Ultrasound as a pre-oxidation for biological landfill leachate treatment

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 175-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Neczaj ◽  
M. Kacprzak

In this study, the effects of low energy ultrasound irradiation on landfill leachate treatment by means of sequencing bath reactor were investigated. The aim of this work was to estimate the influence of leachate irradiation time on aerobic treatment efficiency. The sonification of the leachate was carried out in static conditions using the disintegrator UD-20. The field frequency of 22 kHz (the power output equals to 180 W) and amplitude of 12 μm was applied. The sonification time was changed in the range of 30–140 s. It was found that ultrasonic pretreatment enhances the subsequent aerobic digestion resulting in a better degradation of landfill leachate. The sonification of raw leachate leads to enhancement of COD and ammonia removal as compare to experiment without ultrasound.

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kwarciak-Kozłowska ◽  
Aleksandra Krzywicka

Abstract The goal of this article was to compare the efficiency of Fenton and photo-Fenton reaction used for stabilised landfill leachate treatment. The mass ratio of COD:H2O2 was fixed to 1:2 for every stages. The dose of reagents (ferrous sulphate/hydrogen peroxide) was different and ranged from 0.1 to 0.5. To determine the efficiency of treatment, the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand COD (chemical oxygen demand), TOC (total organic carbon) , ammonia nitrogen and BOD/COD ratio was measured. The experiment was carried out under the following conditions: temperature was 25ºC, the initial pH was adjusted to 3.0. Every processes were lasting 60 minutes. The most appropriate dose of reagents was 0.25 (Fe2+/H2O2). It was found that the application of UV contributed to increase of COD, TOC and ammonia removal efficiencies by an average of 14%.


1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 854-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Shiskowski ◽  
D S Mavinic

This bench-scale study investigated the nitrogen-removal capabilities of two different biological process configurations treating methanogenic-state landfill leachate containing up to 1200 mg N/L of ammonia. The first configuration was a pre-denitrification system known as the modified Ludzack-Ettinger (MLE) process. Large clarifier sludge recycle flows, set to yield clarifier recycle ratios of 7:1 and 8:1, were evaluated as a means to reduce effluent NOx concentrations. A pre- and post-denitrification system, known as the four-stage Bardenpho process, was the second configuration evaluated. The MLE systems (20 day aerobic solids retention time (SRT)) were capable of producing effluent containing about 50 mg N/L of ammonia and 200-235 mg N/L of total inorganic nitrogen (ammonia + NOx) when treating leachate containing approximately 1200 mg N/L of ammonia. In contrast, effluent from the four-stage Bardenpho system contained less than 1 mg N/L of ammonia and 15 mg N/L of NOx, when treating 1100 mg N/L ammonia leachate. An aerobic number 1 SRT of 20 days (total aerobic SRT approximately equal to 40 days) was used with aerobic number 1 and clarifier sludge recycle ratios of 4:1 and 3:1, respectively. The ammonia-removal potential of both systems was clearly demonstrated but each system also showed certain disadvantages, characteristic of each process.Key words: ammonia-N, anoxic denitrification, leachate treatment, nitrification, pre-denitrification.


2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kabdaslı ◽  
O. Tünay ◽  
İ. Öztürk ◽  
S. Yılmaz ◽  
O. Arıkan

Leachate from sanitary landfills is a strong wastewater in terms of organic matter and ammonia. Organic matter can be reduced by anaerobic plus aerobic treatment; however, ammonia reduction by nitrification often poses problems due to inhibition. In this study, ammonia removal by physical chemical treatment from young leachate and anaerobically treated young landfill leachate was experimentally investigated. Magnesium ammonium phosphate precipitation (MAP) and ammonia stripping at pH 12 provided ammonia removals over 90 and 85% respectively. Up to 80% COD removal was obtained with MAP precipitation of raw leachate.


2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 1240-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenjira Saetang ◽  
Sandhya Babel

This paper investigated treatment of landfill leachate collected from Nonthaburi landfill site, Thailand, by using immobilized white rot fungi, namely, Trametes versicolor BCC 8725 and Flavodon flavus BCC 17421. Effects of pH and co-substrates were investigated at different contact times. Three types of co-substrates as carbon source used in this study are glucose, corn starch and cassava. Treatment efficiency was evaluated based on color, BOD, and COD removal. Initial BOD and COD were found to be 5,600 and 34,560 mg/L, respectively. The optimum pH was found to be 4, the optimum co-substrate concentration (glucose, corn starch and cassava) was 3 g/L and the optimum contact time was 10 days for both types of fungi. Addition of glucose, corn starch and cassava as co-substrate at optimum conditions could remove 78, 74, and 66% of color, respectively for T. versicolor and 73, 68, and 60%, respectively, for F. flavus. Moreover, for T. versicolor, BOD and COD reduction of 69 and 57%, respectively, could be achieved at optimum conditions when using glucose as a co-substrate. For F. flavus, BOD and COD reduction of 66 and 52%, respectively were obtained when using glucose as a co-substrate. White rot fungi can be considered potentially useful in the treatment of landfill leachate as they can help in removing color, BOD and COD due to their biodegradative abilities.


1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 992-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Paul Henderson ◽  
James W. Atwater

A pre-denitrifying anaerobic filter and a rotating biological contactor (RBC) were used to remove nitrogen from a high ammonia landfill leachate collected from a municipal and industrial solid waste landfill in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China. The research indicated that greater than 95% ammonia removal from high ammonia-N (2140 mg/L) leachate can be achieved with RBC ammonia-N loading rates up to 1.5 g/(m2∙d). At RBC loading rates of 1.5–3.0 g/(m2∙d), ammonia removal ranged from 80% to 90%. Nitrogen removal averaged 66%, including an estimated 54% removal in the RBC. Nitrogen removal in the RBC was the result of either simultaneous nitrification and denitrification or air stripping of ammonia in combination with nitrification. Both alkalinity consumption and COD removal results support the explanation of simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (potentially aerobic denitrification); but since RBC off-gasses were not monitored, neither theory can be confirmed. The high nitrogen removal in the RBC suggests that for this leachate the anaerobic filter was not required for ammonia and nitrogen removal. BOD and COD removal averaged 92% and 49% respectively. Key words: landfill, leachate, treatment, ammonia, rotating biological contactor (RBC), nitrification, denitrification.


2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 2217-2220
Author(s):  
Jiang Yue Tan ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Bin Wang

In this paper, activated sludge process enhanced by ultrasound was applied to treat the chemical production wastewater containing nitroaromatic compound after ultrasonic pretreatment. The factors influence to treatment effect such as ultrasound power and frequency, irradiation time were investigated by experiment. The mechanism of ultrasound enhanced activated sludge process was analyzed. The experimental results show that ultrasonic irradiation with appropriate parameters can effectively enhance sludge activity, improve the treatment efficiency. The optimal treatment conditions are as follows: ultrasound power 10W, frequency 25kHz, irradiation time 15min.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1051 (1) ◽  
pp. 012064
Author(s):  
H Haslina ◽  
J NorRuwaida ◽  
M Dewika ◽  
M Rashid ◽  
Abd Halim Md Ali ◽  
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Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tawfiq J. H. Banch ◽  
Marlia M. Hanafiah ◽  
Abbas F. M. Alkarkhi ◽  
Salem S. Abu Amr

In this study, tannin-based natural coagulant was used to treat stabilized landfill leachate. Tannin modified with amino group was utilized for the treatment process. Central composite design (CCD) was used to investigate and optimize the effect of tannin dosage and pH on four responses. The treatment efficiency was evaluated based on the removal of four selected (responses) parameters; namely, chemical oxygen demand (COD), color, NH3–N and total suspended solids (TSS). The optimum removal efficiency for COD, TSS, NH3–N and color was obtained using a tannin dosage of 0.73 g at a pH of 6. Moreover, the removal efficiency for selected heavy metals from leachate; namely, iron (Fe2+), zinc (Zn2+), copper (Cu2+), chromium (Cr2+), cadmium (Cd2+), lead (Pb2+), arsenic (As3+), and cobalt (Co2+) was also investigated. The results for removal efficiency for COD, TSS, NH3–N, and color were 53.50%, 60.26%, and 91.39%, respectively. The removal of selected heavy metals from leachate for Fe2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, Cr2+, Cd2+, Pb2+, As3+ and cobalt Co2+ were 89.76%, 94.61%, 94.15%, 89.94%, 17.26%, 93.78%, 86.43% and 84.19%, respectively. The results demonstrate that tannin-based natural coagulant could effectively remove organic compounds and heavy metals from stabilized landfill leachate.


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