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... and Energy Analysis of Food Waste (Modified from Tchobanoglous 1993) 62 Table 7. Theoretical Energy Recovery from Acetate _________________________________ 63 Table 8. Practical Energy Recovery from Acetate ___________________________________ 64 Table 9. Practical Energy Recovery from Food Waste ________________________________ 64 Table 10. ...
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