Automated photobioreactors
for scaling
biomanufacturing
Industry
Biotechnology / Biomanufacturing
Scope
Industrial Design / Industrial Automation / Industrial Engineering / User Interface / Software Engineering / Data Integration / MTP / MQTT / Node-Red / IoT
Timeframe
8 months from scratch to fully functioning device and control platform
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15%
increase in bacteria growth
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100%
fully automated control platform
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2
reactors commissioned
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CLIENT
Innovative Poland-based biotech startup with expertise in microbiological culturing, process design, scale-up of new technologies.
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BUSINESS NEEDS
To harvest more cyanobacteria-sourced bioproducts in a cost-effective way to meet customers expectations and speed up time-to-market.
03
CHALLENGE
How to use new technologies to scale up the production of molecules harvested from single-cell microorganisms?
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To adapt sahara-based cyanobacteria to a continuous biomanufacturing scaled up process
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To increase the culture volume from 1 to 5 m3 while maintaining optimal parameters
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To enable process-specific lighting spectrum
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To optimize cultivation parameters
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To automate biomanufacturing wisely and reduce the share of human labor
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SOLUTION
A comprehensive suite of tailored solutions was developed to address the unique needs of our clients, including
- Custom photobioreactor addressing specific requirements for cyanobacteria growth designed and manufactured
- Customized lighting solution supplying specific light spectrum constructed
- Modular automation platform managing the easily scalable fleet of 20+ bioreactors developed
- User-friendly bioprocess monitoring implemented
- Remote access and control achieved
Interdisciplinary team of experts
Industrial engineers, software developers, biotechnology consultants and project managers have worked side by side to achieve full functionality of the solution.
What our device is supposed to keep alive is priceless. The cell culture was intensively grown in the laboratory for many months before it was transferred to the photobioreactor. That's why we are extremely proud of our team's success.
Monika Gościniak
Project Owner
Technology used
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OUTCOME
Fully functioning photobioreactors connected to a control platform enabling:
- Live bioprocess monitoring
- Bioprocess data storage and analysis
- Historical data reports
- Remote access and remote control
- Setting and acknowledging alarms
- Informing via text messages
- Energy consumption record
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15%
increase in bacteria growth
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100%
fully automated control platform
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2
reactors commissioned