Aerobic biological treatment of leachates from municipal solid waste landfill.
The main objective of the study was to improve chemical oxygen demand (COD) elimination by secondary biological treatment from leachate of municipal solid waste landfill. This effluent was a supernatant liquid obtained after physicochemical processes and coagulating with Al3+ followed by ammoniacal stripping. First, respirometric assays were carried out to determine the substrate biodegradability. Specific sludge respiration rate (R(s)) vs. concentration of substrate (S), showed an increasing specific rate of assimilation of substrate (Rs), which reached the highest value, when the substrate concentration (COD) was between 75 and 200 mg O2 L(-1). Second, continuous experiments were made in an aerobic digester to test the previous respirometric data and the results showed removal efficiency of COD between 83 and 69%, and a substrate assimilation rate between 1.3 and 3.1 g COD g(-1) volatile suspended solids d(-1).
Andrés
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U.P.M.-E.T.S.I. Montes, Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, Spain. pandres@montes.upm.es
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Arrabal
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Cortijo
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D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000502:physiology*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010539:Permeability; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014873:Water Pollutants; D010100:Oxygen