Organization
National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"
Mission
The N.C.S.R.“Demokritos” is the largest research facility in Greece. It supports
a wide gamut of scientific research from nuclear and environmental technologies to microelectronics and material science. The Institute is has expertise on all aspects of the environmental impact of air pollutants, inclduing:
a) Exposure to aerosol contaminants on humans
b) Source apportionment/receptor modelling
c) Development of novel sampling and measurement techniques
d) Physicochemical aerosol characterization
Organizational Expertise
Climate/Environment, Lab or Field Testing, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development, Research, Standards
Technologies & Fuels
Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Coal, Electricity, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Natural Gas / Methane, Pellets / Briquettes, Wood
Clean Cooking Activities
Among the several research activities that our Institute supports, one important area of our work is dedicated to the characterization of carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere, i.e the quantification of the total carbonaceous aerosol, the differentiation between black and organic carbon, and the source-apportionment of the different combustion processes contributing to their ambient levels.
With regard to the emerging evidence that domestic biomass combustion can be a significant cause of deteriorating air quality in many regions of the world, our Institute has participated in recent years in several projects that aim to quantify the impact of emissions from domestic use of biomass (for cooking as well as heating) on the atmospheric load, during field-based campaigns as well as during laboratory/chamber experiments. As a result, we have strong expertise in measuring with state-of-the-art techniques the carbonaceous aerosols, as well as conducting source-apportionment and deriving emission factors.
Partnership
We could conduct field studies to measure carbonaceous aerosols emitted during cooking-activities in laboratory experiments or field-based campaigns. We are interested in the characterization of stove emissions (from traditional and improved cookstoves), with the aim to provide emission factors, emission rates, as well as indoor/outdoor concentrations from a health-effects perspective.
Regions Operating In
East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa
Country Based In
Greece
Address
Patr.Grigoriou & Neapoleos 27
Agia Paraskevi, Attiki 15351
Website
Primary Point of Contact
Name: Dr. Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Title: Research Director
Email: elefther@ipta.demokritos.gr
Phone: +302106503008
Secondary Point of Contact
Name: Mr. Vasileios Galifianakis
Title: Engineer of Urban and Spatial Planning and Regional Development
Email: vgalif@ipta.demokritos.gr
Phone: +302106503005
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