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Table 1 Operating conditions of the full-scale biogas plants and related parameters of the samples

From: Comparative analysis of taxonomic, functional, and metabolic patterns of microbiomes from 14 full-scale biogas reactors by metagenomic sequencing and radioisotopic analysis

Sample name

Plant name

Main component in the feedstock

Reactor volume (m3)

HRT (days)

Biogas production (m3/m3/d)

Operating temperature (oC)

VFA (mM)

Ammonia-N (g/L)

pH

Free ammonia (g/L)

MM1

Nysted

Manurea

4800

21

2.85

37

6.32 ± 1.90

2.47 ± 0.05

7.83 ± 0.05

0.46 ± 0.07

MM2

Fangel

Manure

8000

32

2.25

40

6.93 ± 0.54

4.22 ± 0.01

8.18 ± 0.03

1.42 ± 0.09

MM3

Maabjerg

Manure

37,500

24

1.16

40

5.58 ± 0.20

2.63 ± 0.05

7.75 ± 0.07

0.42 ± 0.07

MT1

Sinding

Manure

750

22

3.2

52

1.95 ± 0.44

2.53 ± 0.04

7.82 ± 0.04

0.46 ± 0.04

MT2a

Blåhoj first step

Manure

1400

11

2.36

50

21.29 ± 8.54

2.96 ± 0.05

8.18 ± 0.08

0.99 ± 0.14

MT2b

Blåhoj second step

Manure

1400

11

52

10.74 ± 2.33

3.3 ± 0.05

8.36 ± 0.05

1.44 ± 0.10

MT3a

Lemvig first step

Manure

2400

15

2.86

52

4.49 ± 0.45

2.46 ± 0.04

8.10 ± 0.04

0.73 ± 0.05

MT3b

Lemvig second step

Manure

2400

3

0.74

52

1.05 ± 0.19

2.31 ± 0.07

8.10 ± 0.10

0.69 ± 0.13

MT4

Filskov

Manure

880

11

4.04

53

15.67 ± 0.17

2.38 ± 0.05

8.03 ± 0.06

0.63 ± 0.11

SM1

Maabjerg

Sewage sludge

9000

24

0.67

37

1.19 ± 0.13

0.47 ± 0.02

7.01 ± 0.04

0.02 ± 0.01

SM2

Luntoft

Sewage sludge

5000

30

3.3

37

0.65 ± 0.03

0.92 ± 0.03

7.11 ± 0.07

0.04 ± 0.01

SM3

Avedøre

Sewage sludge

6000

25

0.5

39

0.64 ± 0.07

0.53 ± 0.06

7.1 ± 0.03

0.02 ± 0.01

SM4

Helsinger

Sewage sludge

1400

19

0.5

37

0.60 ± 0.06

1.1 ± 0.02

7.33 ± 0.05

0.07 ± 0.01

SM5

Fakse

Sewage sludge

670

22

0.36

36

1.70 ± 1.29

1.24 ± 0.06

7.53 ± 0.09

0.13 ± 0.02

  1. a Manure from both cattle and swine. The co-fermentation feedstocks were industrial organic wastes, which accounted for around 10 %