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. 2020 Sep 24;10:15719. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72897-5

Table 3.

Estimated biogas production rate calculation in the case study.

1 Amount of food waste at Fahud—Fresh Matter @ 26.5% DM 3280 kg/month
2 Amount of food waste at Fahud—Dry Matter 869.2 kg/month
3 Amount of biogas produced derived from experiments 1550 L/kg
4 Methane content in biogas derived from experiments 30%
5 Amount of methane produced (mL/g). Calculation: [3] × [4] 465 mL/g
6

Total amount of methane based on amount of food waste

Calculation: ([2] × [5]  × (103))/(106)

404 m3/month