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Table 1 Comparison of photoautotrophic microalgal biomass and carbohydrate production in large-scale PBRs (cultivation volume ≥ 0.05 m3) under outdoor natural conditions

From: Production and structural characterization of a new type of polysaccharide from nitrogen-limited Arthrospira platensis cultivated in outdoor industrial-scale open raceway ponds

Strain

Cultivation system (volume, m3)

Location and season

Pba (g m−2 day−1)

Pbv (mg L−1 day−1)

Cc (%DW)

References

Monoraphidium dybowskii

Raceway pond (40)

IM, China, summer

27.8

139.17

NA

[40]

Chlorella sp.

Raceway pond (40)

IM, China, summer

23.1

115.35

NA

[37]

Scenedesmus acutus

Raceway pond (2.3)

USA, autumn

12.5

NA

32.4

[34]

Graesiella sp.

Raceway pond (40)

Yunnan, China, summer

16.9

NA

33

[33]

Scenedesmus obliquus

Tubular PBR (0.06)

Taiwan, summer

NA

245.8

42.4

[38]

Scenedesmus obliquus

Raceway pond (4.5)

Portugal

1.19

12.6

29

[32]

Chlorella vulgaris

Thin-layer PBR (0.25)

Czech Republic

NA

1538.5

50

[39]

Arthrospira platensis

Raceway pond (0.3)

Israel

22.4

NA

NA

[35]

Arthrospira platensis

Raceway pond (0.3)

Israel, summer

24.8

NA

NA

[36]

Arthrospira platensis

Raceway pond (180)

IM, China, summer

27.5

100.8

46.4

This study

  1. Pba, areal biomass productivity; Pbv, volumetric biomass productivity; Cc, carbohydrate content; IM, Inner Mongolia; NA, data not available