Efficiency of Carbon Nanotubes in Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachate (Case Study: Treatment of Hamadan Landfill Leachate)

Organic and mineral compounds generated as products of waste mineralization within biological processes and accompanying physical and chemical processes are washed out by percolating rainwater through the deposit of wastes in landfill and form leachate that has created many health and environmental concerns.This study intended to determine the efficiency of reducing COD, BOD5, TS and color of Hamadan landfill leachate by using carbon nanotubes. Experiments were performed in batch reactor and changing effective factors such as pH, time and concentration of iron nanoparticles. The efficiency of carbon nanotubes were investigated using a statistical test, One-Way ANOVA software SPSS-12. Highest removal efficiency was at concentrations of 2500 mg/ L NZVI, pH = 2.5 and 10 minutes reaction time, 58.23%, 12.5%, 66.87%, 80% for COD, BOD, TS and color, respectively. The project results showed high potential for carbon nanotubes into absorbing organic use for treatment or pretreatment of Hamadan landfill leachate.