title: Process monitoring of an industrial fed-batch fermentation.
abstract: Market demand places great emphasis in industry on product quality. Consequently, process monitoring and control have become important aspects of systems engineering. In this article we detail the results of a 2-year study focusing on the development of a condition monitoring system for a fed-batch fermentation system operated by Biochemie Gmbh in Austria. We also demonstrate the suitability and limitations of current state of the art technologies in this field and suggest novel modifications and configurations to improve their suitability for application to a fed-batch fermentation system.
authors.affiliation: Control Technology Centre, School of Engineering, University of Manchester, School of Engineering, Simon Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, England. Barry.Lennox@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lennox
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Montague
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Hiden
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kornfeld
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Goulding
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005285:Fermentation; D007218:Industrial Microbiology / Q000379:methods*; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer