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Table 1 Initial feedstock characteristics

From: Escherichia coli inactivation kinetics in anaerobic digestion of dairy manure under moderate, mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures

Temperature

TS (%)

VS (%)

pH

TN (mg/l)

TP (mg/l)

TOC (mg/l)

E. coli (CFU/ml)

Moderate

(25°C)

1.39

1.12

7.52

489

153

4500

6.5 × 107

Mesophilic

(37°C)

2.05

1.25

7.40

390

333

4170

1.85 × 107

Thermophilic

(52.5°C)

1.75

1.28

7.55

522

243

3900

2.5 × 107

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