Environmental Science and Pollution Research

, Volume 24, Issue 34, pp 26821–26828 | Cite as

Utilization of calcium-based and aluminum-based materials for the treatment of stabilized landfill leachate: a comparative study

  • Yunfeng Xu
  • Liang Zhang
  • Yaxuan Pan
  • Yangyang Liu
  • Jianzhong Wu
  • Mingying Zhu
  • Ying Sun
  • Guangren Qian
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Abstract

This study explored the efficiencies and mechanisms of refractory organic matters removal in the stabilized landfill leachate by adding different reagents. Calcium-based and aluminum-based materials were added into the leachate as comparing experiments. XRD, FTIR, and EEM were adopted to analyze the solid products and leachate. As a result, the in situ synthesized CaAl-LDHs were more beneficial for refractory organic matters removal, especially for benzodiazepines. When CaAl-LDHs were formed, the removal efficiencies of COD, UV254, and TOC were best and achieved 58.48, 81.22, and 71.30%, respectively. For fluorescent substances, humic acid-like and fulvic acid-like compounds were efficiently removed by CaAl-LDHs. In particular, CaAl-LDHs had selective removal effects on fulvic acid-like compounds, which were characteristic of small molecular weight and major carboxyl groups.

Keywords

Leachate Organic matters CaAl-LDHs Calcium-based materials Aluminum-based materials Removal 
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Funding information

This work was financially supported by the Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT13078).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yunfeng Xu
    • 1
  • Liang Zhang
    • 1
  • Yaxuan Pan
    • 1
  • Yangyang Liu
    • 1
  • Jianzhong Wu
    • 1
  • Mingying Zhu
    • 1
  • Ying Sun
    • 1
  • Guangren Qian
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Environmental and Chemical EngineeringShanghai UniversityShanghaiPeople’s Republic of China

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