Treatment of landfill leachate by anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR)

Abstract

Anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) is one of the widely used wastewater treatment systems in industrial and domestic applications. In this study, the effect of dilution rates (5%, %10, 20%, 50%) on the landfill leachate (LFL) with regard to chemical oxygen demand (COD), color, nitrogen compounds, and organic matter was investigated. The maximum removals were observed when the dilution rate was 20% (v:v,1:5). COD, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total nitrogen (TN), color, nitrate (NO^3-) and ammonium (NH₄⁺) removal efficiency was approximately 81%, 61%, 15%, 17%, 1% and 5%, respectively. The results indicated that the adverse effects of the dilution rate on the removal of contaminants are high when it is higher than 1:5 (v:v). The study suggests that the dilution of leachate presents a significant effect on the treatment performance.

Keywords

• Anaerobic Baffled Reactor
• Landfill leachate
• Dilution rate

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