Table 14.
Degradability efficiency for total sugar, alkalinity, VFA and pH (in scale up with 5000 mL working volume study)
| Sample | Total sugar (µg/L) | Alk mg/L-CaCO3 | VFA mg/g | pH | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Degradability efficiency (%) | Start | End | Degradability efficiency (%) | Start | End | Degradability efficiency (%) | Start | End | |
| 10% teak leaves + inoculum non-pretreatment | 28,091 | 2623 | 90.7a | 6258 | 4495 | 28.0b | 10,987 | 8208 | 25.2a | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| 10% teak leaves + inoculum + 2% NaoH | 35,500 | 2582 | 92.5a | 11,050 | 6440 | 41.6a | 17,091 | 12,208 | 28.5a | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| 10% teak leaves + inoculum + 2% NaoH + algae | 38,409 | 2259 | 94.1a | 8433 | 3793 | 55.0a | 14,961 | 9444 | 36.9a | 7.5 | 7.1 |
Data in the table: mean ± SD
Mean with different superscript letters (a, b, c) are significantly different (P < 0.05)