Research Article

Co-Digestion of Sugar Beet Silage Increases Biogas Yield from Fibrous Substrates

Table 4

Experimental methane yield (EMY) and theoretical methane yield (TMY) for all experiments from days 30 to 50. Synergistic effects of co-digestion are indicated by EMY/TMY ratio fairly above 1.

ReactorsEMY
( kg−1VS)
TMY
( kg−1VS)
Synergistic effects
(EMY/TMY)

M : S
 CFM1 475 ± 704751,00
 CFM2 437 ± 964580,95
 CFM3 485 ± 934451,09
 CFM4 520 ± 133841,35
G : S
 CFG1 131 ± 511311.00
 CFG2 252 ± 521631.55
 CFG3 288 ± 641871.54
 CFG4 459 ± 172981.54