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Table 1 Gas composition measured by GC for CH4, CO2, O2 and by Lucideon Ltd for trace contaminants H2S, H2 and NH3

From: Isolation and characterisation of Methylocystis spp. for poly-3-hydroxybutyrate production using waste methane feedstocks

Sample

Source location

Date of sampling

CH4 (%)

CO2 (%)

O2 (%)

N2 (%)

H2S (ppm)

H2 (ppm)

NH3 (mg/m3)

AD1

Staffordshire

17/12/17

49.0

40.3

2.1

7.7

94.0

0

2.9

AD2

Staffordshire

16/01/18

58.6

33.4

2.1

7.8

462.0

0

 > 0.7

AD3

Staffordshire

 26/02/19

62.4

40.5

0.5

0.0

682.0

23.0

0

AD4

Staffordshire

 26/02/19

58.0

38.0

0.4

0.0

34.0

16.0

0

LG1

East Midlands

07/01/2019

52.2

37.3

0.4

10.1

n/a

n/a

n/a

LG2

East Midlands

08/01/2019

45.6

31.5

0.4

22.5

n/a

n/a

n/a

LG3

East Midlands

08/01/2019

51.9

38.7

0.4

9.0

n/a

n/a

n/a

  1. n/a not applicable (not measured)