What is psychrophilic digestion, and why is it rare commercially?
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Psychrophilic digestion runs below about 20 degrees C on cold-tolerant microbes. Rates are slow, so it needs long retention times and large reactor volumes. Most commercial CBG plants run mesophilic because it balances reaction rate against stability.
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- Reasoned from sourced facts or engineering fundamentals, not quoted from one.
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- Practitioner — Operating numbers, ranges and failure modes.
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