Estudo de mistura solo-carvão ativado como barreira reativa no tratamento de lixiviados de resíduos sólidos urbanos

Abstract

This research intends to evaluate the adsorption of heavy metals to solid particles of residual aground of sandstone and mixtures of thisground with portions of activated coal in the ratios of 1%, 5% and 10% in volume, dry base. Thus, two types of experiences had been considered: one of column and batch test to analyze the applicability of the technique of Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) in the treatment of leachate proceeding from Urban Solid Waste Landfills. This text presents a bibliographical revision on PRB, presenting its characteristics, its types and mainreactive processes. It also analyzes the most up to date world-wide literature on leachate and metals heavy contaminants that are focus of this research. The interactions between the reactive contaminants and elements will be presented still, analyzing physical-chemical aspects, as surface complex, adsorption, mobility of the contaminants in the profile of the ground and effect of pH. In the column experiences it was observed that the solids presents in the leached one they cause the blinding the initial layer of the test bodies, reducing the flow speed and the permeability coefficient. The results presented in the balance experienses indicate several times of balance for different metals, and for the pure ground this time is of 48h. The balance experience that had shown that the soil mixture with 10% of activated coal, in volume, dry base, is indicated for the adsorption of studied metals.