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Table 3 Characteristics of liquid digestate and EC water and performance of EC treatment

From: A sustainable biorefinery to convert agricultural residues into value-added chemicals

 

Characteristics

Value

Liquid digestatea

Total solids (% TS)

2.64 ± 0.03

COD (mg L−1)

9490 ± 14.1

TP (mg L−1)

120 ± 0.0

TN (mg L−1)

1495 ± 43.84

TOC (mg L−1)

4284 ± 326

EC watera

Total solids (% TS)

0.78 ± 0.11

COD (mg L−1)

1706.2 ± 19.4

TP (mg L−1)

9.25 ± 0.35

TN (mg L−1)

997.5 ± 31.82

Removal efficiency

TS removal (%)

70.5

COD removal (%)

82.0

TP removal (%)

92.3

TN removal (%)

33.3

  1. a Data are average of three replicates with standard deviation