In-line and real-time process monitoring of a freeze drying process using Raman and NIR spectroscopy as complementary process analytical technology (PAT) tools

2009 ◽  
Vol 98 (9) ◽  
pp. 3430-3446 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.R.M. De Beer ◽  
P. Vercruysse ◽  
A. Burggraeve ◽  
T. Quinten ◽  
J. Ouyang ◽  
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Author(s):  
Domenico Colucci ◽  
José Manuel Prats-Montalban ◽  
Davide Fissore ◽  
Alberto Ferrer Riquelme

A new Process Analytical Technology (PAT) has been developed and tested for on-line process monitoring of a vacuum freeze-drying process. The sensor uses an infrared camera to obtain thermal images of the ongoing process and multivariate image analysis (MIA) to extract the information after automatic detection and segmentation of the region corresponding to the product in every vial. A reference model was built, using the information of six batches, and different kind of anomalous events, involving either single vials in the batch or the whole batch, were simulated to test the capacity of the MIA-based monitoring system to promptly identify them. Keywords: freeze-drying; process monitoring; infrared image; multivariate image analysis. 


2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Rydzak ◽  
David E. White ◽  
Christian Y. Airiau ◽  
Jeffrey T. Sterbenz ◽  
Brian D. York ◽  
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RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 10078-10085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuezhi Dai ◽  
Hang Song ◽  
Wen Liu ◽  
Shun Yao ◽  
Gang Wang

UV-NIR spectroscopy connected method as a tool for on-line and real-time monitoring of Coptis Rhizome extraction process.


Author(s):  
Alan S. Rudolph ◽  
Ronald R. Price

We have employed cryoelectron microscopy to visualize events that occur during the freeze-drying of artificial membranes by employing real time video capture techniques. Artificial membranes or liposomes which are spherical structures within internal aqueous space are stabilized by water which provides the driving force for spontaneous self-assembly of these structures. Previous assays of damage to these structures which are induced by freeze drying reveal that the two principal deleterious events that occur are 1) fusion of liposomes and 2) leakage of contents trapped within the liposome [1]. In the past the only way to access these events was to examine the liposomes following the dehydration event. This technique allows the event to be monitored in real time as the liposomes destabilize and as water is sublimed at cryo temperatures in the vacuum of the microscope. The method by which liposomes are compromised by freeze-drying are largely unknown. This technique has shown that cryo-protectants such as glycerol and carbohydrates are able to maintain liposomal structure throughout the drying process.


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