Influence of wastewater characteristics on methane potential in food-processing industry wastewaters.

In this study, we identified the influence of wastewater characteristics on the theoretical and practical methane potential using different food industrial wastewaters as substrates. Ten composite wastewater samples from five industries were investigated. The ultimate practical methane yields (B(o)) were compared to the theoretical methane yields (B(o,th)) in order to evaluate the biodegradability of the tested wastewaters and the influence of their physico-chemical characteristics.