Microalgae harvesting

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Table V summarizes the data on water hyacinth productivity. It should be noted that water hyacinth exhibits strong seasonality even in areas, such as Southern Florida or Louisiana, where winter temperatures are tolerated by the plant. Thus, extreme productivities of 5 and 50 g/m -day can be expected, even in favored areas of the U.S. The optimal standing biomass in summer will be higher than in winter, allowing some smoothing out of the variations in monthly harvest (as biomass is drawn down in winter and built up in summer). Thus, water hyacinths may. in favorable areas, exhibit less variability in harvested production than microalgae or marsh plants. This is important as it affects the capital investments in conversion plants.

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