Description
The BioXplorer 100 is a multi-bioreactor system designed for the optimization of aerobic fermentations. With a working volume as low as 50 ml, the BioXplorer 100 allows for low-working volume processes. The design of the bioreactor’s lid enables customizable configurations, choosing from a wide range of probes and feeds. Controlled by WinISO, BioXplorer is designed to be a fully automatized system.
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BioXplorer Specification Book
Overview
Customizable configurations
The BioXplorer 100 features 8 configurable bioreactors, allowing working volumes ranging from 50-150ml. The reactors can be controlled independently or in parallel with a range of probe/sensor configurations available. The system’s modular design allows precise additions of liquids and gases, controlled by up to four sets of eight peristaltic pumps and up to two sets of mass flow controllers.
Optimized solutions for a range of applications
The BioXplorer 100 is optimized for aerobic fermentation and optimal growth. The highly configurable system allows more in-depth process insights and comprehensive data, enabling you to understand your processes better. A huge advantage of the BioXplorer 100 is the increased productivity from the eight parallel reactors, as they simultaneously allow the screening and high throughput of multiple processes. Paired with WinISO, data acquisition in real-time can be used for monitoring the fermentation, and processes can be controlled live through the design of feedback loops.
Flexibility and control
BioXplorer 100 is equipped with a highly customizable range of sensors optimized for the process, allowing for the acquisition of high-throughput data in real-time. BioXplorer 100 is controlled by H.E.L’s WinISO, allowing for strict control of the parameters of the bioprocess. The automatization of processes based on on-line measurements allows for response to changes in the bioreactor through feedback loops.
Compact Parallel Bioreactors
Space and cost-efficient, the BioXplorer 100’s small bioreactors allow up to eight parallel bioprocesses to be run in a system with a small overall footprint. In contrast, the system’s low working volume (50 – 150 ml) minimizes reagent costs and fermentation times. Although small in size, the bioreactors have been designed to be easy to use and for flexibility in sensor configuration to allow real-time data collection in real bioreactor settings. The BioXplorer 100 offers an intelligent solution to overcome bioprocessing challenges.
Features and Options
Specification Point |
BioXplorer 100 |
Number of independent parallel bioreactors |
8 |
Bioreactor material |
Glass body, stainless steel lid |
Total volume |
50-150ml |
Sterilization |
Autoclavable bioreactors (including sensors) |
Temperature Range |
0 – 130°C |
Temperature resolution |
0.1°C |
Stirrer drive |
Magnetically driven captive impeller |
Stirrer speed |
250 – 1500 rpm |
Auto re-couple |
Yes |
Liquid additions with independent control for each bioreactor |
2 as standard, options for upto 2 additional liquid feeds |
Gas additions |
1 set of 8 mass flow controllers allowing independent control for each reactor as standard, option for 1 additional set |
Standard options for MFC calibration |
Air, oxygen as option |
Gas spargers |
1 |
Exhaust gas |
Peltier cooled condenser |
pH control |
1-way control (2-way control optional) |
pH Sensing |
0-14 |
Polarographic DO sensing |
Standard |
DO control |
Gas/liquid flow rate, stirrer speed |
BioVIS – Understand cell density trends without taking samples |
Optional |
Foam/Level detection |
Optional |
Control PC and software |
Windows® PC with WinISO control software preinstalled:
- Fully independent control of all reactors
- Advanced control strategies for stirring and liquid and gas additions based on feedback from sensors, time-based profiles, or event detection
- Real-time display and logging of all reaction parameters
- Easy export of data in a range of formats, including .csv
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* The upper temperature limit for data acquisition from standard DO probes is 40 ˚C. Contact your local H.E.L Group representative to discuss alternative DO probes for use at elevated temperatures. The lower temperature limit requires integrated circulator option.
Publications
The following are a list of some technical publications which highlight the use of the equipment.
Angelina Chalima, Christos Boukouvalas, Vasiliki Oikonomopoulou and Evangelos Topakas
15-Aug-2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666821122001053(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
S.H.E. Verkempinck, D. Duijsens, D. Michels, J.M. Guevara-Zambrano, M.R. Infantes-Garcia, K. Pälchen, T. Grauwet
01-Jun-2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0963996922003581(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
Lucas Kaspersetz, Saskia Waldburger, M.-Therese Schermeyer, Sebastian L. Riedel, Sebastian Groß, Peter Neubauer and M.-Nicolas Cruz-Bournazou
07-Apr-2022
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fceng.2022.812140/full(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
S. Arcidiancono, A.M. Ehrenworth-Breedon, M.S. Goodson, L.A. Doherty, W. Lyon, G. Jimenez, I.G. Pantoja-Feliciano, J.W. Soares
01-May-2021
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8175340/(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
J.L. Ellis, J. Philip Karl, A.M. Oliverio, X. Fu, J.W. Soares, B.E. Wolfe, C.J. Hernandez, J. B. Mason, S.L. Booth
01-Mar-2021
https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1887721(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
M.Forcier, J.Ganoe, E.Hall, H.Larochelle
01-May-2020
https://digital.wpi.edu/pdfviewer/q811km91m(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
Ida Gisela Pantoja-Feliciano, Jason W. Soares, Laurel A. Doherty, J. Philip Karl, Holly L. McClung, Nicholes J. Armstrong, Tobyn A. Branck and Steven Arcidiacono
22-Dec-2018
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2018.1554962(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
I.G. Pantoja-Feliciano, J.W. Soares, L.A. Doherty, J. Philip Karl, H.L. McClung, N.J. Armstrong, T.A. Branck, S. Arcidiancono
01-Dec-2018
https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2018.1554962(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
M.Wehrs, D.Tanjore, T.Eng, J. Lievense, T.R. Pray, A. Mukhopadhyay
01-Feb-2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2019.01.006(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
L. Matsakas, K. Novak, J. Enman, P. Christakopoulos, U. Rova
01-Oct-2017
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.002(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
M. H. Sani, F. Baganz
01-Jan-2016
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohd-Sani/publication/298787880_Mixing_time_as_a_criterion_for_scale_translation_of_cell-culture_processes/links/56eb7a5508ae2a58dc4a32f0/Mixing-time-as-a-criterion-for-scale-translation-of-cell-culture-processes.pdf#page=41(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
E. Lyagin, A. Drews, S. Bhattacharya, M.B. Ansorge-Schumacher, M. Kraume
01-Aug-2010
https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.201000130(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
N. K. Gill, M. Appleton , G. J. Lye
01-Apr-2008
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-008-9719-0(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
F. Baganz and J.L.Betts
01-May-2006
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2859-5-21(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
N.K. Gill
01-Nov-2005
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1445974/1/U593299%20redacted.PDF(Subscription or purchase maybe required for full access)
Downloads
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