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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Parameters Affecting Treating High-Strength Compost Leachate in Anaerobic Baffled Reactor Followed by Electrocoagulation-Flotation Process

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In this study, high-load compost leachate was successfully treated in a hybrid anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR)/electrocoagulation-flotation (ECF) system. The interaction effects of operational factors in ABR, i.e., influent chemical oxygen demand (COD), hydraulic retention time (HRT), and COD/nitrogen (N) ratio on the efficiency of COD removal and biogas production rate (BPR) were analyzed and correlated by response surface methodology (RSM). The optimum conditions of ABR were found at COD = 8250 mg/L, HRT = 46 h, COD/N ratio = 70, where COD removal and BPR reached 84 % and 76 mL/mg h, respectively. COD/N ratio and HRT were found to be the most effective parameters, respectively, on COD removal and BPR. The organic loading rate (OLR) values varied from 0.45 to 5.66 kg/m3 day. The data presented indicate that the ECF reactor successfully satisfies the discharge criteria for most of the experimental domain. The outcomes have exposed that sequential ABR/ECF reactors are a competent system in treating low- and high-strength compost leachate.

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Abbreviations

ABR:

Anaerobic baffled reactor

Adj. R 2 :

Adjusted R 2

ANOVA:

Analysis of variance

AP:

Adequate precision

BPR:

Biogas product rate

CCD:

Central composite design

COD:

Chemical oxygen demand

COD/N:

Chemical oxygen demand to nitrogen ratio

CV:

Coefficients of variation

ECF:

Electrocoagulation-flotation

HRT:

Hydraulic retention time

OLR:

Organic loading rate

ORP:

Oxidation reduction product

R 2 :

Determination coefficient

RSM:

Response surface methodology

SD:

Standard deviation

SRT:

Solid retention time

TSS:

Total suspended solid

TVS:

Total volatile solid

UASB:

Upflow anaerobic sludge bed

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Elyasi, S., Amani, T. & Dastyar, W. A Comprehensive Evaluation of Parameters Affecting Treating High-Strength Compost Leachate in Anaerobic Baffled Reactor Followed by Electrocoagulation-Flotation Process. Water Air Soil Pollut 226, 116 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2279-0

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