Table 3.
The calculated theoretical cultivation times based on the fitted exponential equation (Eq. (3)), targeting 1500 μg L−1 of total chlorophyll concentration.
| Calculated parameters | C (BG-11) N:P = 35:1 |
T1 N:P = 55:1 |
T2 N:P = 14:1 |
T3 N:P = 28:1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretically achievable maximum chlorophyll concentration CTAM, [μg L−1] | 865.49 | 2277.23 | 1089.24 | 1921.11 |
| Constant A (shape factor), [−] | 0.8721 | 1.0251 | 0.9916 | 1.0293 |
| Constant B (shape factor), [−] | 0.0012 | 0.0008 | 0.0012 | 0.0009 |
| Coefficient of determination (R2), [−] | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.98 |
| Target total chlorophyll concentration Ctarget, [μg L−1] |
1500 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 |
| Theoretical cultivation time, tcultivation [hours] | a | 1265.97 | a | 1556.79 |
a
Not applicable.