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Table 7 Biomass, lipid and protein potential productivity of Chlorella strain CH2 in a 1 ha GWP-II plant located in central Italy

From: Chlorella for protein and biofuels: from strain selection to outdoor cultivation in a Green Wall Panel photobioreactor

Month

Average total solar radiation on the horizontal (GJ ha−1 month−1)a

Minimum distance D (m)

Total radiation on panels (GJ ha−1 month−1)

Biomass productivity (t ha−1 month−1)

Protein productivity (t ha−1 month−1)

Lipid productivity (t ha−1 month−1) + N/-N

April

5,280

0.40

3,590

5.06

1.97

1.32/1.00

May

6,975

0.26

4,883

6.88

2.68

1.79/1.37

June

7,410

0.20

5,261

7.42

2.89

1.93/1.47

July

8,060

0.20

5,884

8.30

3.24

2.16/1.65

August

6,540

0.25

5,569

7.85

3.06

2.04/1.56

September

4,950

0.40

3,960

5.58

2.18

1.45/1.11

  1. aData retrieved from the Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS) (http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis) for Florence latitude; D, minimum distance that avoids shading; +N, under nutrient sufficiency; −N, nitrogen starvation.