Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table 8 Methane yields of solid organic substrates.

From: Integrated systems for biopolymers and bioenergy production from organic waste and by-products: a review of microbial processes

Solid organic substrate	Methane yield [ml CH₄ g⁻¹ VS_added]	References
Apple fresh wastes	317	[179]
Banana peeling	289	[179]
Cabbage leaves 2 mm size	309	[180]
Carrot peeling	388	[179]
Cauliflower leaves	341–352	[181]
Cellulose	356–375	[132]
Cocksfoot	325	[182]
Food wastes	245–510	[183]
Fruit and vegetable wastes	470	[184]
Glucose	335	[185]
Kitchen waste	432	[115]
Leather fleshing	490	[186]
Lettuce residues	294	[179]
Maize residues	317	[187]
Mandarin peels 2 mm size	486	[180]
OFMSW	353	[188]
Orange peeling	297	[179]
Paper and cardboard	109–128	[189]
Pineapple peel	400	[190]
Potato waste	320 referred to gVS_removed	[191]
Rape oil seed	800–900	[133]
Rice straw	347–367	[192]
Starch	348	[133]
Sugar beet	340	[193]
Sunflower	428–454	[194]
Textiles	228	[195]
Tomato skins and seeds	218	[187]
Wheat straw	267	[196]
Algal biomass	640	[129]

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