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Treatment of landfill leachate via advanced oxidation
| Title: | Treatment of landfill leachate via advanced oxidation. |
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| Name(s): |
McBarnette, Andrâe. College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xvi, 186 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | A landfill is in a reserved space on land used for the disposal of refuse by utilizing the principles of engineering to confine the refuse to the smallest practical area to prevent the creation of nuisances to public health or safety (Andersen et al. 1967). However, because landfills are open to the atmosphere, rainfall can saturate them, resulting in a liquid called leachate. Leachate generated within the landfill contains suspended solids, soluble components of the waste and by-products from the degradation of the waste by various micro-organisms. Treatment of leachate is an emerging area of need. In this manuscript the main purpose is to investigate a laboratory scale batch reactor that is able to detoxify and treat leachate by using an advanced oxidation process (i.e. TiO2). Based on the results obtained from this ground breaking research, it appears that the process investigate has the potential to radically change the way landfill leachate is treated. Scale up may provide direction that can be used to improve the efficiency of the different stages of toxicity of leachate during the entire life of a landfill. | |
| Identifier: | 757716473 (oclc), 3318665 (digitool), FADT3318665 (IID), fau:3716 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Andrâe McBarnette. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Sanitary landfills -- Leaching -- Environmental aspects Refuse and refuse disposal -- Environmental aspects Integrated solid waste management Water -- Purification -- Oxidation |
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| Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3318665 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
