Sartorius 500 liter fermenter

Fully instrumented fermentation system with a capacity from 200 to 500 liters

CSL Behring Fermentation Facility

114 Ag Engineering
436 Shortlidge Rd
University Park, PA 16802

Uses

This system allows users to produce larger amounts of biomass under complex control systems

Specifications

  • BioPAT Xgas Online off-gas analysis (O2 and CO2 monitoring)
  • Online turbidity and total biomass monitoring (0 – 6 AU) (BioPAT-Fundalux optical probes)
  • Online glucose/lactate monitoring with software integration for automated glucose control (BioPAT-TRACE)
  • Gassing system with 2 mass flow controllers (Air/O2)
  • Automatic pressure control
  • Differential pressure level control

Details

The operating system is intregrated with BioPAT MFCS software to record data and use other SCADA capabilities

Acknowledgement

Users of this instrument are required to acknowledge the Huck Institutes’ CSL Behring Fermentation Core Facility (RRID: SCR_024459) in any resulting publications. Please review the acknowledgment and co-authorship guidelines for full details.