Abstract
A very simple but effective process control technique is proposed that leads to a high batch-to-batch reproducibility with respect to biomass concentration as well as the specific biomass growth rate profiles in E. coli fermentations performed during recombinant protein production. It makes use of the well-established temperature controllers in currently used fermenters, but takes its information from the difference between the controlled culture temperature T (cult) and the temperature T (coolin) of the coolant fed to the fermenter's cooling jacket as adjusted by the fermenter temperature controller. For process control purposes this measured difference is corrected regarding stirrer influences and cumulated before it is used as a new process control variable. As a spin-off of this control, it becomes possible to estimate online the oxygen mass transfer rates and the corresponding k(L)a values during the real cultivation process.
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