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TABLE 5.3
Examples of Productivities Achieved in Closed Bioreactors with
Various Microalgal Species

Highest Productivity

Reactor Type Species g m −2 d −1 g l −1 d −1 Ref.

Vertical column

Phaeodactylum 0.69 Sánchez Mirón et al., 1999

Isochrysis galbana 1.60 Qiang and Richmond, 1994

Tetraselmis 38.2 0.42 Chini Zittelli et al., 2006

Haematococcus
pluvialis

0.06 López et al., 2006

Airlift tubular

Haematococcus
pluvialis

0.41 López et al., 2006

Porphyridium
cruentum

1.5 Rubio et al., 1999

Porphyridium
cruentum

20 1.2 Acién Fernández et al., 2001

Phaeodactylum 32 1.9 Molina Grima et al., 2001

Horizontal tubular

Spirulina maxima 25 0.25 Torzillo et al., 1986

Spirulina sp. 27.8 Torzillo et al., 1986

Spirulina platensis 27 1.60 Richmond et al., 1993

Isochrysis galbana 0.32 Molina Grima et al., 1994

Phaeodactylum 2.02 Fernandez et al., 1998

Phaeodactylum 2.76 Grima et al., 1996

Haematococcus
pluvialis

13 0.05 Olaizola, 2000

Inclined tubular

Chlorella sp. 72.5 2.90 Lee et al., 1995

Chlorella sp. 130 3.64 Lee and Low, 1991

Chlorella
sorokiniana

1.47 Ugwu et al., 2002

Helical tubular

Phaeodactylum
tricornutum

1.4 Hall et al., 2003

Tetraselmis chuii 1.20 Borowitzka, 1997

Flat plate

Spirulina platensis 33 0.30 Hu et al., 1996

Spirulina platensis 51 4.30 Hu et al., 1996

Spirulina platensis 24 0.80 Tredici et al., 1991

Nannochloropsis 0.27 Cheng-Wu et al., 2001

Nannochloropsis 0.85 Richmond and Cheng-Wu, 2001

Haematococcus
pluvialis

10.2 Huntley and Redalje, 2006

Chlorella sp. 22.8, 19.4 3.8, 3.2 Doucha et al., 2005