Table 2 Comparisons of rotating floating photobioreactor with other reported photobioreactor
Photobioreactor type | Location | Species used | Biomass productivity | Photosynthetic efficiency | Specific growth rate | Doubling time | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Areal | Volumetric | (PE) | (μ) | (t d) | ||||
(g m−2 day−1) | (g L−1 day−1) | (%) | (h−1) | (h) | ||||
RFP | Outdoors | D. tertiolecta | 3.10 | 0.06 | 4.61 | 0.0184 | 37.78 | This study |
Open raceway pond | Outdoors | D. salina | 18.00 | 0.15 | – | 0.0069 | 100.43 | [26] |
Open raceway pond | Outdoors | Nannochloropsis sp. | 14.00 | 0.08 | 1.50 | 0.0050 | 138.60 | [30] |
Closed horizontally tubular PBR | Outdoors | D. salina | 2.00 | 0.06 | 2.00 | 0.0075 | 92.40 | [16] |
Closed horizontally tubular PBR | Outdoors | Muriellopsis sp. | 40.00 | – | 4.40 | 0.0900 | 7.70 | [30] |
Closed horizontally tubular PBR | Outdoors | Nannochloropsis sp. | 15.70 | 0.85 | 1.80 | 0.0142 | 48.80 | [30] |
Vertically annular column PBR | Outdoors | T. suecica | 36.30 | 0.48 | 9.40 | 0.0136 | 51.12 | [31] |
Vertical tubular PBR | Outdoors | Nannochloropsis sp. | 24.40 | 0.71 | 4.20 | 0.0167 | 41.50 | [30] |
Hanging bag PBR | Outdoors | D. tertiolecta | – | 0.17 | – | 0.0108 | 64.17 | [27] |
Cylindrical hanging bag PBR | Outdoors | Chlorella sorokiniana | – | 0.22 | – | 0.0521 | 13.30 | [25] |
Flat-panel airlift PBR | Indoors | D. tertiolecta | – | 0.18 | – | 0.0242 | 28.64 | [28] |
Flat-panel PBR | Outdoors | Nannochloropsis sp. | 27.50 | 1.20 | 3.80 | 0.0150 | 46.20 | [30] |
Green wall panel PBR | Outdoors | Chlorella sp. | 11.23 | 0.60 | 2.80 | – | – | [29] |