Techno-economic evaluation of microalgae high-density liquid fuel production at 12 international locations

Table 1 Growth characteristics of D. tertiolecta and N. oceanica used for Eq. 2

		D. tertiolecta	N. oceanica
Min temp, °C [37]	T_min	5	− 0.2
Optimum temp (max growth), °C [37]	T_opt	32.6	26.7
Max temp, °C [37]	T_max	38.9	33.3
max growth rate, day⁻¹ [37]	µ_max	3.5	1.85
Half saturation irradiance, μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ [39]	K_s	58	29
Optimum irradiance, μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ [39]	I_opt	275	203
Mass absorption coefficient, m² kg⁻¹ [40]	E_a	141	178
Basal respiration rate, day⁻¹ [41]	R_b	0.2	0.2

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