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Improvement of landfill leachate biodegradability with ultrasonic process [1]

Landfills leachates are known to contain recalcitrant and/or non-biodegradable organic substances and biological processes are not efficient in these cases. A promising alternative to complete oxidation of biorecalcitrant leachate is the use of ultrasonic process as pre-treatment to convert initially biorecalcitrant compounds to more readily biodegradable intermediates. The objectives of this study are to investigate the effect of ultrasonic process on biodegradability improvement.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
19/07/2012
Amir Hossein Mahvi [3], Ali Akbar Roodbari [4], Ramin Nabizadeh Nodehi & et al [5]
PLoS ONE [6]
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Tags:
Landfill [7], Landfill Gas [8], Sanitary Landfill [9], Waste Treatment [10]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[2] http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0027571
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amir-hossein-mahvi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ali-akbar-roodbari
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ramin-nabizadeh-nodehi-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill-gas
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitary-landfill
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-treatment