Table 1.

Proximate and ultimate analyses (wt%, dry basis) of algal biomass feedstocks

	NO	AuP	ArP	SL	UP	SJ	LM	PY
Ash	10.69	5.46	12.62	7.85	34.24	28.10	20.51	12.45
Volatiles	72.05	72.37	63.46	70.75	43.43	53.27	56.95	62.02
Fixed carbon	17.26	22.16	23.92	21.40	22.33	18.63	22.54	25.53
Lipid	11.30	12.70	6.20	28.60	3.20	2.70	2.22	0.56
Protein	41.69	53.56	62.69	46.88	27.50	14.44	28.13	36.19
Carbohydrate	36.32	28.28	18.49	18.29	35.06	54.76	49.16	50.80
C	50.10	52.07	44.16	53.99	30.04	32.24	38.08	40.55
H	7.45	7.15	6.27	7.53	4.66	4.71	4.87	6.18
N	6.67	8.57	10.03	7.50	4.40	2.31	4.50	5.79
O	32.92	25.00	21.65	20.58	30.35	19.78	20.72	29.40
S	0.76	0.62	0.64	0.56	1.73	0.64	0.52	2.03
HHV (MJ/kg)	22.61	23.84	20.21	25.40	12.22	14.20	16.44	18.25
Na	4.26	1.03	2.64	3.08	8.85	5.08	0.49	2.63
Mg	2.65	0.35	1.41	0.45	0.57	0.29	0.66	0.12
Al	0.11	0.15	0.34	0.14		1.11	0.30	1.08
Si	1.79	0.79	4.39	1.79	0.42	3.63	2.05	1.24
P	0.10	0.45	2.49	0.18	0.73	1.71	1.27	1.63
Cl	1.07	2.44	0.62	0.44	19.90	4.92	4.23	1.58
K	2.51	0.38	4.64	2.73		4.52	6.62	2.15
Ca	1.61	3.92	0.87	0.99	2.31	5.70	8.92	3.09
Ti	0.01		0.01		0.02		0.04
Cr		0.02			0.01		0.01
Mn	0.03	0.06	0.01	0.01	0.34	0.01	0.17
Fe	0.28	0.08	0.73	0.67	0.21	3.50	0.77	1.51
Ni					0.06		0.08
Cu	0.02	0.03	0.02			0.01	0.08	0.01
Zn	0.01		0.01	0.01	0.02	0.20	0.02	0.06
Br		0.04			0.39		0.02
Sr		0.18	0.01		0.64		0.09
Mo		0.01			0.03		0.03
Ru							0.03