A VISUAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT FOR BIOPROCESS CONTROL

The paper introduces the use of a visual programming environment (LabV IEW) to program custom control functions for bioprocess research. The time taken for a bioprocess scientist to program new functions compare d well with typical times expected for experienced programmers using c onventional languages. Experienced LabVIEW programmers will develop ap plications significantly faster. The package described was flexible, e asy tb use and was ideally suited to developing new applications for c ontrol of bioprocesses. It was demonstrated with the development of a system to control specific growth rate in a fed-batch culture.