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. 2018 Feb 19;8:3289. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21702-5

Table 2.

Estimated cost of carbon source for nitrate removal.

Substance material Denitrification rate (g N/(L d)) Consumption of substrate (kg/kg N) Price (CNY/kg) Nitrogen removal costs (CNY/kg N) Reference
PBS/BP 0.63–0.8 2.46 12.8 31.49 This study
PBS 0.53–0.66 2.11 24.8 52.33 (Zhu et al.21)
PHBV/BP 0.13 1.69–1.86 15.5 26.2–28.8 (Chu and Wang, 2016)
PCL 2.65 2.34 68 159.1 (Li et al.33)