Journal of Renewable Energy / 2014 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Magnetic Biofilm Carriers: The Use of Novel Magnetic Foam Glass Particles in Anaerobic Digestion of Sugar Beet Silage Table 3 Methane rate, methane yield, and methane content of methanogenic reactors with (MR) and without (CR) magnetic foam glass particles during periods of constant OLR and HRT.
Reactor days (—) HRT (d) OLR (g VScorr L−1 d−1 ) Methane rate (L L−1 d−1 ) Methane yield (L (g VScorr )−1 ) Methane content (%) MR CR MR CR MR CR 35–75 (start-up) 40 4.15 ± 0.18 1.63 ± 0.16 1.60 ± 0.18 0.393 ± 0.037 0.385 ± 0.045 56.3 ± 1.0 55.9 ± 1.5 125–137 32 1.51 ± 0.04 0.49 ± 0.04 0.47 ± 0.04 0.324 ± 0.025 0.310 ± 0.024 53.5 ± 1.9 52.8 ± 1.2 138–151 23 2.02 ± 0.10 0.65 ± 0.05 0.64 ± 0.04 0.322 ± 0.020 0.316 ± 0.011 53.2 ± 2.1 53.1 ± 2.0 152–159 18 2.54 ± 0.00 0.83 ± 0.03 0.81 ± 0.03 0.328 ± 0.012 0.321 ± 0.013 52.8 ± 0.8 52.7 ± 0.9 160–187 15 3.07 ± 0.17 0.97 ± 0.05 0.95 ± 0.08 0.318 ± 0.023 0.310 ± 0.020 52.5 ± 1.6 52.2 ± 1.1 188–199 14 3.38 ± 0.12 1.11 ± 0.06 1.10 ± 0.05 0.328 ± 0.010 0.327 ± 0.023 52.9 ± 0.4 53.0 ± 1.0 200–208 12 3.93 ± 0.22 1.25 ± 0.06 1.18 ± 0.09 0.318 ± 0.022 0.302 ± 0.029 53.8 ± 0.4 53.0 ± 1.1 209–218/211 11 4.60 ± 0.07 1.35 ± 0.05 1.08 ± 0.07 0.295 ± 0.011 0.239 ± 0.017 51.3 ± 0.9 48.7 ± 1.2