• DocumentCode
    732431
  • Title

    Diode laser spectroscopy based monitoring of pharmaceutical freeze drying: Linking measurements to critical process parameters

  • Author

    Kessler, William J.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Sci. Inc., Andover, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Freeze drying is used to produce dry solid from a solution to improve product stabilization. We have applied absorption spectroscopy to monitor water sublimation rates and determine product temperature during drying, a critical process parameter.
  • Keywords
    drying; freezing; measurement by laser beam; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor lasers; sublimation; water; absorption spectroscopy; critical process parameters; diode laser spectroscopy; dry solid; pharmaceutical freeze drying monitoring; product stabilization; product temperature; water sublimation rates; Absorption; Diode lasers; Fluid flow measurement; Monitoring; Spectroscopy; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7182860