Parallel bioreactor / fermentor Biostat® B-DCU

for the pharmaceutical industryprocesslaboratory-scale

The Biostat® B-DCU is a fermenter | bioreactor specifically designed to accommodate the requirements of process optimization and characterization in the biotech and biopharmaceutical industry. It provides enhanced functionality and an unrivalled level of options for cell culture and microbial processes making it the ideal scale-down model for your large scale process. • Control glucose level with the local control software of the Biostat® B-DCU • Automated glucose set point control • Establish profiles for the glucose concentration set point • Monitor lactate concentration directly on the DCU screen • Select up to four variable speed pumps for substrate addition • Create advanced control loops based on glucose and lactate concentration • Develop your specific process strategy for event-based glucose feeds • Operate the BioPAT® Viamass probe without any external software • Monitor the viable cell volume directly on the local control screen • Make information about the viable cell volume available to supervisory control software • Implement advanced perfusion control strategies, e.g. via automatic control of feeds and bleeds • Robust and reliable determination of time of harvest or transfer of inoculum