Performance of a full-scale biofilter with peat and ash as a medium for treating industrial landfill leachate: A 3-year study of pollutant removal efficiency

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Kängsepp, Pille ^a,b,c   Mathiasson, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Landfill leachate; Pollutant removal efficiency; Shredder residue; Wmr 1346 5

Indexed keywords

COLD CLIMATES; COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS; COMPLEX WASTE STREAMS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; FULL-SCALE BIOFILTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS; INLET CONCENTRATIONS; LANDFILL LEACHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; SHREDDER RESIDUE; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBONS; WHITE GOODS; WMR 1346-5;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; PHENOLS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; REMOVAL; SOLID WASTES; STORM SEWERS; TIN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

REFUSE DISPOSAL;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 61749097738     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X08095232     Document Type: Article

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