Patent ID: 11866686
Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 11:
12. The method of claim 1, the first tank differing from the second tank in respect to one or more of the following features:
a) the gas volume in the tank,
b) the medium volume in the tank,
c) the Reynolds number of the tank,
d) the Newton number of the tank,
e) the dimensions of the tank,
f) geometrical features of the tank and/or tank baffles,
g) the stirrer configuration,
h) the stirring rate,
i) the volumetric mass transfer coefficient for oxygen (kLa) of the tank,
j) total gas influx rate and/or O2 influx rate and/or N2 influx rate and/or CO2 influx rate,
k) power input,
l) pressure in the tank,
m)gas bubble hold time in the medium,
n) gas bubble size and distribution in the medium,
o) surface speed,
p) a parameter calculated as a derivative from one or more of the parameters a)-o);
q) the geographic location of the two tanks.