Table 1 PEµ of Chlamydomonas and Chlorella under the experimental matrix of light regimes.

From: High-throughput optimisation of light-driven microalgae biotechnologies

Imax

Df

tc

Iavg

PEµ (mol photon−1 m2)

Actual (µmol m −2 s −1 )

Coded

Actual ()

Coded

Actual (s)

Coded

(mol m −2 h −1 )

Chlamydomonas

Chlorella

375

−1

0.2

−1

3

−1.73

0.619

0.118 ± 0.0030

0.136 ± 0.017

10

0

0.099 ± 0.0093

0.142 ± 0.018

20

1

0.107 ± 0.0031

0.151 ± 0.026

0.4

0

3

−1.73

0.490

0.174 ± 0.0070

0.183 ± 0.012

10

0

0.133 ± 0.0079

0.149 ± 0.001

20

1

0.094 ± 0.0070

0.132 ± 0.018

0.6*

3

−1.73

0.367

0.088 ± 0.0066

0.176 ± 0.007

10

0

0.099 ± 0.0010

0.167 ± 0.011

20

1

0.084 ± 0.0100

0.149 ± 0.007

0.8

1

3

−1.73

0.18

0.040 ± 0.0028

0.277 ± 0.022

10

0

0.048 ± 0.0000

0.197 ± 0.014

20

1

0.047 ± 0.0107

0.159 ± 0.006

750

0

0.2

−1

3

−1.73

1.242

0.078 ± 0.0037

0.039 ± 0.003

10

0

0.063 ± 0.0013

0.054 ± 0.002

20

1

0.053 ± 0.0022

0.076 ± 0.001

0.4

0

3

−1.73

0.979

0.060 ± 0.0121

0.087 ± 0.004

10

0

0.061 ± 0.0040

0.087 ± 0.006

20

1

0.049 ± 0.0020

0.095 ± 0.008

0.6*

3

1.73

0.738

0.079 ± 0.0030

0.099 ± 0.005

10

0

0.061 ± 0.0016

0.082 ± 0.006

20

1

0.049 ± 0.0030

0.182 ± 0.003

0.8

1

3

−1.73

0.360

0.063 ± 0.0073

0.134 ± 0.012

10

0

0.046 ± 0.0023

0.072 ± 0.022

20

1

0.020 ± 0.0027

0.097 ± 0.008

1500

1

0.2

−1

3

−1.73

2.480

0.051 ± 0.0027

0.021 ± 0.0004

10

0

0.067 ± 0.0109

0.025 ± 0.002

20

1

0.049 ± 0.0021

0.047 ± 0.006

0.4

0

3

−1.73

1.958

0.053 ± 0.0021

0.037 ± 0.004

10

0

0.052 ± 0.0035

0.055 ± 0.001

20

1

0.045 ± 0.0026

0.072 ± 0.011

0.6*

3

1.73

1.472

0.050 ± 0.0138

0.067 ± 0.001

10

0

0.041 ± 0.0074

0.057 ± 0.006

20

1

0.030 ± 0.0080

0.092 ± 0.003

0.8

1

3

−1.73

0.713

0.051 ± 0.0053

0.072 ± 0.001

10

0

0.031 ± 0.0088

0.043 ± 0.006

20

1

0.030 ± 0.0170

0.043 ± 0.007

  1. All data are the mean of 3 replicates ± standard deviation. *Indicates data used for model validation. ‘Coded’ refers to the normalised values used for the quadratic model (Equation 2).