Optimisation of Anaerobic Stabilised Leachate Treatment Using Catalytic Ozonation With Zirconium Tetrachloride

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Publication Title

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Abstract

Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The current study aimed to assess the performance of utilise Zirconium reagent during ozonation of anaerobic stabilised leachate. In this study, quadratic models using response surface methodology software was utilised to design the experiments and evaluate the interaction between experimental factors, such as zirconium tetrachloride, pH, and reaction time, at constant ozone dosage (27 g/m3). The performance of the new ozonation method was evaluated in terms of the removal of the chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH3-N and colour. The obtained quadratic models for colour, NH3-N and COD removal was considered significant (P < 0.0001). The optimal removal for of 100%, 90%, and 66% for colour, COD and NH3-N, was obtained at 38 min reaction time, ZrCl4 dosage (1/2(COD/ZrCl4 g/g) and pH 4.5, using 27g/m3 ozone dosage, respectively. The results obtained in this study were compared with zirconium only and ozone only, to evaluate its effectiveness. The performance of the new oxidation method (O3/ZrCl4) better than other related methods for the removal of colour, COD and NH3-N.

DOI

10.1504/ijewm.2018.092717

Volume

21

Issue

2-3

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