LAPSE:2023.1615
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LAPSE:2023.1615
Effect of Fulvic Acid in Landfill Leachate Membrane Concentrate on Evaporation Process
Lu Liu, Mengyao Wu, Yuxiao Chen, Heli Wang
February 21, 2023
Landfill leachate membrane concentrate (LLMC) poses risks to the environment and is commonly treated by evaporation. As the main component of the dissolved organic matter in LLMC, fulvic acid (FA) was selected as a representative to investigate its effect on evaporation and the removal efficiency by pretreatment in this study. According to the water quality indexes and three-dimensional fluorescence spectra of LLMC samples collected from five landfills in China, the concentration of total organic carbon in LLMC was 700−2500 mg·L−1, in which FA accounted for 50−85%. The boiling point and viscosity of the configured FA-NaCl-Na2SO4 solution both increased significantly when FA was concentrated 20 times (approximately 30,000 mg·L−1). Due to the presence of FA, the violent frothing phenomenon appeared at above 70 °C in evaporation, and the solubility of CaSO4·2H2O in FA-NaCl-Na2SO4 solution was significantly lower than that without FA. All these results indicated that the high FA concentration in LLMC could lead to decreased heat transfer coefficient and evaporation capacity during evaporation. Therefore, the softening pretreatment including the addition of Ca(OH)2, Na2CO3, and coagulants was employed to reduce the hardness and FA concentration. After the softening experiments, the removal efficiency of FA was >95% for the configured LLMC sample, while for the actual LLMC sample collected from landfills, the removal efficiency of FA and chemical oxygen demand could reach >80% and about 30%, respectively. The remaining concentration of FA in LLMC was about 200 mg·L−1, and the recovery efficiency of clean water could be 90% in the evaporation process. This research has important guiding significance for the evaporation treatment of LLMC.
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boiling point, evaporation, fulvic acid, landfill leachate membrane concentrate, softening, viscosity
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Liu L, Wu M, Chen Y, Wang H. Effect of Fulvic Acid in Landfill Leachate Membrane Concentrate on Evaporation Process. (2023). LAPSE:2023.1615
Author Affiliations
Liu L: School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), No. 29, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Wu M: School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), No. 29, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Chen Y: School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), No. 29, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China
Wang H: School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), No. 29, Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China; Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment, Suzhou University o
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Processes
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10
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8
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1592
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2022
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2022-08-12
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2227-9717
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