Table 5
(continued)
Target
compound
Substrate
System/conditions
Downstream
processing
Production Scale
Market
situation
Algae
References
Hydrogen
residual
biomass
Biogas
TAP medium and
ProF medium
–
Drying and
anaerobic
fermentation
Laboratory
–
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii
and
Scenedesmus
obliquus
Mussgnug et al.
(2010)
Biofuels and high-value compounds
Carotenoid
(pigments)
Lipids
(biodiesel)
Mineral medium
culture
Bubble column 5L
light intensity
25.7
µmol/m
2
/s and
temperature of
25 °C
Freeze-drying and
milling and
acetone, and
Sohxlet extraction
with hexane
Laboratory
–
Chlorella
protothecoides
Campenni et al.
(2013)
PHB
(bioplastic)
Lipids
(biodiesel)
Residual
biomass
(biogas)
Mineral medium
culture
Tubular reactor
Solvent extraction
with hexane,
Glycerol
purification
Model conceptual
–
Haematococcus
pluvialis
García-Prieto et al.
(2014)
Carotenoids
(pigments)
Lipids
(biodiesel)
Residual
biomass
(hydrogen)
GPM medium
Polyethylene bag,
10 L, light intensity
25.7
µmol/m
2
/s and
temperature of
25 °C
SCF extraction
with CO
2 /ethanol,
dark fermentation
Laboratory
–
Nannochloropsis
sp.
Nobre et al. (2013)
b-carotene,
phytosterols
fatty acids and
biochar
Walne’s medium
Vertical tubular
photobioreactor,
400L, outdoor
conditions,
semi-continuous
mode
Pyrolysis
Pilot scale
STAR facility
center
Dunaliella
tertiolecta
Francavilla et al.
(2015)
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