Biodegradability enhancement of a leachate after biological lagooning using a solar driven photo-Fenton reaction, and further combination with an activated sludge biological process, at pre-industrial scale

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3543-3557

  Silva, Tânia F C V ^a   Fonseca, Amélia ^b   Saraiva, Isabel ^b   Vilar, Vítor J P ^a   Boaventura, Rui A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Efacec Engenharia e Sistemas SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anoxic and aerobic biological treatment; Biodegradability enhancement; Pre industrial scale; Sanitary landfill leachate; Solar driven photo Fenton

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION;

AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ANOXIC AND AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIODEGRADABILITY ENHANCEMENT; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; PHOTO-FENTON; PHOTO-FENTON REACTIONS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PRE-INDUSTRIAL SCALE; SANITARY LANDFILL LEACHATE; SOLAR-DRIVEN PHOTO-FENTON;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; METHANOL;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; LAGOON; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITRIFICATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; FENTON REACTION; LAGOON; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84877660921     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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