Treatability of the lixiviates of sanitary filling the hearts of the city of Valledupar through the use of activated carbon
The research carried out evaluated the treatability in terms of the removal of organic matter (COD) present in the leachates of Los Corazones sanitary landfill in Valledupar, Colombia, through the adsorption process with activated carbon, developed under two hydraulic flow models (continuous reactors). and discontinuous) analyzing variables such as dose, contact time and pH, with the purpose of comparing and obtaining the highest yield in the organic load removal of the leachates under study.
For discontinuous reactors with crude leachate, results of 67% removal of organic matter were obtained, modifying the PH to 3, results of 80% removal of organic matter were obtained, obtaining at the same time the best conditions of COD removal in the discontinuous flow model using doses of 100g / l with contact times of 90 minutes.
The continuous reactor was used with flow rate of 6 ml / min, hydraulic retention time of 90 min, used dose of 640 g of activated charcoal, where it was tested with crude leachate obtaining removals of organic load of 83%, adjusting the pH to 3 He obtained 97% removals.
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