Tratamento de chorume de aterro sanitario usando eletrolise foto-assistida / Treatment of landfill leachate by photo-assisted electrolysis

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2004

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Sanitary landfills are the major method used today for the disposal and management of municipal solid waste. Decomposition of waste and rainfall generate leachate at the bottom of landfills, causing groundwater contamination. The leachate is a dark grey, foul smelling solution and it can be considered a complex effluent, often containing organic compounds, heavy metals, and many other soluble compounds. Furthermore, leachate presents high values of biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and, because of its toxic potential, it may represent an environmental problem. Biological and chemica1 oxidation commonly used in the treatment have not entirely efficient in degrading old landfill leachate. Moreover, the process is sensitive to variable organic 10008 and different flow rates. In this study, leachate from an old age municipal landfill site was treated by photo-electrochemical oxidation in a pilot scale flow reactor (18 L), using DSA anode and UV radiation. The adopted system is small, compact, long service-life electrodes and separation between of cata1yst from solution is not necessary. By using photocatalytic, electrolytic and photo-assisted electrolytic processes, the effect of current density and flow rate on COD, BOD, total organic carbon, color, ammonia and toxicity removal was investigated. At a current density of 116.0 mA cm-l, flow rate of 2000 L h-1 and 180 min of processing, removal of 86-100% of color, 33-73% of TOC, 31-90% of COD and 31-100% of ammonia were achieved. Removal rates for color, TOC and COD presented a second-order kinetic, with apparent kinetic constants among 1,58.10-4 - 3,79.10-5 ma-lm s-l, 2,13.10-8 - 2,92.10-9 m4s-1g-1 and 1,40.10-8 - 2,07.10-9 m4s-1g-1 respectively. The ammonia and chloride removal followed a first-order kinetic, with apparent kinetic constants ranging from 6,87.10-5 to 3,46.10-6 m s-1. Furthermore, BOD, toxicity and metallic ions were also removed. This process of treatment doesn t show further problems related to sludge production or toxic by-products, been appointed as complementary to traditional biological systems. Besides the high energy consumption, the process proved effectiveness in degrading leachate, despite this effluent s usual refractoriness to treatment

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sanitary organic wastes eletrolise fills aterro sanitario purification oxidação eletronica photoelectrochemical process photocatalysis fotocatalise residuos organicos electrolytic oxidation fotoeletroquimica electrolysis sewage aguas residuais - purificação

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