Use of shredded tire chips and tire crumbs as packing media in trickling filter systems for landfill leachate treatment.
Scrap tire stockpiles are breeding grounds for pests, mosquitoes and west Nile viruses and, thereby, become a potential health risk. This experimental study was carried out in six stages to determine the suitability of shredded tire materials in a trickling filter system to treat landfill leachate. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and NH3-N removals were obtained in the range of 81 to 96%, 76 to 90% and 15 to 68%, respectively. The removal of organics appears to be largely related to total dissolved solids reduction in leachate. A sudden increase, from time to time, in organic content of effluent could be attributed to biomass sloughing and clogging in the trickling filters. However, tire crumbs exhibited more consistent organics removal throughout the experimental program. Due to the high surface area of shredded tire chips and crumbs, a layer of biomass, 1-2 mm thick, was attached to them and was sloughed off at an interval of 21 days. Apart from that, as shredded tires are comparatively cheaper than any other usable packing material, tire chips and tire crumbs appeared to be quite promising as packing media in trickling filters for landfill leachate treatment.
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B.M. Ross and Associates Limited, Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
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D018533:Biomass; D005374:Filtration; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D012408:Rubber; D013696:Temperature; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D012408:Rubber; D010100:Oxygen