Effect of the Carbon Concentration, Blend Concentration, and Renewal Rate in the Growth Kinetic of Chlorella sp.

Table 2

Growth cycles (), mean specific growth rate (), productivity (), generation time (mean ), and concentration of biomass produced () for the Chlorella sp. microalgae cultivated in bioreactors open in semicontinuous mode.

Experiment		(d^−1)	(g L^−1 d^−1)	(d)	(g L^−1)
1	8	0.099 ± 0.122	0.033 ± 0.036	6.98 ± 0.12	0.86
2	6	0.090 ± 0.092	0.040 ± 0.032	7.64 ± 0.09	1.28
3	6	0.130 ± 0.114	0.041 ± 0.034	5.32 ± 0.11	1.12
4	5	0.117 ± 0.054	0.050 ± 0.018	5.90 ± 0.05	1.63
5	7	0.126 ± 0.012	0.038 ± 0.003	5.48 ± 0.01	1.28
6	5	0.124 ± 0.137	0.051 ± 0.049	5.58 ± 0.13	1.37
7	6	0.100 ± 0.018	0.031 ± 0.006	6.91 ± 0.01	1.04
8	10	0.149 ± 0.076	0.069 ± 0.029	4.64 ± 0.07	2.08
9	7	0.087 ± 0.083	0.052 ± 0.031	7.89 ± 0.08	1.76
10	6	0.123 ± 0.107	0.064 ± 0.041	5.62 ± 0.10	2.02
11	12	0.134 ± 0.081	0.091 ± 0.037	5.57 ± 0.09	2.47
12	8	0.147 ± 0.065	0.087 ± 0.026	4.71 ± 0.06	2.84
13	7	0.128 ± 0.041	0.075 ± 0.015	5.41 ± 0.04	2.51
14	8	0.139 ± 0.036	0.084 ± 0.012	4.97 ± 0.03	2.89
15	8	0.141 ± 0.050	0.085 ± 0.016	4.89 ± 0.05	2.80