Abstract
Hydroxyl radicals generated from advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are broadly applied to mitigation of refractory organics in landfill leachate. However, following treatment by AOPs, the wastewater still contains highly oxidized organics that are recalcitrant to further chemical oxidation, thereby providing a challenge to established wastewater-treatment technologies. This study aimed to validate whether advanced reduction processes (ARPs), an emerging chemical degradation process driven by highly reductive hydrated electrons (), can effectively decompose persistent and complex organics in a Fenton pretreated landfill leachate. Results showed that ARPs poorly cleave C-C bonds in the Fenton pretreated leachate organic matter (LOM) due to low reactivity of the mixed organics toward . However, and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation during the ARP treatment could attack certain chromophores to reduce absorbance by 53%. The transformation particularly occurred to the low-molecular-weight () and hydrophobic LOM fractions. Meanwhile, the carboxylic content declined after the ARP treatment, whereas the phenolic concentration remained constant, suggesting that principally reacted with electron withdrawing groups rather than electron donating moieties on the Fenton pretreated LOM. This study highlights that ARPs can serve as a promising post-treatment after AOPs for treatment of refractory organic wastes in landfill leachate.
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All data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This project was sponsored by Montclair State University (MSU) through the Career Development Grant. A. Albalgane was supported under the Fellowship of the Fulbright Program. We greatly appreciate MSU’s Office of International Engagement and valuable comments from anonymous reviewers.
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Received: Oct 14, 2021
Accepted: Apr 5, 2022
Published online: Jun 17, 2022
Published in print: Sep 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Nov 17, 2022
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Chemical degradation
- Chemical processes
- Chemical treatment
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Cooling (wastewater treatment)
- Environmental engineering
- Landfills
- Leachates
- Organic chemicals
- Organic compounds
- Organic matter
- Oxidation
- Waste management
- Waste sites
- Waste treatment
- Wastewater management
- Wastewater treatment
- Water treatment
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