Table 7 Kinetic parameters and fitting evaluated with the Gompertz model.

From: Enhanced methane production from bloom algal biomass using hydrothermal and hydrothermal-alkaline pretreatment with anaerobic digestion

Treatment/Control

A (µmol/g algae)

µm (µmol/g algae/day)

λ (day)

R2

0.2 mol/L NaOH,

30 min, 150 °C

3115.7 (± 62.8)

168.7

16.8

0.993

H2O, 30 min, 150 °C

956.9 (± 22.3)

50.5

17.2

0.992

Control

766.5 (± 19.2)

47.1

17.1

0.989

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