Heavy metal removal from municipal solid waste landfill leachate by in-line flocculation cross-flow membrane filtration processes | |
| Author | Rahman, Md. Manjurur |
| Call Number | AIT SSPR no. EV-89-01 |
| Subject(s) | Sewage--Purification--Heavy metals removal Sanitary landfills--Leaching |
| Note | A special study report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The Municipal Solid Waste Landfill leachate is a high strength organic wastewater containing toxic heavy metals such as cadmium, chromium, lead, nickel etc. which contaminates the soil, pollutes groundwater and surface water, eventually posing serious human health hazards by accumulation through food-chain like crop, water, fish etc. So heavy met al removal from landfill leachate has received a lot of attention in recent years. In an attempt to find out a suitable method for removal of heavy metals from landfill leachate, i.e, a cost-effective leachate treatment process, several physical, chemical and biological processes have been investigated in the recent past with results not quite attractive in terms of removal efficiency and economics. With recent advances of membrane technology, membrane processes might be a suitable treatment alternative for removal of heavy metals from leachate. In this study, the treatability of Municipal Solid waste landfill leachate by crossflow microfiltration (CFMF) and ultra-filtration (CFUF) technology were investigated. A comparison of treatment efficiencies by membrane processes and flocculation sedimentation technique was made. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Special Study Project Report (SSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Samorn Muttamara; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Vigneswaran, S.;Yamamoto, K.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | World Health Organization; |
| Degree | Special Studies Project Report - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |