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Table 3 Examples of previously performed studies of co-digestion

From: Industrial sludge containing pharmaceutical residues and explosives alters inherent toxic properties when co-digested with oat and post-treated in reed beds

Substrate

(Mixed ratios v/ v)

HRT (days)

OLR (g VS/L/day)

Methane yield (ml CH4/g VS/day)

References

OMW + cattle manure

75% + 25%

13

3,4

700 to 1,000

Angelidaki and Ahring[10]

OMW + pig manure

69% + 31%

6

2.9 + 2.6

2,700

Sampaio et a.l[14]

Sewage sludge + potato waste

44% + 56%

20

2.7

600

Murto et al.[13]

Industrial waste + pig manure

17% + 83%

30

2.6

800

Murto et al.[13]

Industrial waste + pig manure + slaughterhouse waste

17% + 71% + 12%

28

3.1

900

Murto et al.[13]

Industrial waste + pig manure + slaughterhouse waste

17% + 66% + 12% + 5%

36

2.6

1,000

Murto et al.[13]

Sewage sludge + marine dredgings + municipal refuse

20 + 5% + 75%

36 (batch)

 

900 to 1,200

Chan et al.[11]

OMW + piggery effluent

83% + 17%

6 to 7

3.5

1,300

Marques[12]

Oat + sludge

50% + 50%

28

6

500

Present study