Design of an In-Line pH Neutralization System with Coarse and Fine Adjustments for the Continuous Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals


Author

Ke Wen, Chuntian Hu, Wei Wu, Khrystyna Shvedova, Stephen Born

Introduction

Abstract

In the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, in-line monitoring and control are essential. Many pharmaceutical manufacturing processes require pH adjustment. Here, an in-line pH neutralization system with both coarse and fine adjustments was designed, and promising results were obtained. In nonbuffered conditions, the proposed two-pump system was able to control the fluctuations within approximately 2 pH units near the equivalence point, for both aqueous solutions and organic–H2O mixtures with strong acid.

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