Abstract:
In this study,incineration leachate with high dissolved organic matter (DOM) was treated by combined process anaerobic-aerobic-coagulation.The leachate average effluent ρ(COD
Cr) of the combined process was 208 mg/L when the average influent ρ(COD
Cr) was 10,800 mg/L.The changes of ρ(COD
Cr) corresponding to different molecular weight (MW) distributions of DOM and the DOM fractions in each process unit were also investigated.The results showed that the COD
Cr removal efficiency was larger than 94.7% when the DOM MW was less than 50 ku,and the removal efficiency could reach 99.0% when the MW was less than 2 ku.The removal efficiencies of DOM fractions,humic acid (HA),fulvic acid (FA) and hydrophilic (HyI) exceeded 90.0% using the same combined process.It demonstrated that the combined process was feasible for the treatment of incineration leachate.