Stripping/flocculation/membrane bioreactor/reverse osmosis treatment of municipal landfill leachate

J Hazard Mater. 2009 Nov 15;171(1-3):309-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.003. Epub 2009 Jun 10.

Abstract

This study presents a configuration for the complete treatment of landfill leachate with high organic and ammonium concentrations. Ammonia stripping is performed to overcome the ammonia toxicity to aerobic microorganisms. By coagulation-flocculation process, COD and suspended solids (SS) were removed 36 and 46%, respectively. After pretreatment, an aerobic/anoxic membrane bioreactor (Aer/An MBR) accomplished the COD and total inorganic nitrogen (total-N(i)) removals above 90 and 92%, respectively, at SRT of 30 days. Concentrations of COD and total-N(i) (not considering organic nitrogen) in the Aer/An MBR effluent decreased to 450 and 40 mg/l, respectively, by significant organic oxidation and nitrification/denitrification processes. As an advanced treatment for the leachate, the reverse osmosis (RO) was applied to the collected Aer/An MBR effluents. Reverse osmosis provided high quality effluent by reducing the effluent COD from MBR to less than 4.0mg/l at SRT of 30 days.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ammonia / chemistry*
  • Biomass
  • Bioreactors*
  • Flocculation
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Nitrogen / chemistry
  • Osmosis
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Refuse Disposal
  • Time Factors
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / isolation & purification*
  • Water Purification / methods

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Ammonia
  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen