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Table 1 Characteristics of rape straw, inoculum and soil

From: A novel and simple approach to the good process performance of methane recovery from lignocellulosic biomass alone

Parameter

Rape straw

Inoculum

Soil

Total solid (%)

96.0 ± 0.0

5.5 ± 0.1

83.3 ± 0.0

Volatile solid (%)

91.2 ± 0.6

68.8 ± 0.9

3.8 ± 0.0

Total carbon (%)

44.5 ± 0.1

35.9 ± 0.1

2.6 ± 0.1

Total nitrogen (%)

0.8 ± 0.0

1.8 ± 0.0

0.06 ± 0.0

H (%)

6.0 ± 0.3

4.7 ± 0.2

0.4 ± 0.0

pH value

6.5 ± 0.0

7.8 ± 0.1

6.9 ± 0.0

Cellulose (%)

49.3 ± 0.0

33.0 ± 0.0

ND

Hemicellulose (%)

18.9 ± 0.0

25.6 ± 0.2

ND

Lignin (%)

21.5 ± 0.0

ND

ND

  1. ND not determined