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TABLE 13.1
Summary of Variations in Microalgal Biomass Production
Criteria Example Minimum Maximum Remarks Ref.

Biomass Haematococcus pluvialis 0.06 1.2 Bubble reactor Garcia-Malea et al., 2006

130 μmol photons m −2 s −1

Haematococcus pluvialis 0.06 0.55 Tubular reactor

Haematococcus pluvialis 0.28 2,500 μmol photons m −2 s −1 Garcia-Malea et al., 2005

Haematococcus pluvialis 1.2 1,200 μmol photons m −2 s −1 Esperanza Del Rio, 2005

Chlorella sorokiniana 0.32 Hunt et al., 2010

Chlorella sorokiniana 0.5 Janssen et al., 2003

Chlorella sorokiniana 1.8 Chang and Yang, 2003

Chlorella sorokiniana 4 Lee et al., 1996

Six microalgae 0.09 0.21 Gouveia et al., 2009

0.04 0.37 Chen et al., 2011

0.03 0.48 Pitman et al., 2011

Haematococcus oleoabundans 0.63 10 mM Sodium nitrate enrichment Li et al., 2008

Haematococcus oleoabundans 0.4 5 mM Sodium nitrate enrichment

Chlorella protothecoides 0.002-0.02 Phototrophic cultivation Chen et al., 2011

Chlorella protothecoides 1.7-7.4 Heterotrophic cultivation Chen et al., 2011

Production Dunaliella 2 Ben- Amoz, 2009

Nannochloropsis sp. 20 Flue gas enriched Ben-Amoz, 2009

120-150 Bioreactors, artiicial light Tsoglin and Gabel, 2000

Haematococcus pluvialis 50-90 Olaizola, 2000

Several species 0.91-38 Chisti, 2007; Khan et al., 2009;

Harun et al., 2010; Pitman et al.,
2011; Chen et al., 2011

20 species 0.57-130 Mata et al., 2010

Note: Variations in microalgal biomass (g L −1 d −1 ) and production (g m −2 d −1 ).
* All values are for autotrophic cultivation unless speciied as heterotrophic.