READ ME File For 'Dataset_for_Effect_of_Pasteurisation_on_Methane_Yield'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1603

ReadMe Author: Yue Zhang, University of Southampton [ORCID ID 0000-0002-5068-2260]

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS:Yue Zhang, Sigrid Kusch-Brandt, Sonia Heaven and Charles J Banks
TITLE:Effect of Pasteurisation on Methane Yield from Food Waste and other Substrates in Anaerobic Digestion
JOURNAL:Processes
PAPER DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8111351

This dataset contains data obtained to construct Table 1 and Figures 1-3 & A1


The table and figures are as follows:

Table 1. Characteristics of the substrates used in this study
Figure 1. Methane production of unpasteurised and pasteurised substrates
Figure 2. Methane production assay to study the impact of co-pasteurising two substrates (food waste adn cattle slurry)
Figure 3. Volatile fatty acids (VFA) profiles in unpasteurised and pasteurised food waste during AD
Figure A1. BMP assay of cellulose as positive control


Date of data collection: 2008

Information about geographic location of data collection:  Environment Labs, Building 21, University of Southampton

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Related projects:  Optimising inputs and outputs from anaerobic digestion processes, funded by Defra (grant ref WR0212)


Date that the file was created: Aug, 2020