A two-stage treatment system including upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor pre-treatment combined with a chemical post treatment system such as magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) precipitation was proposed as a comparable alternative to conventional biological treatment. In this study, anaerobically pre-treated domestic wastewater, domestic wastewater mixed with 2% and 3% of leachate by volume and raw leachate were further treated chemically with MAP precipitation. MAP precipitation was both applied at the stoichiometric ratio (Mg:NH4=PO4; 1:1:1) and above the stoichiometric ratio (1.1:1:1 and 1.1:1:1.1) on domestic wastewater + 3% leachate mixture. Maximum NH4-N removal of 68% was achieved at the pH of 9.2 at the stoichiometric ratio, whereas at the same pH value 70 to 72% NH4-N removal was obtained above the stoichiometric ratio. Additional ammonia recovery studies were conducted on Fenton's oxidation applied effluents before MAP precipitation and no significant additional ammonium removal was achieved. However, by the application of Fenton's oxidation high additional COD removals were obtained. Consequently, chemical treatment by MAP precipitation and/or Fenton's oxidation after anaerobic treatment yielded very effective removals for COD and NH4-N in domestic wastewaters + leachate mixtures.
One of the most convenient methods for leachate control is to treat landfill leachates with domestic wastewaters. In this framework, a two-stage treatment system including anaerobic pre-treatment combined with a chemical post-treatment system such as ammonia stripping and/or Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate (MAP) precipitation can be comparable with a conventional secondary biological treatment. In this study, 2.5% and 2% of leachate by volume was mixed with domestic wastewater as the feed for the mesophilic Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed Reactor (UASBR). pH, feed strength and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were monitored for the evaluation of the performance of the anaerobic process. The HRT's varied from 0.76 to 0.52 d and 58% and 85% COD removal efficiencies were obtained at Organic Loading Rates (OLR) of 0.63 and 2 kg COD/m3.d respectively. The average biomass (VS) concentration in the reactor increased from 40 g/l to 50 g/l during the study. Effluents from the UASBR were further treated chemically either with lime for ammonia stripping or with MAP precipitation. MAP precipitation was applied both at the stoichiometric ratio (Mg:NH4:PO4 = 1:1:1) and above the stoichiometric ratio (Mg:NH4:PO4 = 1:1:1.3). Maximum NH4 removal of 66% was achieved at the pH of 9.3 at the stoichiometric ratio, whereas 86% NH4 removal was obtained at the pH of 9.3 above the stoichiometric ratio. Alternatively, ammonia stripping was applied either to the effluents directly taken from the anaerobic reactor or to the effluents to which MAP precipitation was applied stoichiometrically. Ammonia stripping was conducted for 24 h and 89% NH4 removal was observed at the end of 24 h. Consequently, this study indicates that anaerobic pre-treatment combined with chemical post-treatment (MAP) produced high quality of effluent comparable to the conventional biological treatment especially in terms of N and P levels.
This study examined the determination of BOD in landfill leachates by dilution (D-method) and manometric methods (M-method). The differences in results were discussed based on statistical tests. The effects of sample dilution, seeding, chloride and total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) level were examined. The M-method was found to be more sensitive to increases in chloride and TKN concentrations. However, in the M-method the positive interference of nitrogenous BOD (NBOD) to carbonaceous BOD (CBOD) was more successfully prevented. The BOD rate constant k and the ultimate BOD (BODu) were estimated by non-linear regression. With the M-method these parameters could be more reliably estimated than the D-method. Suggestions were made for BOD analyses in landfill leachates in future studies.
This study examined the determination of BOD in landfill leachates by dilution (D-Method) and manometric methods (M-Method). The discrepancies between these methods were discussed and statistical tests were carried out. The effects of sample dilution and seeding on BOD results were examined. In comparison to the D-Method the M-Method was found to be more sensitive to increases in chloride and Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) concentrations in leachate samples. However, in the M-Method the positive interference of nitrogenous BOD (NBOD) to carbonaceous BOD (CBOD) was more successfully prevented. The BOD rate constant k and the ultimate BOD (BODu) were estimated by non-linear regression. With the M-Method these parameters could be more reliably estimated than the D-Method. Based on these results, suggestions were made for BOD analyses in landfill leachates in future studies.
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