Model‐based analysis on the relationship of signal quality to real‐time extraction of information in bioprocesses

Quality by design (QbD) is a current structured approach to design processes yielding a quality product. Knowledge and process understanding cannot be achieved without proper experimental data; hence requirements for measurement error and frequency of measurement of bioprocess variables have to be defined. In this contribution, a model‐based approach is used to investigate impact factors on calculated rates to predict the obtainable information from real‐time measurements (= signal quality). Measurement error, biological activity, and averaging window (= period of observation) were identified as biggest impact factors on signal quality. Moreover, signal quality has been set in context with a quantifiable measure using statistical error testing, which can be used as a benchmark for process analytics and exploitation of data. Results have been validated with data from an E. coli batch process. This approach is useful to get an idea which process dynamics can be observed with a given bioprocess setup and sampling strategy beforehand. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 2012

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