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Table 3 Experimental design with response surface methodology and the results

From: Process optimization and effect of thermal, alkaline, H2O2 oxidation and combination pretreatment of sewage sludge on solubilization and anaerobic digestion

No.

Input Variables

Results

Methane Production

Microbial

Temp. (°C)

pH

H2O2 concentration (mg/ g TS)

Cumulative MP (mL/ g VS)

Increase MP (%)

COD Solubilization (%)

Increase of sCOD (g/L)

Decrease of VSS (g/L)

Increase of Protein (g/L)

Increase of Polysaccharide (g/L)

1

25

8

0

314

0

3.65

2.32

1.95

0.52

0.01

2

25

8

30

373

18.79

8.09

5.14

5.11

0.95

0.03

3

25

8

60

358

14.01

9.05

5.75

4.25

1.35

0.04

4

25

10

30

410

30.57

18.67

11.86

10.61

2.16

0.27

5

25

10

60

426

35.67

18.97

12.05

12.24

2.53

0.22

6

25

12

0

444

41.4

14.56

9.25

8.67

1.66

0.17

7

25

12

60

471

50

22.59

14.35

13.88

2.94

0.18

8

75

8

30

402

28.02

16.72

10.62

10.98

1.68

0.22

9

75

8

30

415

32.17

16.34

10.38

11.21

1.84

0.2

10

75

10

30

480

52.67

21.67

13.76

14.35

2.87

0.38

11

75

10

30

469

49.36

21.82

13.86

14.51

2.46

0.34

12

75

10

30

488

55.41

21.56

13.69

14.2

2.81

0.28

13

75

10

60

506

61.15

23.43

14.88

15.72

2.97

0.33

14

75

10

60

502

59.87

23.51

14.93

15.99

3.02

0.23

15

75

12

0

492

56.69

17.86

11.34

12.01

2.39

0.17

16

90

8

0

418

33.12

15.24

9.68

8.08

2.14

0.18

17

90

8

60

524

66.88

22.17

14.08

15.64

2.85

0.31

18

90

10

0

479

52.55

21.1

13.4

14.55

2.74

0.36

19

90

12

30

615

95.86

30.37

19.29

19.47

3.81

0.52

20

90

12

30

621

97.77

30.17

19.16

19.71

3.91

0.59