able 1
Physical and chemical property of food wastes.
Parameter units Valuea
Total solids content (TS) % % of wet weight 17.4 ± 1.6
Volatile solids content (VS) % % of wet weight 16.1 ± 2.6
VS/TS e 97.3 ± 1.1
T-carbohydrate % of TS 61.5 ± 11.1
T-protein % of TS 9.8 ± 2.6
T-lipid % of TS 9.2 ± 1.2
Nitrogen content % of TS 2.0 ± 0.2
Phosphorus content % of TS 0.2 ± 0.01
Total COD (TCOD) g-CODcr/L 229.7 ± 15.9
Soluble COD (SCOD) g-CODcr/L 55.4 ± 4.2