Landfill leachate treatment by low cost activated carbon prepared from agriculture waste

Joint Authors

Bashir, Muhammad J. K.
Azmi, Nurshazwani Bt.
Singarayah, Alexanderrayar
Sethupathi, Sumathi

Source

The fifth International Conference on Engineering and Sustainability : is scheduled on November 4-5, 2014

Publisher

Islamic University of Gaza Faculty of Engineering

Publication Date

2014-11-30

Country of Publication

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

No. of Pages

12

Main Subjects

Engineering & Technology Sciences (Multidisciplinary)

English Abstract

Adsorption via activated carbon (AC) is one of the superior treatments for stabilized landfill leachate, but expensive and limited resource of AC precursor (bituminous and lignite) limit application of this chnique in landfill leachate treatment.

Based on previous studies, agriculture waste performed as an excellence potential for AC precursor.

Thus, present study evaluates the sugarcane bagasse derived activated carbon (SBAC) for adsorptive removal of ammonical nitrogen, COD, and color from old anaerobic landfill leachate located in Perak, Malaysia.

The chemical and physical properties of adsorbent were examined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscope (SEM).

The effects of AC dosage (g) on adsorption performance were investigated in a batch mode study.

Equilibrium data were favorably described by Langmuir isotherm model, with a maximum monolayer adsorption capacity for NH3-N, COD and color at 14.62mg / g, 126.58mg / g and 555.56 Pt / Co respectively.

The result illustrated the potential of SBAC for adsorptive treatment of anaerobic landfill leachate.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-775131

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