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Lagare RB, Huang YS, Bush COJ, Young KL, Rosario ACA, Gonzalez M, Mort P, Nagy ZK, Reklaitis GV. Developing a Virtual Flowability Sensor for Monitoring a Pharmaceutical Dry Granulation Line. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:1427-1439. [PMID: 36649791 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2023.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Current technologies to measure granule flowability involve at-line methods that can take hours to perform. This is problematic for a continuous dry granulation tableting line, where the quality assurance and control of the final tablet products depend on real-time monitoring and control of powder flowability. Hence, a real-time alternative is needed for measuring the flowability of the granular products coming out of the roller compactor, which is the unit operation immediately preceding the tablet press. Since particle analyzers have the potential to take inline measurements of the size and shape of granules, they can potentially serve as real-time flowability sensors, given that the size and shape measurements can be used to reliably predict flowability measurements. This paper reports on the use of Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression to utilize distributions of size and shape measurements in predicting the output of three different types of flowability measurements: rotary drum flow, orifice flow, and tapped density analysis. The prediction performance of PLS had a coefficient of determination ranging from 0.80 to 0.97, which is the best reported performance in the literature. This is attributed to the ability of PLS to handle high collinearity in the datasets and the inclusion of multiple shape characteristics-eccentricity, form factor, and elliptical form factor-into the model. The latter calls for a change in industry perspective, which normally dismisses the importance of shape in favor of size; and the former suggests the use of PLS as a better way to reduce the dimensionality of distribution datasets, instead of the widely used practice of pre-selecting distribution percentiles.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rexonni B Lagare
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Lagare RB, da Conceicao MA, Camille Acevedo Rosario A, Leigh Young K, Huang YS, Sheriff MZ, Clementson C, Mort P, Nagy Z, Reklaitis GV. Development of a Virtual Sensor for Real-Time Prediction of Granule Flow Properties. ESCAPE 2022; 51:1081-1086. [PMID: 36790943 PMCID: PMC9923503 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95879-0.50181-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We report progress of an ongoing work to develop a virtual sensor for flowability, which is a critical tool for enabling real time process monitoring in a granulation line. The sensor is based on camera imaging to measure the size and shape distribution of granules produced by wet granulation. Then, statistical methods were used to correlate them with flowability measurements such as ring shear tests, drained angle of repose, dynamic angle of repose, and tapped density. The virtual sensor addresses the issue with these flowability measurements, which are based on off-line characterization methods that can take hours to perform. With a virtual sensor based on real-time measurement methods, the prediction of granule flowability become faster, allowing for timely decisions regarding process control and the supply chain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rexonni B. Lagare
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Purdue Center for Particulate Products and Processes, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA,Purdue Center for Particulate Products and Processes, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Lagare RB, Sheriff MZ, Gonzalez M, Nagy Z, Reklaitis GV. A Comprehensive Framework for the Modular Development of Condition Monitoring Systems for a Continuous Dry Granulation Line. Int Symp Process Syst Eng 2022; 49:1543-1548. [PMID: 36790940 PMCID: PMC9923506 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-85159-6.50257-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The development of condition monitoring systems often follows a modular scheme where some systems are already embedded in certain equipment by their manufacturers, and some are distributed across various equipment and instruments. This work introduces a framework for guiding the modular development of monitoring systems and integrating them into a comprehensive model that can handle uncertainty of predictions from the constituent modules. Furthermore, this framework improves the robustness of the modular condition monitoring systems as it provides a methodology for maintaining quality assurance and preventing unnecessary shutdowns in the event of some modules going off-line due to condition-based maintenance interventions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rexonni B. Lagare
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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