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Table III

Separation indexes at centrifugation.

Technical specifications Slurry Separation index (%)2



Centrifugation Centrifugation Origin1 Dry Volume Dry N-total NH4-N P-total Reference
velocity (g) time (s) matter (%) matter
Mean 14 61 28 16 71
(standard deviation) (7) (16) (10) (8) (14)
1500 600 P 6.3 95 90 Vadas, 2006
2050 30 P 8.9 22 69 34 22 87 Møller et al., 2007a
2050 8 P 7.0 15 57 Sneath et al., 1988
2050 8 P 4.2 8 52 Sneath et al., 1988
2050 8 P 2.0 3 47 Sneath et al., 1988
2200 30 P 5.1 9 51 17 10 71 Møller et al., 2007a
2200 30 P 4.0 7 52 17 7 70 Møller et al., 2007a
2200 30 P 6.8 26 70 36 26 82 Møller et al., 2007a
4100 600 P 5.3 13 60 29 62 Møller et al., 2002
4100 600 P 2.6 5 33 13 66 Møller et al., 2002
P 7.0 16 70 32 52 Reimann, 1989
1500 600 C 8.0 86 83 Vadas, 2006
2200 30 C 7.0 23 63 29 16 55 Møller et al., 2007a
4100 600 C 6.4 21 65 49 82 Møller et al., 2002
4100 600 C 4.5 12 55 27 79 Møller et al., 2002
C 6.0 13 44 23 48 Reimann, 1989
1

P = pig, C = cattle.

2

Separation index is the mass of a compound in the solid fraction compared to the mass of a compound in the original raw slurry.