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Productivity of outdoor algal cultures in unstable weather conditions
Author(s) -
Lee YuanKun,
Low ChinSeng
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260411012
Subject(s) - chlorella pyrenoidosa , morning , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , productivity , zoology , yield (engineering) , chlorella , meteorology , botany , algae , biology , geography , physics , macroeconomics , economics , thermodynamics
In the outdoor cyclic fed batch cultures of Chlorella pyrenoidosa , some typical growth kinetics patterns in unstable weather conditions were observed. On cloudy days, the biomass output rate ( R ) was low, but the bioenergetic growth yield ( Y ) was generally high. In the cloudy morning‐sunny afternoon condition, the values of Y were low, especially in the afternoon. In the sunny morning‐cloudy afternoon condition, both R and Y were high. A few very high short‐term Y values were measured during the cloudy the cloudy afternoon. © 1993 Wiley & Sons, Inc.