. 2014 Apr 1;5(3):204–208. doi: 10.4161/bioe.28720

Table 1. Photosynthetic efficiencies of microalgae in LED-based PBRs.

Algae species		LED illumination (µE/m²/s)	Biomass productivity (gDCW/L/day)	Biomass yield (g/E)	Photosynthetic efficiency* (%)
P. tricornutum^#	Prior to ALE	204 (100% red)	0.32 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.01	2.0
P. tricornutum^#	Prior to ALE	204 (50% red and 50% blue)	0.64 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.01	3.3
D. salina ²⁰	After ALE	170 (100% red)	0.40 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.01	3.0 1.7
	Prior to ALE	170 (100% red)	0.40 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.01	3.0 1.7
	After ALE	170 (75% red and 25% blue)	0.48 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.01	3.3 2.7
	Prior to ALE	170 (75% red and 25% blue)	0.48 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.01	3.3 2.7
C. vulgaris ¹⁹	After ALE	300 (100% red)	2.11 ± 0.13	0.81 ± 0.05	9.0
C. vulgaris ¹⁹	Prior to ALE	255 (100% red)	0.71 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.02	3.6

*A biomass combustion energy of 20.15 kJ is assumed; ^# model species (CCAP 1055/1) in this work.