Research Article
New Strategy for a Suitable Fast Stabilization of the Biomethanization Performance
Table 2
Composition of the wastes used to start-up the CSTR.
| Parameter | Leachate inoculum | Sewage sludge inoculum | OFMSW | OFMSW/Inoculum mixture |
| pH | 8.62 | 8.35 | 7.78 | 8.70 | Density (kg/m3) | 980 | 985 | 750 | 1116 | Alkalinity (gCaCO3/L) | 21.78 | 16.54 | 4.29 | 5.14 | Ammonium (gNH3–N/L) | 26.88 | 14.56 | 1.68 | 2.8 | Total Nitrogen | 25.66 gNH3–N/L | 21.46 gNH3–N/L | 207.2 gNH3–N/kg | 72.8 gNH3–N/kg | gTSS/L | 14.46 | 20.46 | — | — | gVSS/L | 10.73 | 9.16 | — | — | gTS/g sample | — | — | 0.90 | 0.31 | gTVS/g sample | — | — | 0.71 | 0.25 | Total carbon (mg/g) | 80.78 | 35.27 | 112.6 | 65.07 | Total inorganic carbon (mg/g) | 2.07 | 0.96 | 0.29 | 0.30 | Total organic carbon (mg/g) | 78.41 | 34.31 | 112.3 | 64.75 | Acidity (mgAcH/L) | 12403 | 17353 | 1440 | 356 |
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