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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11115009
Keywords
heavy metal removal; coliforms removal; landfill leachate; electrochemical treatment; steel-swarf-based electrode
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- FundacAo para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) [UIDB/00195/2020, UIDB/04035/2020]
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A new method for treating sanitary landfill leachate using steel-swarf-based electrodes has been proposed, showing high efficiency in removing heavy metals and coliforms at a lower cost.
Featured Application A new and innovative steel-swarf-based electrode is proposed for the removal of heavy metal and total coliforms in sanitary landfill leachate. Sanitary landfill leachate (LL) composition varies according to climate variables variation, solid waste characteristics and composition, and landfill age. Leachate treatment is essentially carried out trough biological and physicochemical processes, which have showed variability in efficiency and appear a costly solution for the management authorities. Electrocoagulation (EC) seems a suitable solution for leachate treatment taking into account the characteristics of the liquor. One of the problems of EC is the electrode passivation, which affects the longevity of the process. One solution to this problem could be the replacement of the electrode by one made of recyclable material, which would make it possible to change it frequently and at a lower cost. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the removal of heavy metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Ni, Se and Zn) and coliforms from a LL by EC using electrodes made from steel swarf (SfE) up to 8 h. Removal efficiencies of detected heavy metals were 51%(Cr), 59%(As), 71%(Cd), 72%(Zn), 92%(Ba), 95%(Ni) and >99%(Pb). The microbial load of coliforms in leachate was reduced from 10.76 x 10(4) CFU/mL (raw leachate) to less than 1 CFU/mL (after treatment with SfE) (i.e., approximately 100% reduction). The use of SfE in EC of LL is very effective in removing heavy metals and coliforms and can be used as alternative treatment solution for such effluents.
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