I am planning a new set of AD experiments (agricultural waste as a substrate), and if I run a duplicate of my trials, I will have a total of 6 reactors (this seems a lot of work since I have to combine the experiments with other works), so I would like to know if it is acceptable to run 1 reactor for each condition of my experiment? are there literature where this has been done/justified? Thank you
Forget about the literature or publication, can you yourself justify or interpret the results from a single reactor if you don't have anything to verify with? Here i am just talking about the replicates. what if your single reactor dies within the experiment?
In addition to that, how are you going to compare the experimental reactors? There must be a control to compare the experimental reactors.
Abhijeet Singh thank you for your response. one of the reactors would be my control, and the basis of comparison with the other 3 conditions. Yes, rightly said, the concern would be loosing the reactor during the experiment.
Well , I don't think u can loose any of ur reactors in as much as all the operational conditions are in order e.g maintaining ur operating temperature, constant agitation and ur digesters are air tight. Once there is a control, duplicates may not be necessary.
Wuraola A. Raji Thanks for your response. It sure would be best if there is a literature where this is stated. I have a colleague whose examiner extensively criticized her use of a single reactor for her control and test experiments, hence, my concern.
Arinze Ezieke
Exactly that I have tried to say that use of single reactors in experiment can not be justified and I don't think you can find this in literature. For academic research, it is not recommended. But if you want to just check the working of your planned experiment, you can give it a try.
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