Integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system

摘要

Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a bioreactor process. A sensor system interacts with the bioreactor to receive information related to a condition of the bioreactor and/or receive a sample from the bioreactor, which it analyzes. The sensor system sends data signals related to the information and/or the sample to a controller, which determines a control signal based on the received information. The controller sends the control signal to the sensor system which, based on the control signal, performs an action that affects a condition of the bioreactor or affects the sensor system itself.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a bioreactor process, comprising:
transmitting material or information about the process from a bioreactor to a first sensor system through a bioreactor connection coupling the bioreactor and the first sensor system; communicating, through a first communication network, one or more data signals relating to the material or information from the first sensor system to a first computer coupled to the first sensor system; communicating, through a second communication network, the one or more data signals from the first computer to a controller configured with a bioreactor control process to control the conditions in the bioreactor; communicating information related to the one or more data signals from the controller to a utility tower housed separately and coupled to the controller; displaying the information related to the one or more data signals on a display; determining one or more control signals in the controller, the one or more control signals based on the bioreactor control process and on one or more data signals received in the controller from the first sensor system; receiving, in the first computer, the one or more control signals from the controller over the second communication network; communicating, through the first communication network, the one or more control signals from the first computer to the first sensor system; performing one or more control actions on the bioreactor based on the control signals received in the first sensor system.