From: Efficient molasses fermentation under high salinity by inocula of marine and terrestrial origin
PBBR | Fermentation | Methanogenesis | Biomass | COD balance | |||||||||
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\(\frac{\text{VFA}_{\text{IN}}}{{\text{COD}}_{\text{IN}}}\) | \(\frac{\text{VFA}_{\text{OUT}}}{{\text{COD}}_{\text{OUT}}}\) | COD to VFAs | YVFA | VFAs prod. | CH4 production | Yields | VSS | Fed | Removed | COD tracked | |||
gCOD L−1 d−1 | mL L−1 d−1 | gCOD L−1 d−1 | \(\text{L}_{\text{CH}_{4}}\) g −1COD removed | gCOD L−1 d−1 | gCOD L−1 d−1 | gCOD L−1 d−1 | % | ||||||
Terrestrial | |||||||||||||
OLR 5 | |||||||||||||
Mean | 1.07 | 61.1 | 52.6 | 79.6 | 2.47 | 211.3 | 0.60 | 0.341 | 2.94 | 4.70 | 0.62 | 6.01 | 127.8 |
SD | 0.16 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 0.56 | 2.6 | 0.01 | 0.68 | 0.58 | 0.22 | |||
OLR 10 | |||||||||||||
Mean | 1.38 | 74.7 | 66.7 | 85.8 | 6.77 | 362.7 | 1.04 | 0.324 | 3.40 | 9.82 | 1.12 | 11.21 | 114.2 |
SD | 0.96 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 3.15 | 2.4 | 0.01 | 1.17 | 3.42 | 0.79 |
Marine | |||||||||||||
OLR 5 | |||||||||||||
Mean | 0.95 | 60.8 | 59.5 | 102.3 | 2.36 | 114.9 | 0.33 | 0.280 | 2.33 | 4.90 | 0.41 | 5.02 | 102.5 |
SD | 0.23 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 27.5 | 0.56 | 8.0 | 0.02 | 0.62 | 2.14 | 0.32 | |||
OLR 10 | |||||||||||||
Mean | 1.20 | 66.8 | 60.3 | 87.8 | 5.89 | 299.3 | 0.86 | 0.374 | 3.61 | 9.80 | 0.80 | 10.36 | 105.7 |