Ammonia removal from leachate by photochemical process using H2O2

  • Núbia Natália Brito Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • José Euclides Stipp Paterniani Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP
  • Giovani Archanjo Brota Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Ronaldo Teixeira Pelegrini Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Keywords: landfill leachate, photochemical oxidation, solid waste

Abstract

In this work, it was studied the optimization of the photochemical process using H2O2/UV in order to reduce the concentration of ammonia in leachate. It was used landfills leachate previously treated in the development of studies. A photochemical reactor with the capacity of 1.7 liters equipped with refrigeration system and recirculation of leachate was employed in the research. The influence of temperature, the light bulb power, the concentration of H2O2 and treatment time were tested during the study. A removal of 97% of ammonia was observed at 90 min.

Author Biographies

Núbia Natália Brito, Universidade Federal de Goiás
Poutorado em Engenharia Agrícola na area de água e solo Profa.Dra. do Centro de Ciências Agrárias - CCA - UFSCAR
José Euclides Stipp Paterniani, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP
Prof. Dr. da Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola da Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Giovani Archanjo Brota, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Tecnológo em Saneamento da Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola- Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Ronaldo Teixeira Pelegrini, Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Prof.Dr. do Centro de Ciências Agrárias-CCA- Universidade Federal de São Carlos.
Published
25/08/2010
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010)
Section
Papers

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