Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate

The objective of the research was to study physicochemical pretreatment to prepare a landfill leachate for further treatment. Leachate samples were subjected to pH adjustment-settling and coagulation-flocculation. The pH adjustment-settling produced the following removals at pH 3: COD 45%, total sus...

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Main Authors: Chaudhuri, M., Elmolla, E. S., Heng, G. C.
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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description The objective of the research was to study physicochemical pretreatment to prepare a landfill leachate for further treatment. Leachate samples were subjected to pH adjustment-settling and coagulation-flocculation. The pH adjustment-settling produced the following removals at pH 3: COD 45%, total suspended solids 80% and turbidity 59%. Coagulation-flocculation at optimum pH 6 and optimum FeCl3 dosage of 1200 mg/L resulted in COD, total suspended solids and turbidity removal of 65, 72 and 92%, respectively, and biodegradability was 0.18. pH adjustment-settling appears to be an adequate pretreatment for further treatment of the leachate by physicochemical process(es) operating at low pH such as Fenton treatment. Coagulation-flocculation appears to be a suitable pretreatment for further treatment of the leachate by biological process(es).
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:22012017-01-19T08:25:05Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2201/ Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate Chaudhuri, M. Elmolla, E. S. Heng, G. C. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The objective of the research was to study physicochemical pretreatment to prepare a landfill leachate for further treatment. Leachate samples were subjected to pH adjustment-settling and coagulation-flocculation. The pH adjustment-settling produced the following removals at pH 3: COD 45%, total suspended solids 80% and turbidity 59%. Coagulation-flocculation at optimum pH 6 and optimum FeCl3 dosage of 1200 mg/L resulted in COD, total suspended solids and turbidity removal of 65, 72 and 92%, respectively, and biodegradability was 0.18. pH adjustment-settling appears to be an adequate pretreatment for further treatment of the leachate by physicochemical process(es) operating at low pH such as Fenton treatment. Coagulation-flocculation appears to be a suitable pretreatment for further treatment of the leachate by biological process(es). 2009-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2201/1/Physicochemical_Pretreatment_of_Landfill_Leachate.pdf Chaudhuri, M. and Elmolla, E. S. and Heng, G. C. (2009) Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate. In: Second International Conference on Engineering Technology (ICET 2009), 8-10 December, 2009, Kuala Lumpur.
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Chaudhuri, M.
Elmolla, E. S.
Heng, G. C.
Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate
title Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate
title_full Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate
title_fullStr Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate
title_full_unstemmed Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate
title_short Physicochemical Pretreatment of Landfill Leachate
title_sort physicochemical pretreatment of landfill leachate
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
url http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2201/
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2201/1/Physicochemical_Pretreatment_of_Landfill_Leachate.pdf