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Table 1 Production of methane and hydrogen gases from anaerobic digestion

From: Bioenergy production from chicken feather waste by anaerobic digestion and bioelectrochemical systems

Treatment using different substrates

Gas yields from anaerobic digestion

Methane

(Nm3/ kg dry substrates)

Hydrogen

(mmol/day.L)

Acetate (Control)

0.40 \(\pm\) 0.01

0.42 \(\pm\) 0.015

Untreated chicken feather

0.20 \(\pm\) 0.02

0.07 \(\pm\) 0.02

Feather hydrolysate

0.67 \(\pm\) 0.01

0.85 \(\pm\) 0.01

  1. Experiments were carried out in triplicate, and the results are expressed as the mean \(\pm\) standard deviation