US 2014/0156050 A1 · MICROBIAL MONITORING AND PREDICTION

Abstract

Aspects describe capturing various bacteria levels within a process affected by microbial agents. A model of the process and a model of expected bacteria growth are analyzed and, based on the analysis, at least one process parameter is automatically modified to improve or optimize the product or process or other business or operational objectives. Also provided are at least two autonomous agents within the process. The at least two autonomous agents communicate and autonomously implement an action in an upstream stage and/or downstream stage within the process, wherein the at least two autonomous agents access the representation of the process and the biological representation and/or bio-chemical representation to implement the action.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a process model configured to model a production process;
a biological model configured to model biological activity of bacteria within the production process;
and
a controller configured to superimpose the biological model on the process model to dynamically model bio-chemical operations occurring in the production process, and adjust operation of the production process based at least in part upon analysis of the modeled bio-chemical operations.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/171,383Filed 3 Feb 2014

Priority

3 Jun 2011

Published

5 Jun 2014

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

G05B 13/04
Electric: involving the use of models or simulators
C12M 41/36
Of concentration: of biomass, e.g. colony counters or by turbidity measurements
C12M 41/48
Means for regulation, monitoring, measurement or control, e.g. flow regulation: automatic or computerized control
G05B
Control or regulating systems in general

Microbial monitoring and prediction

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Microbial monitoring and prediction

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Abstract

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