scholarly journals Strategy for Investigation of Filter Material for Wastewater Treatment

2017 ◽  
pp. 141-146
Author(s):  
Britt-Marie Svensson ◽  
Lennart Mårtensson ◽  
Lennart Mathiasson
Keyword(s):  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Filter Material ◽  
Inorganic Pollutants ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Incineration Plant ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Biological Filter ◽  
Comprehensive Picture

This paper presents a strategy for an investigation to give a comprehensive picture of a biological filter aimed for treatment of different kinds of wastewaters, such as landfill leachate, stormwater and wastewater from vehicle washes. The strategy is based on batch equilibrium experiments and includes three main parts. Under focus is the ability of the filter material to simultaneously remove organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater, as well as the environmental impact of using materials that would normally be waste to build filters, on one hand, and of disposing of used filter material on the other. The filter material used in these tests is naturally occurring materials such as peat and residual products such as carboncontaining ash. A filter material in a treatment system needs eventually to be exchanged either because it has been saturated by pollutants or because the hydraulic conductivity has decreased too much. After usage the filter material is considered solid waste and is to be classified and handled according to that. Several possible alternatives for further handling, i.e. landfilling, combustion or composting can be selected. A characterization of filter material used for three years in a full-scale filter system for landfill leachate treatment has revealed that energy recovery at an incineration plant could be a possible handling alternative for the used filter material.

scholarly journals Characterizing Seasonal Variation in Landfill Leachate Using Leachate Pollution Index (LPI) at Nam Son Solid Waste Landfill in Hanoi, Vietnam

Environments ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Son Tran Hoai ◽  
Huong Nguyen Lan ◽  
Nga Tran Thi Viet ◽  
Giang Nguyen Hoang ◽  
Ken Kawamoto
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Pollution Index ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Inorganic Pollutants ◽  
Landfill Leachates ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Waste Landfill ◽  
Permissible Limits ◽  
Leachate Pollution Index

The improper treatment of landfill leachates is one of the major problems associated with waste landfilling and causes serious environmental pollution at waste landfill sites and their surroundings. To develop a suitable landfill leachate treatment system and to minimize the risk of environmental pollution, it is important to characterize seasonal and temporal variations of landfill leachates. This study investigated the leachate quality of the Nam Son waste landfill in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2017–2019 and characterized the potential risks of landfill leachate using a leachate pollution index (LPI). The results of this study showed that the seasonal and temporal variation of the overall LPI during the monitoring period was small and in the range of 20–25 (values 2.5 times higher than the maximum permissible limits of Vietnam National Technical Regulation on Industrial Wastewater). The LPI sub-indices attributed to organic and inorganic pollutants were major components of the LPI. Especially, the annually averaged values of LPI of inorganic pollutants were 7.7 times higher than the maximum permissible limits, suggesting that the treatment of inorganic pollutants, such as ammonium-nitrogen (NH4+–N) and total nitrogen (TN), is highly required at Nam Son landfill to prevent environmental pollution surrounding the landfill site.

High Resolution Replication of Organoclay Surfaces

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 576-577
Author(s):  
W. W. Barker ◽  
W. E. Rigsby ◽  
V. J. Hurst ◽  
W. J. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Clay Mineral ◽  
Organic Molecule ◽  
Organic Molecules ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Xrd Pattern ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Silicate Layers ◽  
Mineral Identification

Experimental clay mineral-organic molecule complexes long have been known and some of them have been extensively studied by X-ray diffraction methods. The organic molecules are adsorbed onto the surfaces of the clay minerals, or intercalated between the silicate layers. Natural organo-clays also are widely recognized but generally have not been well characterized. Widely used techniques for clay mineral identification involve treatment of the sample with H2 O2 or other oxidant to destroy any associated organics. This generally simplifies and intensifies the XRD pattern of the clay residue, but helps little with the characterization of the original organoclay. Adequate techniques for the direct observation of synthetic and naturally occurring organoclays are yet to be developed.

scholarly journals Application of Electrocoagulation with a New Steel-Swarf-Based Electrode for the Removal of Heavy Metals and Total Coliforms from Sanitary Landfill Leachate

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5009
Author(s):  
Mayk Teles de Oliveira ◽  
Ieda Maria Sapateiro Torres ◽  
Humberto Ruggeri ◽  
Paulo Scalize ◽  
Antonio Albuquerque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Landfill Leachate ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Sanitary Landfill ◽  
Leachate Treatment ◽  
Removal Of Heavy Metals ◽  
Waste Characteristics ◽  
Electrode Passivation ◽  
Steel Swarf ◽  
Sanitary Landfill Leachate

Sanitary landfill leachate (LL) composition varies according to climate variables variation, solid waste characteristics and composition, and landfill age. Leachate treatment is essentially carried out trough biological and physicochemical processes, which have showed variability in efficiency and appear a costly solution for the management authorities. Electrocoagulation (EC) seems a suitable solution for leachate treatment taking into account the characteristics of the liquor. One of the problems of EC is the electrode passivation, which affects the longevity of the process. One solution to this problem could be the replacement of the electrode by one made of recyclable material, which would make it possible to change it frequently and at a lower cost. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the removal of heavy metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Ni, Se and Zn) and coliforms from a LL by EC using electrodes made from steel swarf (SfE) up to 8 h. Removal efficiencies of detected heavy metals were 51%(Cr), 59%(As), 71%(Cd), 72%(Zn), 92%(Ba), 95%(Ni) and >99%(Pb). The microbial load of coliforms in leachate was reduced from 10.76 × 104 CFU/mL (raw leachate) to less than 1 CFU/mL (after treatment with SfE) (i.e., approximately 100% reduction). The use of SfE in EC of LL is very effective in removing heavy metals and coliforms and can be used as alternative treatment solution for such effluents.

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