Chemicals Development

European Chemicals, Bio-chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Industries manufacture products, and provide services that touch all of our lives. The EU is a major chemical production area, hosting ¨÷ of the world¡¯s total production.

However, worldwide competition is increasing and companies are seeking new technologies that will increase the effectiveness of their innovation and reduce the time to market of new products.

In the chemicals sector, ¡®metrology¡¯ challenges are met using analytical measurements such as spectroscopy to provide chemical, biological and physical information alongside Multivariant Statistical Process Control (MSPC) or better termed Multivariate Statistical Process Monitoring (MSPM) and advanced, mode based, process control (APC) and optimization.

In biotechnology, biological processes are very complex and often poorly understood. In general, the knowledge of the underlying fermentation phenomena is incomplete and it is therefore impossible to optimise fermentation processes based on theoretical assumptions. Experiments have to be performed which are both expensive and time consuming. To provide an understanding for process scale-up, it is necessary to design the biotechnological experiments carefully, and often extensively, with respect to the product and process scale-up and eventual manufacture. Miniaturised in-situ fibre optic immersion probes can provide real time mid infrared (MIR) data that can greatly increase the accuracy of chemical determination and reduce the costs for performing at line or even remote measurement.

Fibre Photonics provide a range of ATR immersion probes for environmental & clean-tech, chemicals and food & drink applications.

 

ATR Tip

Material

Fibre Optic  

Material

Transmission

Temperature

Pressure*

(cm-1)

(mm)

(°C)

(Bar)

Diamond

Polycrystalline IR

600 – 1900

2300 – 3100

5.2 – 17

3.2 – 4.5

-150°C / +140

200

Zinc Selenide

Polycrystalline IR

600 – 3100

3.2 – 17

-150°C / +140

10

Cubic Zirconium

Chalcogenide IR

1550 – 6650

1.5 – 6.5

-150°C / +90

100

Fibre Optic Probes
Upgrade your FTIR analyser with immersion probes for laboratory, pilot plant and in-process applications.

Fibre Optic Spectrometers
Determine the chemical composition or the physical property of a process sample or stream using high performance, fibre optic coupled instrumentation.

Fibre Optic Probe Fittings
Automatic sensor lock-gate for extreme applications with ceramic sealing to the process.