(209d) Microanalytical Methods for the Characterization of Microunit Operations

As microreactor based chemical processes are developed there is the need to characterize other unit operations to insure proper match. Just as microreactors benefit from real-time characterization to speed their optimization, the various other unit operations in the process can benefit from the use of on-line analysis for operation optimization. This presentation will describe the real-time characterization of microscale unit operations for use in bioprocessing. The operation and benefits of using a microscale fluid interface for the Raman spectrographic characterizationof the process stream in real-time will be described.