scholarly journals Estimación cinética de los procesos biológico de lixiviados, a partir de un sistema experimental con humedales artificiales utilizando especies nativas

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Nely Arévalo Verjel ◽  
Jacipt Alexander Ramón Valencia ◽  
Jairo Lenín Ramón Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Study ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Enzymatic Reaction ◽  
Typha Latifolia ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Substrate Removal ◽  
Kinetic Coefficients ◽  
Microbiological Parameters

<p>En este trabajo de investigación se realizó el estudio cinético de un sistema de tratamiento de lixiviados proveniente de la compactación de las basuras del relleno sanitario Guayabal (Cúcuta), por medio de humedales artificiales utilizando las especies vegetales Crysopogon Zizanioides y Typha Latifolia utilizando como base el modelo de la ecuación de Michaelis-Menten que explica la cinética de una reacción enzimática, aplicando la metodología del agua residual para la mezcla de lixiviado. Las ecuaciones del tratamiento biológico de las aguas residuales dependen de coeficientes cinéticos y estequiometricos. Estos coeficientes varían entre diversos tipos de agua residual, por lo que es necesario calcularlos mediante ensayos pilotos de laboratorio, que simulen el tratamiento del agua residual en estudio. Una vez se estabilizo el biofiltro después de la semana séptima de monitoreo se llevó a cabo el estudio cinético. Se tomaron cuatro muestras por cada uno de los tiempos de retención los cuales fueron 5,4,3,2,1 día.</p><p>Los parámetros que se analizaron fueron Demanda Química de Oxigeno (DQO) y Sólidos Suspendidos Volátiles (SSV) analizados en los laboratorios de la Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. Con los datos obtenidos de cada tiempo de retención, se procedió a realizar el cálculo de los coeficientes cinéticos y estequiométricos para sustrato y biomasa, el tiempo de retención que presento la mayor remoción de contaminantes y el mejor coeficiente de correlación R fue el de cinco días que se analizó para los diferentes autores: Orozco, Eckenfelder, McKinney dando mejores resultados para remoción de sustrato Eckenfelder y Orozco para producción de biomasa. Tras el periodo de monitoreo se determinó que la especie vegetal Typha latifolia alcanzó los valores máximos de remoción en la mayoría de los parámetros fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos evaluados; de manera semejante Crysopogon Zizanioides tuvo remociones con una diferencia mínima inferior.</p><p>Abstract</p><p>In this project the kinetic study of a leachate treatment system from compacting garbage landfill Guayabal ( Cucuta ) through artificial wetland plant species using Crysopogon zizanioides and Typha latifolia was performed using as the base model Michaelis- Menten kinetics explaining an enzymatic reaction , using the methodology of wastewater for mixing leachate. The equations of biological treatment of wastewater dependent kinetic and stoichiometric coefficients. These coefficients vary between different types of waste water, making it necessary to calculate by laboratory pilot tests that simulate wastewater treatment study.Once the biofilter stabilized after the seventh week of monitoring conducted the kinetic study four samples were taken for each of the retention times which were 5 to 1 day. The parameters analyzed were Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and volatile suspended solids (VSS) analyzed in the laboratories of the University Francisco de Paula Santander. With the data obtained from each retention time, we proceeded to perform the calculation of the kinetic coefficients and stoichiometric for substrate and biomass retention time that had the highest contaminant removal and the best correlation coefficient R was five days which we were analyzed for different authors: Orozco, Eckenfelder, McKinney giving better results for Eckenfelder substrate removal and Orozco for biomass production. After the monitoring period is determined that the plant species Typha Latifolia reached the maximum values of removal in most chemical and microbiological parameters evaluated; similarly Crysopogon Zizanioides removals had a lower minimum difference.</p>

Wetland Treatment of Pulp Mill Wastewater

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Moore ◽  
S. M. Skarda ◽  
R. Sherwood
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Biochemical Oxygen Demand ◽  
Aquatic Plant ◽  
Typha Latifolia ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Pulp Mill ◽  
Colour Removal ◽  
Scirpus Acutus ◽  
Wetland Treatment ◽  
Spike Rush

Ten wetland ponds, each 1430 m2 (1/3 acre) in area are being utilized to evaluate the treatment of wastewater from a pulp mill. The ponds are being operated at a depth of 46 cm (18″) and detention times are 2 and 10 days. Six of the ponds have been planted to cattails (Typha latifolia) and three to bulrush (Scirpus acutus). One of the ponds is filled with large (150 mm) stone to compare a subsurface non-plant system. In 24 stock tanks, 8 aquatic plant species (Cattail, Hardstem Bulrush, Bolander's Rush, Common Spike Rush, Water Mannagrass, Beaked Sedge, Water Parsley and Yellow Pond Lily) are being grown to evaluate the effect of plants in the wetland treatment of wastewater. These same species are being evaluated in a larger area for competitiveness and hardiness in the wastewater. The ponds were planted in the winter of 1990/91. Results of this work on treatment of biochemical oxygen demand, solids and colour removal will be reported. Removals are in the range of 55%, 70% and less than 5% for the three parameters, respectively.

scholarly journals Temperature, plant species and residence time effects on nitrogen removal in model treatment wetlands

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 2337-2343 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Allen ◽  
O. R. Stein ◽  
P. B. Hook ◽  
M. D. Burr ◽  
A. E. Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Residence Time ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Typha Latifolia ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Treatment Wetlands ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Residence Times ◽  
One Year

Total nitrogen (TN) removal in treatment wetlands (TWs) is challenging due to nitrogen cycle complexity and the variation of influent nitrogen species. Plant species, season, temperature and hydraulic loading most likely influence root zone oxygenation and appurtenant nitrogen removal, especially for ammonium-rich wastewater. Nitrogen data were collected from two experiments utilizing batch-loaded (3-, 6-, 9- and 20-day residence times), sub-surface TWs monitored for at least one year during which temperature was varied between 4 and 24 °C. Synthetic wastewater containing 17 mg/l N as NH4 and 27 mg/l amino-N, 450 mg/l chemical oxygen demand (COD), and 13 mg/l SO4-S was applied to four replicates of Carex utriculata, Schoenoplectus acutus and Typha latifolia and unplanted controls. Plant presence and species had a greater effect on TN removal than temperature or residence time. Planted columns achieved approximately twice the nitrogen removal of unplanted controls (40–95% versus 20–50% removal) regardless of season and temperature. TWs planted with Carex outperformed both Typha and Schoenoplectus and demonstrated less temperature dependency. TN removal with Carex was excellent at all temperatures and residence times; Schoenoplectus and Typha TN removal improved at longer residence times. Reductions in TN were not accompanied by increases in NO3, which was consistently below 1 mg/l N.

Effect of the pH influent conditions in fixed-film reactors for anaerobic thermophilic treatment of wine-distillery wastewater

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pérez-García ◽  
L.I. Romero-García ◽  
R. Rodríguez-Cano ◽  
D. Sales-Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Organic Load ◽  
Substrate Removal ◽  
Load Rate ◽  
Fixed Film ◽  
Thermophilic Conditions ◽  
Distillery Wastewater

In anaerobic treatments, the pH conditions affect the efficacy and operation of the process. The main purpose of this research is to compare the effect of the pH influent on the performance of a high rate technology at laboratory scale, upflow anaerobic fixed-film reactor, treating distillery wastewater (wine vinasses) in thermophilic conditions. The results obtained shown that the pH influent influences the performance of the biodegradation process: the depurative efficiency is higher for the operation with alkaline influent. The operation with acid influent allows us to operate at organic loading rates (OLR) around 5.6 kgCOD/m3/d (hydraulic retention time: 1.5 days), maintaining total Chemical Oxygen Demand removals (CODr) of 77.2%; the operation with alkaline influent allows total CODr of 76.8% working at OLR around 10.5 kgCOD/m3/d. The greatest efficiency of substrate removal was 87.5% for OLR 3.2 kgCOD/m3/d and hydraulic retention time of 4.0 days operating with alkaline influent. Therefore, the operation with alkaline influent implicates senior levels of purifying efficiency for similar organic load rate.

scholarly journals Microbiological Sulfide Removal—From Microorganism Isolation to Treatment of Industrial Effluent

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 611
Author(s):  
Zhendong Yang ◽  
Zhenghua Liu ◽  
Aleksandra Sklodowska ◽  
Marcin Musialowski ◽  
Tomasz Bajda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elemental Sulfur ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Industrial Effluent ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Xrd Analysis ◽  
Sulfide Concentration ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Metabolic System ◽  
Sulfide Removal

Management of excessive aqueous sulfide is one of the most significant challenges of treating effluent after biological sulfate reduction for metal recovery from hydrometallurgical leachate. The main objective of this study was to characterize and verify the effectiveness of a sulfide-oxidizing bacterial (SOB) consortium isolated from post-mining wastes for sulfide removal from industrial leachate through elemental sulfur production. The isolated SOB has a complete sulfur-oxidizing metabolic system encoded by sox genes and is dominated by the Arcobacter genus. XRD analysis confirmed the presence of elemental sulfur in the collected sediment during cultivation of the SOB in synthetic medium under controlled physicochemical conditions. The growth yield after three days of cultivation reached ~2.34 gprotein/molsulfid, while approximately 84% of sulfide was transformed into elemental sulfur after 5 days of incubation. Verification of isolated SOB on the industrial effluent confirmed that it can be used for effective sulfide concentration reduction (~100% reduced from the initial 75.3 mg/L), but for complete leachate treatment (acceptable for discharged limits), bioaugmentation with other bacteria is required to ensure adequate reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD).

scholarly journals Septage unit treatment by sludge treatment reed beds for easy management and reuse: performance and design considerations

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boram Kim ◽  
Thomas Bel ◽  
Pascal Bourdoncle ◽  
Jocelyne Dimare ◽  
Stéphane Troesch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Surface Deposit ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Sludge Treatment ◽  
Reed Beds ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Deformability

Abstract Sustainable treatment and management of fecal sludge in rural areas require adapted solutions. Rustic and simple operating processes such as sludge treatment reed beds (STRB) have been increasingly considered for this purpose. The biggest full scale (2,600 m2 of STRB) septage treatment unit in France had been built in Nègrepelisse with the final objectives of reusing treated sludge and leachates for agriculture spreading and tree irrigation, respectively. The aim of this investigation was to validate the treatment chain of this installation. The obtained field data showed firstly that the overall removal efficiencies of STRB were satisfactory and stable. Removal rates higher than 98% for chemical oxygen demand and suspended solids and a 95% for Kjeldahl nitrogen represented so far a beneficial septage treatment by STRB. The highlighted necessity of a suitable complementary leachate treatment (before tree irrigation) justified the presence of the second stage of vertical flow constructed wetland. The sludge deposit drying and mineralization efficiencies were on the right track. According to hydrotextural diagram analysis, surface deposit was however found to have high deformability probably due to the youth of the installation. An in-depth understanding of STRB system needs continuous long-term studies.

Characterization of slowly-biodegradable organic compounds and hydrolysis kinetics in tropical wastewater for biological nitrogen removal

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seow Wah How ◽  
Jia Huey Sin ◽  
Sharon Ying Ying Wong ◽  
Pek Boon Lim ◽  
Alijah Mohd Aris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Uptake Rate ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Hydrolysis Rate ◽  
Biological Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Kinetic Coefficients ◽  
Wastewater Samples ◽  
Biological Nitrogen

Abstract Many developing countries, mostly situated in the tropical region, have incorporated a biological nitrogen removal process into their wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Existing wastewater characteristic data suggested that the soluble chemical oxygen demand (COD) in tropical wastewater is not sufficient for denitrification. Warm wastewater temperature (30 °C) in the tropical region may accelerate the hydrolysis of particulate settleable solids (PSS) to provide slowly-biodegradable COD (sbCOD) for denitrification. This study aimed to characterize the different fractions of COD in several sources of low COD-to-nitrogen (COD/N) tropical wastewater. We characterized the wastewater samples from six WWTPs in Malaysia for 22 months. We determined the fractions of COD in the wastewater by nitrate uptake rate experiments. The PSS hydrolysis kinetic coefficients were determined at tropical temperature using an oxygen uptake rate experiment. The wastewater samples were low in readily-biodegradable COD (rbCOD), which made up 3–40% of total COD (TCOD). Most of the biodegradable organics were in the form of sbCOD (15–60% of TCOD), which was sufficient for complete denitrification. The PSS hydrolysis rate was two times higher than that at 20 °C. The high PSS hydrolysis rate may provide sufficient sbCOD to achieve effective biological nitrogen removal at WWTPs in the tropical region.

scholarly journals PERFORMANSI INSTALASI PENGOLAH AIR LIMBAH TAMBAK SUPERINTENSIF

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachman Syah ◽  
Mat Fahrur ◽  
Hidayat Suryanto Suwoyo ◽  
Makmur Makmur
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Biological Oxygen Demand ◽  
Total N ◽  
Organic Matters ◽  
Shrimp Farm ◽  
Long Line

Pengolahan air buangan tambak superintensif (TSI) adalah usaha untuk mengurangi beban bahan pencemar yang terkandung di dalam air buangan TSI sehingga aman dan tidak membahayakan saat dibuang ke lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi desain dan performansi Instalasi Pengolahan Air Limbah (IPAL) dalam memperbaiki kualitas air buangan TSI sebelum dibuang ke badan air. IPAL terdiri atas kolam sedimentasi, dua kolam aerasi, dan satu kolam penampungan. Ke dalam kolam penampungan ditebari ikan mujair serta rumput laut Gracilaria sp. yang dibudidayakan dengan metode long line, berfungsi sebagai biokontrol. Sampel air diambil di bagian inlet IPAL, oulet kolam sedimentasi atau inlet kolam aerasi-1, outlet kolam aerasi-1 atau inlet kolam aerasi-2, outlet kolam aerasi-2 atau inlet kolam penampungan, serta outlet kolam penampungan, setiap dua minggu selama 105 hari pemeliharaan. Parameter yang diukur adalah total padatan tersuspensi (TSS), total amonia nitrogen (TAN), nitrit, nitrat, fosfat, bahan organik terlarut (BOT), dan biological oxygen demand (BOD-5). Spesifikasi teknis IPAL yang diamati meliputi ukuran dan volume IPAL, volume dan waktu tinggal air buangan tambak, dan efisiensi kinerja IPAL, serta rasio volume IPAL dan volume total air tambak. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa IPAL dapat mengurangi beban bahan pencemar dengan tingkat efisiensi antara 53,1%-99,4%; namun masih diperlukan peningkatan kapasitas dalam mengurangi konsentrasi BOT. IPAL menghasilkan efisiensi yang tinggi terhadap TSS, TAN, nitrit, Total Nitrogen (TN), dan fosfat. Rasio volume IPAL dan volume air tambak 30:70 dengan waktu tinggal minimal lima hari, dapat dijadikan acuan dalam pembangunan IPAL tambak superintensif.A wastewater treatment plant (WTP) in a super-intensive shrimp farm is used to reduce organic matters contained in super-intensive shrimp farm effluent. Through the WTP, the waste water from shrimp facilities can safely and harmlessly be released to the receiving environments. The aims of this study were to evaluate the design and performance of a WTP in reconditioning waste water released from a super-intensive shrimp farm prior to release to water bodies. The WTP was made of a series of sedimentation pond, two aeration ponds, and one reservoir or equalitation pond. The tilapia fish and seaweed, Gracilaria sp., were stocked in the equalitation pond where the seaweed was cultured using long line method; these organisms were used as bio-control. Water samples were collected fortnightly during 105 days of culturing duration from the WTP inlet, outlet of sedimentation pond or at inlet of the first aeration pond; outlet of the first aeration pond or inlet of the second aeration pond, outlet of the second aeration pond or inlet of equalitation pond and the outlet of equalitation pond. The measured variables were total suspended solid (TSS), total ammonia nitrogen (TAN), nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, total organic matters (TOM), and five days biological oxygen demand (BOD5). The evaluated technical performances of the plant were its size and volume; volume and retention time of effluent, efficiency of WTP performance and volume ratios of the WTP and total volume of shrimp pond. The results of the study indicated that the WTP was able to reduce concentrations of nutrients and solids in effluent by 53.1%-99.4% of efficiency. However, its capacity need to be increased due to reducing concentrations of TOM. The WTP was highly efficient in reducing the concentrations of TSS, TAN, nitrite, total N, and phosphate. The volume ratios between the plant and pond waters were 30:70 with minimum retention time five which days could be proposed for wastewater treatment pond for super-intensive shrimp ponds.

scholarly journals Performance of Filterbeds and Macrophytes in Vertical Constructed Wetland for Treating Domestic Sewage Effluent

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanitha Thammaiah ◽  
Manjunatha Hebbara ◽  
Manjunatha Mudukapla Virupakshappa
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Typha Latifolia ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Domestic Wastewater ◽  
Organic N ◽  
Sewage Effluent ◽  
Ammoniacal Nitrogen ◽  
Wetland Treatment ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus

Abstract An experiment with different filterbeds and macrophytes was carried-out to study their phytoremediation capacity on the efficiency of domestic wastewater treatment through constructed wetland (CW) during November to March, 2017-18 at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad campus, Karnataka, India. Twenty treatment combinations involving five types of filterbeds (FB-1: gravel, FB-2: gravel-sand-gravel, FB-3: gavel-sand-brick-gravel, FB-4: gravel-sand-charcoal-gravel and FB-5: gravel-sand-(charcoal+brick)-gravel) and four macrophytes (MP-1: Typha latifolia, MP-2: Brachiaria mutica, MP-3: Canna indica and MP-4: Phragmites sps.) were evaluated for treating domestic wastewater. After 120 days from start, across treatment combinations, water electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved and suspended solids (TDS-TSS), biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), sodium, sodium adsorption ratio (SAR), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), bicarbonates, total nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (N-P-K) and boron (B) were reduced by more than 40 per cent due to wetland treatment. The system enhanced the mineralization of organic nitrogen to ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4+-N) and nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) fractions. Among filterbeds, Type-5 caused higher reduction in pH, EC, BOD, COD and Organic-N while, Type-4 proved efficient in removing total solids and lowering pH in the sewage effluent. The Type-3 filterbed removed more suspended solids, potassium and ammoniacal nitrogen. Among the macrophytes, Brachiaria (paragrass) removed more nitrogen and potassium while, Phragmites removed more nitrogen, phosphorus and boron. The flexibility of implementation allows the CW to be adapted to different sites with different configurations, being suitable as main, secondary or tertiary treatment stage.

Working Parameters Optimization of Hydrolysis-acidogenesis reactor in two stage anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse Wastewater for Biogas Production

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejene Tsegaye Bedane ◽  
Mohammed Mazharuddin Khan ◽  
Seyoum Leta Asfaw
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydraulic Retention Time ◽  
Loading Rate ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Organic Loading ◽  
Slaughterhouse Wastewater ◽  
Working Parameters

Abstract Background : Wastewater from agro-industries such as slaughterhouse is typical organic wastewater with high value of biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, biological organic nutrients (Nitrogen and phosphate) which are insoluble, slowly biodegradable solids, pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and viruses, parasite eggs. Moreover it contains high protein and putrefies fast leading to environmental pollution problem. This indicates that slaughterhouses are among the most environmental polluting agro-industries. Anaerobic digestion is a sequence of metabolic steps involving consortiums of several microbial populations to form a complex metabolic interaction network resulting in the conversation of organic matter into methane (CH 4 ), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other trace compounds. Separation of the phase permits the optimization of the organic loading rate and HRT based on the requirements of the microbial consortiums of each phase. The purpose of this study was to optimize the working conditions for the hydrolytic - acidogenic stage in two step/phase anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastewater. The setup of the laboratory scale reactor was established at Center for Environmental Science, College of Natural Science with a total volume of 40 liter (36 liter working volume and 4 liter gas space). The working parameters for hydrolytic - acidogenic stage were optimized for six hydraulic retention time 1-6 days and equivalent organic loading rate of 5366.43 – 894.41 mg COD/L day to evaluate the effect of the working parameters on the performance of hydrolytic – acidogenic reactor. Result : The finding revealed that hydraulic retention time of 3 day with organic loading rate of 1,788.81 mg COD/L day was a as an optimal working conditions for the parameters under study for the hydrolytic - acidogenic stage. The degree of hydrolysis and acidification were mainly influenced by lower hydraulic retention time (higher organic loading rate) and highest values recorded were 63.92 % at hydraulic retention time of 3 day and 53.26% at hydraulic retention time of 2 day respectively. Conclusion : The finding of the present study indicated that at steady state the concentration of soluble chemical oxygen demand and total volatile fatty acids increase as hydraulic retention time decreased or organic loading rate increased from 1 day hydraulic retention time to 3 day hydraulic retention time and decreases as hydraulic retention time increase from 4 to 6 day. The lowest concentration of NH 4 + -N and highest degree of acidification was also achieved at hydraulic retention time of 3 day. Therefore, it can be concluded that hydraulic retention time of 3 day/organic loading rate of 1,788.81 mg COD/L .day was selected as an optimal working condition for the high performance and stability during the two stage anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse wastewater for the hydrolytic-acidogenic stage under mesophilic temperature range selected (37.5℃). Keywords : Slaughterhouse Wastewater, Hydrolytic – Acidogenic, Two Phase Anaerobic Digestion, Optimal Condition, Agro-processing wastewater

Ozonation With Catalyst in Landfill Leachate Treatment

2019 ◽  
pp. 324-354
Author(s):  
Siti Nor Farhana Zakaria
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Hydroxyl Radical ◽  
Chemical Oxygen Demand ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Treatment Cost ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Leachate Treatment

Landfill leachate is a hazardous pollutant generated from a landfill site. Discharge of landfill leachate has caused a major contamination to the environment and detrimental to human health. This chapter introduces an alternative method to treat recalcitrant pollutant in leachate by using ozonation with catalyst. The production of hydroxyl radical in ozonation was not enough to oxidize complex molecular structure in the leachate. Theoretically, the addition of catalyst enhances the capacity of radical and accelerates the chemical reaction. The effectiveness of ozonation with Fenton (O3/Fenton), hydrogen peroxide (O3/H2O2), and zirconium tetrachloride (O3/ZrCl4) in removing pollutant such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), color, and improvement of biodegradability by using this process were also discussed in this chapter. Comparison in term of treatment cost and benefits of the application of chemical as catalyst are briefly elaborated at the end of this chapter.

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