Landfill leachate treatment using powdered activated carbon augmented sequencing batch reactor (SBR) process: Optimization by response surface methodology

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 404-413

  Aziz, Shuokr Qarani ^a   Aziz, Hamidi Abdul ^a   Yusoff, Mohd Suffian ^a   Bashir, Mohammed J K ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Landfill; Leachate treatment; Powdered activated carbon; RSM; SBR

Indexed keywords

AERATION RATE; AMMONIACAL NITROGEN; CONTACT TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT; LANDFILL LEACHATES; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RSM; SBR; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE VOLUME INDEX; TOTAL DISSOLVED SALTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LEACHING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AERATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDFILL LEACHATE; REACTOR OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CHARCOAL; POWDERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SALTS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 79953792086     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.052     Document Type: Article

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