Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production
The main landfill of the city of Zagreb generates several hundreds of cubic meters of heavily contaminated leachate per day. The organic composition of the leachate is particularly peculiar because, besides common macromolecular humus-like dissolved organic carbon,it encompasses a number of specific...
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| author | Tvrtko Ahel Ivan Mijatović Marin Matošić Marijan Ahel |
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| description | The main landfill of the city of Zagreb generates several hundreds of cubic meters of heavily contaminated leachate per day. The organic composition of the leachate is particularly peculiar because, besides common macromolecular humus-like dissolved organic carbon,it encompasses a number of specific compounds of pharmaceutical origin, including a suite of by-products deriving from the production of vitamin C. Since both macromolecular humic organic matter and vitamin C intermediates are rather resistant to microbial degradation, leachate treatment procedures using simple retention lagoons or conventional bioreactors are not very effective in reducing their levels before the discharge into the receiving waters. An attractive alternative is the application of membrane technology. The efficiencies of three different types of nanofilters for the purification of leachates from the Jakuševec landfill were examined. It was shown that both complex humic-like dissolved organic matter and anthropogenic compounds of pharmaceutical origin can be eliminated at high efficiencies, mostly above 90 %. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99e9780825c74f2aaa395b560012242f2023-12-02T23:19:54ZengUniversity of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and BiotechnologyFood Technology and Biotechnology1330-98621334-26062004-01-0142299104Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C ProductionTvrtko Ahel0Ivan Mijatović1Marin Matošić2Marijan Ahel3Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, CroatiaCenter for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, HR-10002, Zagreb, CroatiaThe main landfill of the city of Zagreb generates several hundreds of cubic meters of heavily contaminated leachate per day. The organic composition of the leachate is particularly peculiar because, besides common macromolecular humus-like dissolved organic carbon,it encompasses a number of specific compounds of pharmaceutical origin, including a suite of by-products deriving from the production of vitamin C. Since both macromolecular humic organic matter and vitamin C intermediates are rather resistant to microbial degradation, leachate treatment procedures using simple retention lagoons or conventional bioreactors are not very effective in reducing their levels before the discharge into the receiving waters. An attractive alternative is the application of membrane technology. The efficiencies of three different types of nanofilters for the purification of leachates from the Jakuševec landfill were examined. It was shown that both complex humic-like dissolved organic matter and anthropogenic compounds of pharmaceutical origin can be eliminated at high efficiencies, mostly above 90 %.http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/163182nanofiltrationlandfill leachateorganic matterpharmaceutical chemicals |
| spellingShingle | Tvrtko Ahel Ivan Mijatović Marin Matošić Marijan Ahel Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production Food Technology and Biotechnology nanofiltration landfill leachate organic matter pharmaceutical chemicals |
| title | Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production |
| title_full | Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production |
| title_fullStr | Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production |
| title_short | Nanofiltration of a Landfill Leachate Containing Pharmaceutical Intermediates from Vitamin C Production |
| title_sort | nanofiltration of a landfill leachate containing pharmaceutical intermediates from vitamin c production |
| topic | nanofiltration landfill leachate organic matter pharmaceutical chemicals |
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