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Table 1 Characteristics of food waste and inoculum

From: Reproducible, high-yielding, biological caproate production from food waste using a single-phase anaerobic reactor system

Parameters

Food waste

Inoculuma

Total solid (TS)b (%)

28.19 ± 2.32

9.01 ± 0.09

Volatile solid (VS)b (%)

25.96 ± 2.08

7.85 ± 0.04

VS/TS (%)

92

87

tCOD (g COD g−1 VS)

1.45 ± 0.16

sCOD (g COD g−1 VS)

0.11 ± 0.002

Total hemicellulosec (%)

32.58 ± 4.48

Total cellulosec (%)

2.82 ± 0.95

Total proteinc (%)

20.69 ± 1.17

Total fatc (%)

27.50 ± 1.45

pH

3.56 ± 0.3

7.46 ± 0.25

  1. All values show standard deviation with n = 3
  2. tCOD total chemical oxygen demand, sCOD soluble chemical oxygen demand
  3. a Granular sludge used only at the beginning of reactor’s run
  4. b Based on wet weight
  5. c Based on dry weight