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3.1 Introduction<br />

Chapter 3<br />

Me<strong>th</strong>odology<br />

The present study on landfill le<strong>ac</strong>hate treatment comprises <strong>of</strong> four experimental<br />

stages, namely: toxicity study, ammonia stripping, membrane biore<strong>ac</strong>tor study and sludge<br />

char<strong>ac</strong>terization. The different experimental stages <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>is study are shown in <strong>th</strong>e Figure<br />

3.1.<br />

MBR process<br />

HRT Sludge char<strong>ac</strong>teristics<br />

Figure 3.1 Flowchart Showing Different Stages <strong>of</strong> Experimental Study<br />

3.2 Le<strong>ac</strong>hate Char<strong>ac</strong>terization<br />

Acclimatized yeast and<br />

b<strong>ac</strong>teria sludges<br />

Toxicity study<br />

Ammonia stripping<br />

study<br />

Membrane biore<strong>ac</strong>tor<br />

study<br />

MWCO<br />

The le<strong>ac</strong>hate used for <strong>th</strong>e treatment was obtained from Pa<strong>th</strong>um<strong>th</strong>ani Landfill Site and<br />

Ram-Indra Transfer Station, which were initially char<strong>ac</strong>terized. After char<strong>ac</strong>terization<br />

<strong>th</strong>ese le<strong>ac</strong>hates were mixed in an appropriate proportion to simulate a medium-aged<br />

le<strong>ac</strong>hate composition. The char<strong>ac</strong>teristic <strong>of</strong> <strong>th</strong>e simulated le<strong>ac</strong>hate used for <strong>th</strong>e study is<br />

shown in Table 3.1.<br />

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Ammonia nitrogen<br />

Lead<br />

pH<br />

Gradient velocity<br />

Cont<strong>ac</strong>t time<br />

Coupling ammonia stripping<br />

wi<strong>th</strong> MBR process<br />

Sludge char<strong>ac</strong>teristics<br />

MWCO

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