Table 2.
Organic loading rate of lab-scale batch anaerobic treatments combination.
| Khat waste (KW) |
Cow dung (CD) |
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| Treatments Designation |
Ratio of KW to CD | Avg. KW in (g) | Vol. of water used to mix with 3 % of KOH (6 times TS) of KW in ml | Weight of Fresh CD in (g) | Weight of Dried CD in (g) | CD TS needed water (6 times TS) of CD in ml | Vol. of water in Fresh CD ml | Added water for CD ml | Total Vol. of water mixed with 3 % of KOH (6 times TS) in ml |
| T - 1 | 1:0 | 50 | – | 247 | 50 | 300 | 197 | 103 | 103 |
| T- 2 | 1:1 | 25 | 150 | 123.9 | 25 | 150 | 98.88 | 51.12 | 201.12 |
| T - 3 | 1:2 | 16.7 | 99.96 | 165.2 | 33.3 | 200.04 | 131.84 | 68.2 | 168.16 |
| T - 4 | 1:3 | 12.5 | 75 | 185.5 | 37.5 | 225 | 148.32 | 76.68 | 151.68 |
| T - 5 | 2:1 | 33.3 | 199.92 | 82.6 | 16.7 | 100.08 | 65.92 | 34.16 | 234.08 |
| T - 6 | 3:1 | 37.5 | 225 | 61.94 | 12.5 | 75 | 49.44 | 25.56 | 250.56 |
| T - 7 | 0:1 | – | – | 247.8 | 50 | 300 | 197.78 | 102.22 | 102.22 |