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WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 32, Issue 10, Pages 1895-1902Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.020
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Landfill leachate; Fenton treatment; Quadratic regression model; Analysis of variance (ANOVA); Optimization
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The effectiveness of Fenton process in municipal landfill leachate treatment, as a pre- or post-treatment approach, has been demonstrated. However, no general recommendations of universal validity could be made in the term of optimized conditions affecting Fenton process. At the first stage of this study, collected leachate samples from Aradkooh site, Tehran, Iran, were investigated using one-factor-at-a-time method to find out optimum coagulation pH and flocculation time values. Subsequently, the obtained results in addition to data issued previously by the authors were employed to develop a predictive model of the true response surface, namely chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency. Finally, the main parameters of Fenton procedure, i.e. initial pH, [H2O2]/[Fe2+] molar ratio, Fe2+ dosage, and coagulation pH were optimized taking advantage of the above-mentioned quadratic model. The derived second-order model included both significant linear and quadratic terms and seemed to be adequate in predicting responses (R-2 = 0.9896 and prediction R-2 = 0.6954). It was found that the interaction between initial pH and Fe2+ dosage has a significant effect on COD removal. While, the optimal [H2O2]/[Fe2+] molar ratio was independent of ferrous ion dosage. The optimum conditions for the maximum COD removal of 50.76% for the parameters of initial pH, [H2O2]/[Fe2+] molar ratio, Fe2+ dosage, and coagulation pH were found to be 5.8, 8.0, 22,500 mg/L, and 8.7 respectively. Crown Copyright (c) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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