Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate via Anammox Based Processes: A Review

Weifeng Deng, Litao Wang, Lang Cheng, Wenbo Yang and Dawen Gao
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Weifeng Deng: Centre for Urban Environmental Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Litao Wang: Centre for Urban Environmental Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Lang Cheng: Centre for Urban Environmental Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Wenbo Yang: Centre for Urban Environmental Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Dawen Gao: Centre for Urban Environmental Remediation, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: Mature landfill leachate is a complex and highly polluted effluent with a large amount of ammonia nitrogen, toxic components and low biodegradability. Its COD/N and BOD 5 /COD ratios are low, which is not suitable for traditional nitrification and denitrification processes. Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox) is an innovative biological denitrification process, relying on anammox bacteria to form stable biofilms or granules. It has been extensively used in nitrogen removal of mature landfill leachate due to its high efficiency, low cost and sludge yield. This paper reviewed recent advances of anammox based processes for mature landfill leachate treatment. The state of the art anammox process for mature landfill leachate is systematically described, mainly including partial nitrification–anammox, partial nitrification–anammox coupled denitrification. At the same time, the microbiological analysis of the process operation was given. Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) has the merit of saving the carbon source and aeration energy, while its practical application is mainly limited by an unstable influent condition, operational control and seasonal temperature variation. To improve process efficiency, it is suggested to develop some novel denitrification processes coupled with anammox to reduce the inhibition of anammox bacteria by mature landfill leachate, and to find cheap new carbon sources (methane, waste fruits) to improve the biological denitrification efficiency of the anammox system.

Keywords: anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria; nitrification; denitrification; biological denitrification; mature landfill leachate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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