Multistage treatment system for raw leachate fromsanitary landfill combining biological nitrification-denitrification/solar photo-Fenton/biological processes, at a scale close to industrial - Biodegradability enhancement and evolution profile of trace pollutants

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6167-6186

  Silva, Tânia F C V ^a   Silva, M Elisabete F ^b   Cunha Queda, A Cristina ^c   Fonseca, Amélia ^d   Saraiva, Isabel ^d   Sousa, M A ^a,e   Goncalves C ^e   Alpendurada, M F ^e   Boaventura, Rui A R ^a   Vilar, Vítor J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d SA   (Portugal)

^e Instituto da Agua da Regiao Norte Matosinhos   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anoxic aerobic biological treatment; Biodegradability enhancement; Organic micropollutants; Pre industrial scale plant; Sanitary landfill raw leachate; Solar driven photo Fenton

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLOGY; CARBOXYLATION; DENITRIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIODEGRADABILITY ENHANCEMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; LEACHATES; ORGANIC MICRO-POLLUTANTS; PHOTO-FENTON; PRE-INDUSTRIAL;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; MINERALIZATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT;

ACIDIFICATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; FENTON REACTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LANDFILL; LANDFILL LEACHATE; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTISTAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANOXIC/AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIODEGRADABILITY ENHANCEMENT; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL SCALE PLANT; SANITARY LANDFILL RAW LEACHATE; SOLAR-DRIVEN PHOTO-FENTON;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885473441     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.07.036     Document Type: Article

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