Ammonia removal from landfill leachate by air stripping and absorption
- 11 February 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Environmental Technology
- Vol. 34 (15), 2317-2326
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2013.767283
Abstract
An old landfill leachate was pre-treated in a pilot-scale aerated packed tower operated in batch mode for total ammoniacal nitrogen (TAN) removal. The stripped ammonia was recovered with a 0.4 mol L−1 H2SO4 solution, deionized water and tap water. Ca(OH)2 (95% purity) or commercial hydrated lime was added to the raw leachate to adjust its pH to 11, causing removal of colour (82%) and heavy metals (70–90% for Zn, Fe and Mn). The 0.4 mol L−1 H2SO4 solution was able to neutralize 80% of the stripped ammonia removed from 12 L of leachate. The effectiveness of the neutralization of ammonia with deionized water was 75%. Treating 100 L of leachate, the air stripping tower removed 88% of TAN after 72 h of aeration, and 87% of the stripped ammonia was recovered in two 31 L pilot-scale absorption units filled with 20 L of tap water.Keywords
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