kSIST FprEN 17480:2021

Algae and algae products - Methods for the determination of productivity of algae growth sites

This document specifies the methods to be used for the determination of productivity of algae growth sites.
This document excludes methods for sampling, harvesting and pre-/postprocessing. Excluded as well is 'wild growth', which is defined as algae growing in nature without human interference except when harvesting the algae.

Algen und Algenprodukte - Methoden zur Bestimmung der Produktivität von Algenwachstumsstandorten

Dieses Dokument legt die zur Bestimmung der Produktivität von Algenwachstumsstandorten anzuwendenden Verfahren fest.
Dieses Dokument enthält keine Verfahren für die Probenahme, Ernte und Vor  bzw. Nachbereitung. Nicht enthalten ist außerdem die "wilde Aufzucht", was als Algenwachstum in der Natur ohne menschliches Eingreifen mit Ausnahme der Algenernte definiert ist.

Algues et produits à base d’algues - Méthodes de détermination de la productivité des sites de croissance d’algues

Le présent document spécifie les méthodes à utiliser pour déterminer la productivité de sites de croissance d’algues.
Le présent document exclut les méthodes d'échantillonnage, de récolte et de pré/post-traitement. Est également exclue la « croissance sauvage » qui est définie comme la croissance d’algues à l’état naturel, sans l’intervention de l’homme, excepté au moment de la récolte des algues.

Alge in izdelki iz alg - Metode za določanje produktivnosti rastišč alg

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 10-Jun-2020
• ICS: 13.020.55 - Biobased products
• Technical Committee: I13 - Imaginarni 13
• Current Stage: 5020 - Formal vote (FV) (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 15-Apr-2021
• Due Date: 03-Jun-2021
• Completion Date: 15-Apr-2021
• Mandate: M/547 - [C(2016)1582] Standardisation request to CEN on Algae and their products
• Ref Project: EN 17480:2021 - Algae and algae products - Methods for the determination of productivity of algae growth sites

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 17480:2020
01-junij-2020
Alge in izdelki iz alg - Metode za določanje produktivnosti rastišč alg

Algae and algae products - Methods for the determination of productivity of algae growth

sites
Algen und Algenprodukte - Methoden zur Bestimmung der Produktivität von
Algenwachstumsstandorten

Algues et produits à base d’algues - Méthodes de détermination de la productivité des

sites de croissance d’algues
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 17480
ICS:
13.020.55 Biološki izdelki Biobased products
oSIST prEN 17480:2020 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 17480
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2020
ICS 13.020.55
English Version
Algae and algae products - Methods for the determination
of productivity of algae growth sites

Algues et produits à base d'algues - Méthodes de Algen und Algenprodukte - Methoden zur Bestimmung

détermination de la productivité des sites de der Produktivität von Algenwachstumsstandorten

croissance d'algues

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for parallel enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical

Committee CEN/TC 454.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations

which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC

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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and

United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without

notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page

European foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 5

4 Productivity ....................................................................................................................................................... 6

4.1 Parameters specific to algae productivity ............................................................................................. 6

4.1.1 Area aspect ........................................................................................................................................................ 6

4.1.2 Time references ............................................................................................................................................... 9

4.1.3 Biomass dry weight and ash content ....................................................................................................... 9

4.2 Area Productivity ............................................................................................................................................ 9

4.2.1 General ................................................................................................................................................................ 9

4.2.2 Calculation of area productivity ............................................................................................................. 10

4.2.3 Example of area productivity calculation and notation ................................................................. 11

4.3 Volumetric Productivity ............................................................................................................................ 12

4.3.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 12

4.3.2 Calculation of volumetric productivity ................................................................................................ 12

4.3.3 Example of volumetric productivity calculation and notation .................................................... 14

Annex A (informative) Example calculation for single non-horizontal systems ................................. 15

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 16

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European foreword

This document (prEN 17480:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 454 “Algae and

algae products”, the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the

European Free Trade Association.
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Introduction

This document has been prepared by the experts of CEN/TC 454 'Algae and algae products'.

The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) was requested by the European Commission (EC) to

draft European standards or European standardisation deliverables to support the implementation of

Article 3 of Directive 2009/28/EC for algae and algae-based products or intermediates.

This request, presented as Mandate M/5471, also contributes to the Communication on "Innovating for

Sustainable Growth: A Bio economy for Europe".

The former working group CEN Technical Board Working Group 218 “Algae”, was created in 2016 to

develop a work programme as part of this Mandate. The technical committee CEN/TC 454 'Algae and

algae products' was established to carry out the work programme that will prepare a series of standards.

The interest in algae and algae-based products or intermediates has increased significantly in Europe as

a valuable source including but not limited to, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and several pigments.

These materials are suitable for use in a wide range of applications from food and feed purposes to other

sectors, such as textile, cosmetics, biopolymers, biofuel and fertilizer/biostimulants. Standardisation was

identified as having an important role in order to promote the use of algae and algae products.

The work of CEN/TC 454 should improve the reliability of the supply chain, thereby improving the

confidence of industry and consumers in algae, which include macroalgae, microalgae, cyanobacteria,

Labyrinthulomycetes, algae-based products or intermediates and will promote and support

commercialisation of the European algae industry.

In industry and science many different measures for productivity can be found. This makes comparison

unrealistic.

The goal of this document is to allow for a comparison between productivity of different algae growth

sites. The specification of the area in a wild growth site where macroalgae are growing in nature without

human interference, except when harvesting, is misleading for the calculation of productivity as many

factors influence the growth (e.g. currents, mixture of species, natural regeneration cycles, etc.). For an

investigation on the productivity and its sustainability of an aquatic ecosystem an area estimation is

possible, but this exceeds the scope of this document.

The reasons to compare algae growth sites can be different. For example, there might be the interest to

buy a cultivation unit or to invest in a company which produces algae. Or there might be sustainability

issues and life-cycle-analysis (LCA) which need to rely on a common way to calculate the productivity

and thereby the area.

With EN ISO 14040 and EN ISO 14044 complete standards on LCA and sustainability for algae already

exist. The parameter which is not clearly defined in these standards is the accounting of the productivity

area (or volume) of algae growth sites. The way the area is calculated can have a huge impact on the

productivity per area. Because of this, a great part of this document is on the definition of area.

A flowchart is provided to estimate if it is possible to utilize the general area definition of this document.

In comparison to land-based agriculture, the productivity of algae growth sites can be defined over

several time periods. This allows to calculate productivity of algae growth sites also over periods which

are less than one year.

Whenever possible, for comparability reasons, it is advisable to use the achieved production data to

calculate the productivity for every time period that is defined in this document.

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1 Scope

This document specifies the methods to be used for the determination of productivity of algae growth

sites.

This document excludes methods for sampling, harvesting and pre-/postprocessing. Excluded as well is

'wild growth', which is defined as algae growing in nature without human interference except when

harvesting the algae.
2 Normative references

The following document is referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes

requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated

references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

FprEN 17399, Algae and algaebased products or intermediates – Terms and definitions

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions in FprEN 17399 and the following apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following

addresses:
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
• IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
cultivation (of algae)
process of growing and harvesting algae
3.2
controlled growth
algae growing in a (partly) controlled environment
3.3
wild growth

algae growing in nature without human interference except when harvesting the algae

3.4
cultivation unit
equipment in which algae are cultivated, e.g. photobioreactors or open ponds
3.5
natural basin
enclosed or sheltered area of water in nature in which algae are cultivated
3.6
natural site
area of open water in nature where algae are cultivated
3.7
insolate
to expose to sunlight
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3.8
algae growth site
insolated area of a single or multiple algae cultivation unit(s)
3.9
production area
insolated horizontal surface of the cultivation medium

Note 1 to entry: If the non-horizontal system consists only of one row see Annex A.

Note 2 to entry: Wild growth areas are excluded.
3.10
productivity

quantity of algae harvested during a specified period of time and over a specified area or volume

3.11
peak productivity
indicates the maximum productivity obtained in a certain period of time
3.12
yearly productivity
indicates the average productivity obtained during one year
3.13
net productivity
indicates the average productivity obtained during the operative time
3.14
operative time
period that the algae production is in progress
4 Productivity
4.1 Parameters specific to algae productivity
4.1.1 Area aspect

The type of algae, and therefore the production methods, covered by this standard are very diverse. The

types of algae are specified in FprEN 17399. Not all production alternatives have the same prerequisites

and are therefore not comparable. To help to decide whether a production method is applicable for an

area calculation, and thereby an area productivity calculation, a flowchart was developed.

By going through the characteristics of the production method the indication is given, if an area definition

is possible and therefore an area productivity can be calculated.

The flowchart is divided into (Figure 1) microalgae, cyanobacteria, Labyrinthulomycetes and (Figure 2)

macroalgae.

For microalgae the parameters light source, cultivation and metabolism have to be checked. Additionally

explanatory notes are added for both figures.
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NOTE 1 As the energy source light is produced artificially outside of the system any reference to insolated area

could be misleading.
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NOTE 2 The specification of the area in a wild growth site where the microalgae are only collected is misleading

for the calculation of productivity as many factor
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