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Table 1 Characteristics of food waste used to feed the phased digestion systems

From: The effect of temperature and retention time on methane production and microbial community composition in staged anaerobic digesters fed with food waste

Parameter

Unit

Value

Total solids

%

30.06 ± 0.68

Volatile solids

%

24.87 ± 0.54

VS/TS

 

0.93

TCOD

g/L

50.47 ± 13.84

TCOD/VS

 

2.00

SCOD

g/L

15.60 ± 0.60

TAN

mg/L

55.50 ± 8.90

pH

 

7.02 ± 0.22

  1. Original food waste was diluted using tap water to achieve the target VS concentration for feeding the first-stage digesters
  2. TAN total ammonia nitrogen
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

ISSN: 2731-3654

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