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Table 4 Investigated AD plants differed to kind of digestate and considered GHG credits (marked with ‘x’)

From: Digestion of bio-waste - GHG emissions and mitigation potential

 

Kind of digestate

Solid digestate

Liquid digestate

 

Substitution of mineral fertilizer

Substitution of peat

Humus accumulation

Humus reproduction

Substitution of mineral fertilizer

Humus reproduction

1

Fresh compost

x

-

x

x

-

-

2

Finished compost

x

x

x

x

-

-

3

Solid digestate (separated)

x

-

-

x

-

-

4

Liquid digestate

x

-

-

x

x

x

5

Separated digestate without post-composting

x

-

-

x

x

x

6a

Solid digestate

x

 

-

x

-

-

7

Fresh and finished compost

x

x

x

x

-

-

8

Fresh and finished compost

x

x

x

x

x

x

9b

Finished compost

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Finished compost

x

x

x

x

-

-

11

Fresh and finished compost

x

x

x

x

-

-

12

Finished compost

x

x

x

x

-

-

  1. aAssumption according to plant no. 5 (no data available). bAssumption according to plant no. 8 (no data available).