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

Table 4. Effects of temperature on free ammonia content in in anaerobic co-digestion with a C/N ratio of 25.

Temperature (°C) DM+RS CM+RS DM+CM+RS
aAverage Final Average Final Average Final
20 0.1±0.004 0.4±0.009 0.1±0.002 0.9±0.01 0.2±0.001 0.8±0.01
30 1.6±0.04 5.4±0.08 1.2±0.03 4.4±0.06 5.4±0.09 13.8±0.1
40 12.7±0.5 31.4±0.6 17.9±0.8 35.5±1.6 32.8±1.1 63.7±2.1
50 65.4±2.2 101.2±4.8 108.6±3.7 189.2±4.3 82.0±1.8 153.3±3.2
60 142.5±3.6 324.5±4.9 240.7±5.2 479.2±3.2 192.6±3.2 376.7±8.2
bLSD0.05 = 23.2 cLSD0.05 = 45.6
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