Combined treatment of landfill leachate and domestic sewage in a sequencing batch reactor

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Diamadopoulos ◽  
P. Samaras ◽  
X. Dabou ◽  
G. P. Sakellaropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Nitrate Removal ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Municipal Sewage ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Activated Sludge Reactor ◽  
Nitrification And Denitrification

A study was undertaken to examine the feasibility of biologically treating a combined waste stream of landfill leachate and municipal sewage. The ratio of sewage to leachate was 9 to 1 by volume. The combined waste had an average BOD5 430 mg/l, COD 1090 mg/l, and TKN 133 mg/l (80% of which was in the form of ammonia). A laboratory-scale sequencing batch activated sludge reactor was used to carry comparative performance evaluations of biological treatment, including nitrification and denitrification. The SBR reactor was operating in daily time cycles employing the following sequential operation phases: filling phase, anoxic phase, aeration reaction phase, settling phase, and drain phase. In particular, the anoxic and aeration periods were tailored in order to develop conditions conducive to desired nitrification and denitrification. During the reaction period, the process was operated under an extended aeration mode with the MLSS concentration being around 3500 mg/l. The results indicated that successful biotreatment of combined leachate and sewage was possible, with the treated effluent being low in BOD5 and COD. The system was capable of BOD5 removal efficiencies exceeding 95%. Furthermore, nitrate removal during the anoxic phase was approximately 99% due to denitrification. However, the overall nitrogen removal during a full cycle was about 50%. The inclusion of an anoxic period right after the aeration phase enhanced the nitrogen removal efficiency, yet this phase required the addition of an external carbon source to the reactor due to the low concentration of biodegradable carbon, and at the same time the process became less efficient in BOD removal.

scholarly journals Performance of the anammox sequencing batch reactor treating synthetic and real landfill leachate

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz Tomaszewski ◽  
Grzegorz Cema ◽  
Tomasz Twardowski ◽  
Aleksandra Ziembińska-Buczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Sequencing Batch Reactor ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Nitrogen Loading ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
High Nitrogen ◽  
Removal Capacity ◽  
Anammox Activity ◽  
Anammox Process

The anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process is one of the most energy efficient and environmentally-friendly bioprocess for the treatment of the wastewater with high nitrogen concentration. The aim of this work was to study the influence of the high nitrogen loading rate (NLR) on the nitrogen removal in the laboratory-scale anammox sequencing batch reactor (SBR), during the shift from the synthetic wastewater to landfill leachate. In both cases with the increase of NLR from 0.5 to 1.1 – 1.2 kg N/m3d, the nitrogen removal rate (NRR) increases to about 1 kg N/m3d, but higher NLR caused substrates accumulation and affects anammox process efficiency. Maximum specific anammox activity was determined as 0.638 g N/g VSSd (NRR 1.023 kg N/m3d) and 0.594 g N/g VSSd (NRR 1.241 kg N/m3d) during synthetic and real wastewater treatment, respectively. Both values are similar and this is probably the nitrogen removal capacity of the used anammox biomass. This indicates, that landfill leachate did not influence the nitrogen removal capacity of the anammox process.

scholarly journals Comparative Study on Advanced Nitrogen Removal of Landfill Leachate Treated by SBR and SBBR

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 3240
Author(s):  
Jinfeng Jiang ◽  
Liang Ma ◽  
Lianjie Hao ◽  
Daoji Wu ◽  
Kai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Nitrogen Concentration ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Advanced Nitrogen Removal

In order to achieve advanced nitrogen removal from landfill leachate without the addition of external carbon sources, a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) and a Sequencing Biofilm Batch Reactor (SBBR) were proposed for the treatment of actual landfill leachate with ammonia nitrogen (NH4+-N) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentrations of 1000 ± 100 mg/L and 4000 ± 100 mg/L, respectively. The operating modes of both systems are anaerobic–aerobic–anoxic. After 110 days of start-up and biomass acclimation, the effluent COD and the total nitrogen (TN) of the two systems were 650 ± 50 mg/L and 20 ± 10 mg/L, respectively. The removal rates of COD and total nitrogen could reach around 85% and above 95%, respectively. Therefore, advanced nitrogen removal was implemented in landfill leachate without adding any carbon sources. After the two systems were acclimated, nitrogen removing cycles of SBR and SBBR were 24 h and 20 h, respectively. The nitrogen removing efficiency of SBBR was improved by 16.7% in comparison to SBR. In the typical cycle of the two groups of reactors, the nitrification time of the system was the same, which was 5.5 h, indicating that although the fiber filler occupied part of the reactor space, it had no significant impact on the nitrification performance of the system. At the end of aeration, the internal carbon source content of sludge of SBBR was equivalent to that of the SBR system. However, the total nitrogen concentration of SBBR was only 129 mg/L, which is 33.8% lower than that of SBR at 195 mg/L. The main reason was that biofilm enhanced the simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) effect of the system.

Nitrogen removal from raw landfill leachate by an algae–bacteria consortium

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn D. Sniffen ◽  
Christopher M. Sales ◽  
Mira S. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Ammonia Concentration ◽  
Ammonia Removal ◽  
Ammonia Toxicity ◽  
Concentration Maximum ◽  
Maintenance Requirements ◽  
Bacteria Culture

A remediation system for the removal of nitrogen from landfill leachate by a mixed algae–bacteria culture was investigated. This system was designed to treat leachate with minimal inputs and maintenance requirements, and was operated as an open semi-batch reactor in an urban greenhouse. The results of this study showed a maximum nitrogen removal rate of 9.18 mg N/(L·day) and maximum biomass density of 480 mg biomass/L. The ammonia removal rates of this culture increased with increasing initial ammonia concentration; maximum nitrogen removal occurred at an ammonia concentration of 80 mg N-NH3/L. At starting ammonia concentrations above 80 mg N-NH3/L a reduction in nitrogen removal was seen; this inhibition is hypothesized to be caused by ammonia toxicity. This inhibiting concentration is considerably higher than that of many other published studies.

Nitrogen removal optimization in a sequencing batch reactor treating sanitary landfill leachate

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 757-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Spagni ◽  
M. Cristina Lavagnolo ◽  
Carlotta Scarpa ◽  
Paola Vendrame ◽  
Andrea Rizzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Sequencing Batch Reactor ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Sanitary Landfill ◽  
Sanitary Landfill Leachate

Nitrogen removal from pharmaceutical manufacturing wastewater with high concentration of ammonia and free ammonia via partial nitrification and denitrification

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.Z. Peng ◽  
Y.Z. Li ◽  
C.Y. Peng ◽  
S.Y. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Removal ◽  
Accumulation Rate ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Free Ammonia ◽  
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ◽  
Partial Nitrification ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Wastewater Stream ◽  
Nitrification And Denitrification ◽  
Study Laboratory

In this study, laboratory-scale experiments were conducted applying a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) activated sludge process to a wastewater stream from a pharmaceutical factory. Nitrogen removal can be achieved via partial nitrification and denitrification and the efficiency was above 99% at 23°C ± 1. The experimental results indicated that the nitrite oxidizers were more sensitive than ammonia oxidizers to the free ammonia in the wastewater. The average accumulation rate of nitrite was much higher than that of nitrate. During nitrogen removal via the nitrite pathway, the end of nitrification and denitrification can be exactly decided by monitoring the variation of pH. Consequently, on-line control for nitrogen removal from the pharmaceutical manufacturing wastewater can be achieved and the cost of operation can be reduced.

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