Ioannis Vyrides
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
ioannis.vyrides@cut.ac.cy
2500 2218
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Dr Ioannis Vyrides is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Cyprus University of Technology. He has been in the Environmental Engineering Laboratory group leader since 2012. He holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2005). He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Imperial College London, where he worked on the Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Reactor (SAMBR) to treat organic saline wastewater (2009). He has worked as a Post Doc at the Kings College London (2009-2010) and was a Visiting Lecturer at CUT (2011).
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Research Funded Projects
RESEARCH FUNDED PROJECTS (30/11/2021)
Dr Vyrides as a coordinator of the project/consortium:
- Starting February 2022. Natural Gas Sweetening based on Metallic Iron-processes, “IroNGaSweetening”, funded by Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation’s, Total Budget: €49,999.60 (duration 9 months).
- November 2018-April 2022, Utilization of CO2 through novel BioElectroCathode systems for production of biofuels (CH4 and ethanol). “BElectroCathode”, funded by Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation’s, P2P/M-ERA.NET/0317/0008, Budget (CUT): €169,900, Total Budget: €670,289.
- March 2020- February 2022, Development of A Novel Submerged Anaerobic Electrochemical Membrane Bioreactor (e-SAnMBR) for bilge water treatment, “ElectroSAnMBR”, Horizon 2020, Marie Curie Individual Fellowship for Dr Georgia Gatidou to be hosted at Environmental Engineering laboratory at the Cyprus University of Technology. Total Budget: €157,94.
- January 2019-April 2021, Treatment of Bilge Water using Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAnMBR) and aerobic Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR), “MicrobEatBilge”, Cyprus RIF, OPPORTUNITY/0916/MSCA/0006, Budget (CUT): €139,735. Total Budget: €149,695.
Dr Vyrides as a coordinator of the Cyprus University of Technology in the project:
- April 2019-March 2022, Sulphur removal from oil by Biodesulfurization (BDS) technology, “OilEcoDesulfur”, funded by Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation’s POST-DOC/0916/0121, Budget (CUT): €24,960 Total Budget: €159,840.
- May 2019-December 2020, On the Market of BioMethane as a Renewable Transport Fuel: An Off-Grid Mobile Solution. “Waste-toWheel” START-UPS/0618/0027,Budget (CUT): €25,980. Total Budget: €106.400.
- October 2017-December 2020, A digital Solid waste reuse platform for Balkan, “S.W.A.N” INTERREG V-B "BALKAN MEDITERRANEAN 2014-2020", Budget (CUT): €160,000. Total Budget: €968,000.
- September 2017-November 2020, Optimization of decentralized domestic wastewater treatment and sanitation via Constructed Wetlands, “DOMUS_CW” INTERREG V-B "BALKAN MEDITERRANEAN 2014-2020", Budget (CUT): €257,300. Total Budget: €857,864.
Dr Vyrides as a representative of Cyprus at COST action
- October 2021-Octomber 2025, Participation as representative of Cyprus in COST Action CA20130 - Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion MIC Network – New paths for science, sustainability and standards
- November 2012-November 2016, Participation as representative of Cyprus in COST Action ES1202 - Conceiving Wastewater Treatment in 2020 - Energetic, environmental and economic challenges (Water_2020)
Publications
Publications:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nXL4I0AAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24482773400
Selected Publications:
Andronikou, M., Adamou, V., Koutsokeras, L., Constantinides, G. and Vyrides, I., 2022. Magnesium ribbon and anaerobic granular sludge for conversion of CO2 to CH4 or biogas upgrading. Chemical Engineering Journal, p.134888.
Charalambous, P. and Vyrides, I., 2021. In situ biogas upgrading and enhancement of anaerobic digestion of cheese whey by addition of scrap or powder zero-valent iron (ZVI). Journal of Environmental Management, 280, p.111651.
Photiou, P., Koutsokeras, L., Constantinides, G., Koutinas, M. and Vyrides, I., 2021. Phosphate removal from synthetic and real wastewater using thermally treated seagrass residues of Posidonia oceanica. Journal of Cleaner Production, 278, p.123294.
Samanides, C.G., Koutsokeras, L., Constantinides, G. and Vyrides, I., 2020. Methanogenesis inhibition in anaerobic granular sludge for the generation of volatile fatty acids from CO2 and zero valent iron. Frontiers in Energy Research, 8, p.37
Menikea, K.K., Kyprianou, A., Samanides, C.G., Georgiou, S.G., Koutsokeras, L., Constantinides, G. and Vyrides, I., 2020. Anaerobic granular sludge and zero valent scrap iron (ZVSI) pre-treated with green tea as a sustainable system for conversion of CO2 to CH4. Journal of Cleaner Production, 268, p.121860.
Vyrides, I., Andronikou, M., Kyprianou, A., Modic, A., Filippeti, A., Yiakoumis, C. and Samanides, C.G., 2018. CO2 conversion to CH4 using Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) and anaerobic granular sludge: Optimum batch conditions and microbial pathways. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 27, pp.415-422.
Panagiotou, E., Kafa, N., Koutsokeras, L., Kouis, P., Nikolaou, P., Constantinides, G. and Vyrides, I., 2018. Turning calcined waste egg shells and wastewater to Brushite: Phosphorus adsorption from aqua media and anaerobic sludge leach water. Journal of Cleaner Production, 178, pp.419-428.
Vyrides, I. and Stuckey, D.C., 2017. Compatible solute addition to biological systems treating waste/wastewater to counteract osmotic and other environmental stresses: a review. Critical reviews in biotechnology, 37(7), pp.865-879.
