Development of a new, highly flexible, fully computer integrated fermentor control system

摘要

Bioreactor control software is most often offered from bioreactor manufacturers. This software package is especially designed for the features of their fermentors and peripherals. In most cases it is not flexible enough to integrate additional devices of other vendors, such as pumps, balances, sampling devices or analytical online systems (FIA).We developed a new highly flexible control software package. The software is completely modular and follows the principle of the client/server concept. It is written in C++ and runs on the QNX platform, an extremely stable, real time operating system for PCs.An adaption to any existing bioreactor and additional hardware should easily be possible if those systems accept and/or provide remote control by analog or digital signals.