during the last five years (2016-2020), has been assessed indicating that an increase in rainfall intensity results to an increase of the WWTPs energy consumptions per wastewater treated volume.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn evaluation of the operative functioning data of 183 Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in Apulia (Southeast of Italy) has been carried out aimed to assess their Green House Gases (GHGs) emissions and the level for which the use of anaerobic sludge treatment should be more convenient in terms of electricity consumption and of GHGs emissions. Out of the 183 studies WWTPs, 140 are practicing aerobic digestion of sludge, while the remaining 43 are practicing anaerobic digestion of sludge. WWTPs in Apulia are serving about 4,81 million PE (Population Equivalent), yielding approximately 600,000-ton equivalent CO per annum.
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