Facility Volume Relative to Direct Capital Costs

CHO Facilities
Source
Cost ($)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
250000000
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
53000000
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
175000000
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
315000000

Algae Medium
Source
Cost ($)
http://www.osti.gov/scitech/bibli
100000
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
119600
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do
99700
https://books.google.com/book
1017000

Algae Large
Source
Cost ($)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
1035550000

Productivity
Source
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.c
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
http://link.springer.com/chapter

CHO
mg/L
159
400
1000
500

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Source
mg/L
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
0.023
http://www.pnas.org/content/100/2
0.045

Source

Phaedactylum tricornutum
mg/L

Algae as Protein Factories: Expr

0.19

Maximum Cellular Density

Source
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.c

CHO
g/L
0.6

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Source
g/L
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
4.5

Source
http://link.springer.com/article

Phaedactylum tricornutum
g/L
2.7

to Direct Capital Costs

Liters

L/1000$
96000
30000
90000
90000

Liters

0.38
0.57
0.51
0.29

L/1000$
3000
3000
3000
15000

For algae facilities, hectacres were converted to Liters as follow

ha*10000m^2/ha*0.3m. This assumes a 0.3m depth to racewa
ponds, as is standard. All algae facility costs were increased by
23
liberal) 30% before L/1000$ caluculation to account for addition
19
antibody equipment not factored into biofuel facilities. This is
23 considered generous because there is significant equipment
11 overlap.

Liters
L/1000$
14620000000
10860

omonas reinhardtii

tylum tricornutum

Concentration of product was determined by mulitplying the %TSP

of by the maximum standard concentration of Chlamy: 4.5g/L, or
Phaedactylum: 2.2g/L

ensity

omonas reinhardtii

tylum tricornutum

d to Liters as follows:
m depth to raceway
were increased by (a
account for additional
l facilities. This is
ficant equipment