Activated carbon adsorption of PCBs from hazardous landfill leachate

Conference · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988 · Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:7165552

Pirbazari, M; Stevens, M R; Ravindran, V ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles (USA)

Among the different organic pollutants commonly present in contaminated ground and surface waters, wastewaters, and hazardous landfill leachates, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have attracted much concern due to their wide distribution, high persistence in the environment, and possible adverse health effects. Although activated carbon adsorption has been demonstrated to be effective in removing PCBs from drinking water, little work has been done to evaluate their removal from leachate matrices. The present investigation therefore focused on the adsorption of PCBs from a hazardous landfill leachate. The leachate was characterized, and found to contain several organics such as phenol and dichlorobenzenes (COD = 10,000 mg/L). In order to examine the effect of background substances on adsorption, equilibrium studies were conducted with {sup 14}C radiolabeled PCBs using different background solutions including, organic free water (OFW), leachate matrix, and phenol. Furthermore, equilibrium studies were performed with leachate sediments, predominantly consisting of ferric hydroxide, to evaluate their capacity for PCBs.

• OSTI ID: 7165552
• Report Number(s): CONF-8809264--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Preprints of Papers Presented at National Meeting, Division of Water, Air and Waste Chemistry, American Chemical Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 28:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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540311 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- Radiometric Techniques-- (1990-)
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
ADSORPTION
AROMATICS
CARBON
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
EQUILIBRIUM
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LEACHATES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOL
PHENOLS
POLLUTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEDIMENTS
SOLUTIONS
SORPTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION