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. 2014 May 9;9(5):e97265. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097265

Table 2. Effects of temperature on pH value in anaerobic co-digestion with a C/N ratio of 25.

Temperature (°C) DM+RS CM+RS DM+CM+RS
a Average Final Average Final Average Final
20 6.12±0.13 6.64±0.14 5.42±0.11 5.01±0.07 5.92±0.10 6.58±0.11
30 6.89±0.15 7.12±0.16 6.42±0.03 6.92±0.02 7.11±0.11 7.35±0.14
40 7.21±0.09 7.44±0.13 7.19±0.08 7.38±0.12 7.48±0.13 7.67±0.11
50 7.58±0.11 7.61±0.13 7.66±0.12 7.79±0.07 7.56±0.12 7.74±0.03
60 7.69±0.15 7.88±0.15 7.82±0.10 8.11±0.11 7.72±0.16 7.92±0.13
bLSD0.05 =  0.47 cLSD0.05 = 0.61
a

±shows the standard error

b

LSD value at the 5% level based on all average values from three mixture sets at all operation temperatures

c

LSD value at the 5% level based on all final values from three mixture sets at all operation temperatures