CN214097496U - Online sample analysis device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an on-line sample analysis device, which comprises a sampling and feeding system, a sample processing and detecting system and a master control system, wherein the sampling and feeding system is used for sampling and feeding of a bioreactor and comprises a sampling and feeding module and a sample feeding module, wherein the sampling and feeding module consists of a power source, a pipeline and a pipeline control valve; the sample processing and detecting system is used for diluting and detecting sample liquid, and comprises a sample processing module consisting of a stock solution pool, a diluting pool and a liquid transfer platform, a detection and analysis module consisting of a photoelectric detection assembly, an ion detection assembly and an enzyme membrane detection assembly, and a pipeline, a pipeline control valve and a power source which are connected with the assemblies; and the master control system is used for controlling each system in the online sample analysis device.

Description

Online sample analysis device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the field of online sample analysis devices in biological reaction processes, and particularly relates to an online sample analysis device for microbial fermentation.

Background

The biological online reaction process is a time-varying, nonlinear and complex dynamic change process. Although biotechnology has now made great progress in the fields of genetic engineering and metabolic engineering, and high-yielding strains can be obtained by inducing mutation, genetic recombination and culture, optimization of fermentation process product production by optimization control is still one of the major problems in the field of fermentation engineering, and thus, research on online biological reaction process optimization control technology and intelligent monitoring systems is increasingly gaining attention.

At present, a plurality of on-line detection devices mainly aim at physical and chemical parameters such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and the like, and the detection devices can be directly placed into a biological on-line reactor such as a fermentation tank to directly measure related parameters. However, many parameters such as reducing sugar, organic acid, synthetic intermediate, etc. in the reaction process cannot be directly detected, and mainly the detection equipment is not suitable for being placed in a biological on-line reactor, or the concentration of the substance to be detected is not in the detection range.

Patent document CN 208314001U discloses in 2018, 5/15 a flow path system of a full-automatic bioprocess analyzer, which includes a sampling assembly for quantitatively collecting and transporting a liquid, an outer wall sampling needle cleaning assembly for cleaning a sampling needle, a standard liquid assembly for providing a standard liquid for the sampling assembly, a test assembly for detecting a sample to be tested transported by the sampling assembly, and a sample tray, wherein the sampling assembly includes a sampling needle and a sampling rack for controlling the movement of the sampling needle, a sampling inlet of the sampling assembly is communicated with a first clean water tank, and a standard liquid outlet of the standard liquid assembly and a test outlet of the test assembly are both communicated with a waste liquid tank. The flow path system of the full-automatic biological process analyzer provided by the document realizes automatic quantitative calibration and sample introduction, and ensures the repeatability of the use of the analyzer. However, in practical experiment, sample liquid detection is difficult to meet the detection limit requirement only by once dilution, detection errors are easily caused by residual liquid in a dilution pool or a pipeline, and the method cannot be applied to simultaneous detection of multiple tanks.

Patent document CN 111289295 a discloses an online sampling and detecting device for biological reaction process in 2018, 12/6, which includes two functional modules, a sampling and sample-reserving module and a reaction detecting module, and a control system for collecting reaction detection data and processing and feeding back information. This novel be suitable for biological reaction on-line measuring, nevertheless to the great liquid sample of volume, easily cause the error because of remaining, diluting the operation, also can not be applicable to and ally oneself with jar simultaneous detection more.

Disclosure of Invention

The present inventors have conducted intensive studies in order to overcome the above problems. In particular, the present invention provides an online sample analysis device.

The technical scheme adopted by the novel method is as follows:

an online sample analysis device comprises a sampling and feeding system, a sample processing and detecting system and a master control system, wherein the sampling and feeding system is used for sampling and feeding of a bioreactor and comprises a sampling and feeding module and a sample feeding module, wherein the sampling and feeding module consists of a power source, a pipeline and a pipeline control valve; the sampling and feeding module comprises a sampling module and a feeding module, the sampling module is used for sampling from the bioreactor, and the feeding module is used for feeding materials into the bioreactor; the sample sending module is used for sending samples and cleaning and disinfecting the pipeline; the sample processing and detecting system is used for diluting and detecting sample liquid, and comprises a sample processing module consisting of a stock solution pool, a diluting pool and a liquid transfer platform, a detection and analysis module consisting of a photoelectric detection assembly, an ion detection assembly and an enzyme membrane detection assembly, and a pipeline, a pipeline control valve and a power source which are connected with the assemblies; and the master control system is used for controlling all systems in the online sample analysis device, so that the detection errors are controlled within 1%.

Preferably, the sampling module at least comprises a power source I and a pipeline connected with the power source I, one end of the pipeline is connected with the bioreactor, and the other end of the pipeline is divided into two branch pipelines which are respectively connected with the bioreactor and a main pipeline of the sample feeding module; the feeding module at least comprises a power source II and a pipeline connected with the power source II, one end of the pipeline is connected with the bioreactor, the other end of the pipeline is connected with a feeding bottle, and the power source II provides power for the feeding module.

Preferably, at least one power source III and a pipeline connected with the power source III are included; the pipeline includes a sample trunk line and many branch road pipelines of sending a kind, and it sends a kind trunk line upper reaches and connects many branch road pipelines of sample module, and well indirect sampling module, low reaches connect one or more among sampling container, waste liquid container, the analytical equipment, and aseptic gas and washing liquid for the disinfection are advanced respectively to its branch road pipeline other end, send a kind module pipeline power to be provided by power supply III.

Preferably, the pipeline is provided with a pipeline control valve for controlling the working state of the pipeline, the pipeline control valve is one of an electromagnetic valve or a pinch-off valve, and further preferably, the pipeline control valve of the sampling and feeding module is a pinch-off valve. Preferably, stock solution pond, the dilution pond among the sample processing module are fixed on same support, the dilution pond is two, is dilution pond I, dilution pond II respectively, and the transfer of sample liquid between stock solution pond, dilution pond I, dilution pond II is realized through moving liquid platform.

Further preferably, the pipetting platform comprises a moving support and a pipetting injector; the lower end of the pipetting injector is connected with a 1mL, 5 mL or 10mL pipette tip or a sample sucking needle.

Preferably, the stock solution pool is connected with a main sample feeding pipeline, a purified water pipeline and a waste liquid discharge pipeline; and the dilution tank I and the dilution tank II are respectively provided with a purified water pipeline, a waste liquid discharge pipeline, a high-pressure gas pipeline and a pipeline connected with the detection component.

Further preferably, the diluting pool I and the diluting pool II are diluting pools with constant volume structures, and are both provided with constant volume pipelines.

Preferably, the inner diameter of the pipe is 0.1 to 15 mm, more preferably 0.5 to 5 mm.

Preferably, the pipeline is powered by a syringe pump, a peristaltic pump, a diaphragm pump, a plunger pump and/or an air pump; further preferably, the power source I, the power source II and the power source III are injection pumps, peristaltic pumps, diaphragm pumps and/or plunger pumps, and further preferably peristaltic pumps.

Preferably, the pipelines are all provided with pipeline control valves which are used for controlling the opening and closing states of the pipelines.

Preferably, the photoelectric detection component detects through a fiber optic spectrometer. Further preferably, the photoelectric detection assembly comprises a fiber spectrometer and a syringe pump, and the detection probe of the fiber spectrometer is arranged on the syringe pump.

Preferably, the detection of the photoelectric detection component is within the detection range of 350-800nm in all bands.

Preferably, the enzyme membrane detection component is one or more of a glucose enzyme membrane, a lactate enzyme membrane, a glutamate enzyme membrane and a lysine enzyme membrane.

Further preferably, the detection range of the enzyme membrane detection component is glucose: 1-100 g/L, xylose: 1-100 g/L, lactic acid: 1-100 g/L, lysine: 1-100 g/L, glutamic acid: 1-14 g/L, ethanol: 1 to 100 g/L.

Preferably, the ion detection component is one or more of a pH electrode, an ammonia ion electrode, a sodium ion electrode, a potassium ion electrode and a calcium ion component.

Preferably, the detection range of the ion detection assembly is pH: 0-14, ammonia nitrogen: 0.1-3000 mg/L, sodium ion: 0.5-3000 mg/L, potassium ion: 0.5-3000 mg/L, calcium ion: 0.2-18000 mg/L.

Preferably, the master control system comprises a controller and a PC display control system, the controller is respectively connected with the sampling and feeding system and the sample processing and detecting system, and the PC display control system displays operation step information and stores and analyzes detection data.

Preferably, the sampling and feeding module is arranged in a box body I to form an independent sampling and feeding structural unit, and a communication port is arranged on the box body I.

Preferably, the sample sending module is arranged in the box body II to form an independent sample sending structural unit, and the box body II is provided with a communication port and a power supply connector.

Preferably, the sample processing module, the photoelectric detection assembly and the enzyme membrane detection assembly in the sample processing and detection system are arranged in a box body III, the ion detection assembly is independently arranged in a box body IV, the box body III is further provided with a controller and a PC display control system, and the PC display control system displays the action of the operation liquid sample and the real-time data and data analysis curve of the liquid sample detection.

Preferably, the sample processing and detecting system and the master control system are arranged in the box V, the PC on the box V displays the control system, and the PC displays the real-time data and the data analysis curve of the operation liquid sample action and the liquid sample detection.

The novel device adopts the mode of combining the main pipeline and the branch pipelines for sampling detection, reduces the dead volume, is convenient for automatic cleaning, and is also beneficial to simultaneously carrying out the sampling detection of connecting a plurality of bioreactors by one with a plurality of bioreactors; the full-automatic fermentation system has the advantages of full automation, high timeliness and small sampling volume, and can avoid the influence on the whole fermentation system due to excessive sampling volume; according to the condition of real-time fermentation parameters, the precise control of fed-batch and the like of the substrate is realized, the control efficiency of the fermentation process is improved, and data support is provided for the optimization of the fermentation process and the process amplification.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an on-line sampling and analyzing device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a sampling feeding system of an on-line sampling analysis apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a sampling feeding module of the on-line sampling analysis apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample feeding module of an online sampling analyzer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a sample feeding module of an on-line sampling analyzer according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the sampling feeding system of the on-line sampling analysis device of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a sampling feeding module of an on-line sampling feeding system according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a sample processing and detecting system of an on-line sample analyzer of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a sample processing and detecting system of an on-line sample analyzer;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a sample processing and testing system of an on-line sample analyzer;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an ion detection assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a pipetting platform structure of an online sample analyzer;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the sample processing and testing system of the present invention;

description of the symbols:

20. a sampling and feeding system; 30. a sample processing and detection system; 40. a master control system;

1. a sampling and material supplementing module; 2. a sample sending module; 3. a sampling module; 4. a material supplementing module; 5. a power source I; 6. a power source II; 7. a power source III; 8. 9, 10, 11, 12 pipeline control valves; 13. a bioreactor; 14. a feeding bottle; 15 sampling the container; 16. 17, 18 container bottles; 19. a main sample conveying pipeline;

31. a sample processing module; 311 stock solution pool; 312 dilution pool I; 313 dilution pool II; a 314 pipetting platform; 315 a pipetting syringe; 316 gun heads or sample aspirating needles; 317 three-dimensional moving support;

32. a detection analysis module; 321 a photodetecting component; 322 ion detection assembly; 323 an enzyme membrane detection component; 324 a standard liquid pool; 325 enzyme membrane reaction tank; 326 purified water pipeline; 327 waste drain line; 328 high-pressure gas line; 329 purifying the water bottle; 330 waste liquid bottle; 331 a buffer liquid bottle; 332 a multi-channel valve; 333 syringe pump; 334 a first rotary pipetting platform; 335 a second rotary pipetting platform; the first rotation trajectory 336; a second rotation trajectory 337;

33. a power interface; 34. a data interface; a USB interface; 36. a heat dissipation window; 37. a pipeline control valve; 38. a pipeline interface; 39 PC display control system.

Detailed Description

Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While specific embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.

It should be noted that certain terms are used throughout the description and claims to refer to particular components. As one skilled in the art will appreciate, various names may be used to refer to a component. This specification and claims do not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function. In the following description and in the claims, the terms "include" and "comprise" are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean "include, but not limited to. The description which follows is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but is made for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention and not for the purpose of limiting the scope of the invention. The scope of the present invention is to be defined by the appended claims.

To facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, the following description will be further explained by taking specific embodiments as examples with reference to the drawings, and the drawings do not limit the embodiments of the present invention.

An on-line sample analysis device comprises a sampling feeding system 20, a sample processing and detecting system 30 and a general control system 40, as shown in fig. 1.

In one embodiment, the sampling feed system 20 comprises a sampling feed module 1 and a sample sending module 2, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, wherein the sampling feed module 1 comprises a sampling module 3 and a feed module 4.

In one embodiment, the sampling module 3 includes a power source I5 and a pipeline connected thereto, one end of the pipeline of the sampling module is connected to the bioreactor 13, and the other end of the pipeline of the sampling module is divided into two branch pipelines by the sampling power source I5. The two branch pipelines are respectively connected with the bioreactor 13 and the sample delivery main pipeline 19, and the opening and closing of the pipelines are respectively controlled by the pipeline control valves 8 and 9.

In this is novel, sample power supply I5 is the non-contact power supply, provides drive power for liquid in the pipeline. In one embodiment, the sampling power source I5 is a peristaltic pump. The sampling power source I5 and the pipeline connected thereto may be one or more, and the number of the structures is not limited. For example, a plurality of bioreactors, including multi-connected fermenters, may be provided with a plurality of sampling power sources I5 and their associated piping, each sampling power source and its associated piping being connected to one bioreactor.

In one embodiment, the sampling feed module line control valves 8, 9 are non-contact control valves. In one embodiment, the line control valves 8, 9 are pinch-off valves, which avoid contact with the liquid sample. Furthermore, the liquid sample in the pipeline of the sampling system is not in direct contact with a sampling power source and a pipeline control valve, so that the pollution of reaction liquid in the bioreactor is avoided.

In this novel, 3 branch pipelines of sampling module are T type pipeline structure, as shown in fig. 2, T type pipeline structure trunk line one end is passed through power supply I5 and is connect bioreactor 13, and two branch pipeline ends connect bioreactor 13 respectively, send appearance module 2 to send appearance trunk line, form the closed loop structure of the circulation backward flow of a "bioreactor-sample power supply-bioreactor" and the open loop structure of "bioreactor-sample power supply-sample container and/or waste liquid bottle". Because the biological reaction process is a dynamic process, the liquid sample parameters at each time point are different, and therefore, real-time sampling is needed to control the dynamic change of the biological reaction. However, in the experimental operation, the sampling is not continuous in the whole biological reaction process, and the sampling is usually carried out periodically to detect the instantaneous parameters of the biological reaction solution, so that it is important that the sampling is representative and can avoid pollution and waste. In the non-sampling state, the sampling power sources, namely the peristaltic pump I5, the pinch-off valve 8 and the bioreactor 13 form a normalized closed loop structure; during sampling, the bioreactor 13, the peristaltic pump I5, the pinch-off valve 9 and the sampling container 15 form an open-loop structure, the sampled liquid sample is representative of real-time sample liquid, and waste can be effectively avoided. Of course, the introduction of sample fluid into the sampling vessel 15 is one way of implementation, and may be one or more of a waste fluid container, an analytical device; if the pipeline needs to be rinsed and then the sample is taken, the fermentation liquor for rinsing can be put into a waste liquor bottle. In this new model, the sampling container 15 is a stock solution tank 311.

In one embodiment, the feeding module 4 comprises at least one power source II 6 and its piping, and the number thereof is not limited, and can be selected as appropriate according to the needs. In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the feeding module 4 includes two power sources II 6 and their corresponding connecting pipes, one end of the pipe is connected to the bioreactor, and the other end is connected to the feeding bottle, and the power sources II 6 respectively provide power for the liquid flowing in the corresponding pipes. The power source II 6 is a non-contact power source, in one embodiment a peristaltic pump.

In the prior art, a fermentation feeding device is generally large in size, large in occupied area and complex in operation, but the concentration and the dosage of various materials are not easy to control effectively. This is novel, combines feed supplement module and sampling module to be in the same place, and when the parameter index of the reaction solution in the bioreactor reachd for setting for the feed supplement value like OD, residual sugar volume etc. open the feed supplement module, make the liquid volume maintain in the bioreactor and set for the scope, be favorable to improving the efficiency of biological reaction.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the sampling module 3 and the feeding module 4 are disposed in a box I to form an independent sampling feeding structure unit, and the box I is provided with a communication port. The length, width and height of the box I are (250-. In a specific embodiment, the length, width and height of the box body I are 270mm, 240mm and 176mm, and the module is simple and compact in structure, convenient to move, safe and convenient to maintain, particularly suitable for adding small-flow liquid, low in cost and high in practicability; in addition, the simplicity and compactness have the important advantages of being easy to approach the bioreactor, effectively reducing the distance between the bioreactor and the bioreactor, ensuring the representativeness of the sampling and reducing the dead volume and the pollution risk.

In the present invention, the sample feeding module 2 is used for feeding samples and cleaning and disinfecting pipelines, and at least comprises a power source III and a pipeline connected thereto, as shown in fig. 2; the pipeline includes a main pipeline and many branch road pipelines of delivering a sample, and it delivers a sample main pipeline upper reaches and connects many branch road pipelines of the appearance module of delivering a sample, and the middle branch road pipeline that connects the appearance module of sampling is used for the sample to send a sample, and low reaches connect sample container, waste liquid container and/or analytical equipment, when accomplishing the sample, need wash the disinfection to the pipeline, and the container that low reaches connect is used for adorning the waste liquid.

In one embodiment, the main sample feeding pipeline of the sample feeding module 2 is connected with a plurality of branch pipelines of the sample feeding module at the upstream, the other ends of the branch pipelines are respectively connected with sterile gas or cleaning and disinfecting liquid, and the power source of the pipeline is provided by a power source III 7. The power source III is an injection pump, a peristaltic pump, a diaphragm pump and/or a plunger pump. In one embodiment, the power source III is a peristaltic pump, as shown in fig. 4. The sample sending module 2 is branched into pipelines to convey sterile atmospheric gas for sample sending driving, liquid for cleaning and/or disinfection and high-pressure sterile gas for pipeline drying. In one embodiment, the number of the plurality of branch pipelines of the sample sending module is 3, and the 3 branch pipelines are respectively connected with sterile high-pressure gas, sterile normal-pressure gas and purified water through a pinch-off valve 10, a pinch-off valve 11 and a pinch-off valve 12, wherein the sterile normal-pressure gas and the purified water are driven by a power source III. The sterile high-pressure gas, the sterile normal-pressure gas and the purified water can be respectively contained in containers, such as a container bottle 16, a container bottle 17 and a container bottle 18 in the figure 2, and can also be directly transmitted through pipelines. In a specific embodiment, the sterile high-pressure gas and the sterile normal-pressure gas are respectively sterile high-pressure air and sterile normal-pressure air, and can be contained without a container, for example, the sterile low-pressure air can be obtained by arranging a sterile filter membrane on a pipeline, and the sterile high-pressure air can be directly connected with a sterile high-pressure air generating device through the pipeline. During sampling, the peristaltic pump I5 quantitatively controls the taken liquid sample to enter a sample feeding main pipeline, then the pinch-off valve 11 is opened, and the taken sample is blown into a stock solution pool 311 of the sample processing and detecting system 30 by sterile normal-pressure gas. After the completion sample, send the cleaning and disinfection operation of appearance trunk line, close earlier and press from both sides disconnected valve 11 and open simultaneously and press from both sides disconnected valve 12, wash or rinse the pipeline with purified water, wash the completion back, close and press from both sides disconnected valve 12 and open simultaneously and press from both sides disconnected valve 10 and weather the liquid in the pipeline with highly-compressed air, then carry out next round of sample. In another embodiment, the number of the sample sending module is 4, and one pipeline is added on the basis of the 3 branch pipelines, for example, a pipeline for conveying a disinfection reagent is added between the pinch-off valve 10 and the pinch-off valve 11, and disinfection solutions such as hypochlorous acid solvent, 75% ethanol and the like are added, and the specific operation steps can be that disinfection operation is added after cleaning operation, then rinsing is carried out, and finally pipeline drying is carried out. Of course, the arrangement structure of the pipeline can be adjusted as required, the operation accords with the cleaning and disinfection logic, and in addition, branch pipelines can be further added as required.

In another embodiment, the plurality of branch lines of the sample sending module are controlled by solenoid valves, as shown in fig. 5, and other connection modes are consistent with the operation mode of the sample sending module adopting the pinch-off valve.

In a specific embodiment, the sample sending module 2 is arranged in a box body II to form an independent sample sending structural unit, and the box body II is provided with a communication port and a power supply connector. In one embodiment, the length, width and height of the box II are (122-. In a specific embodiment, the number of the plurality of branch pipelines of the sample feeding module is 3, the length, the width and the height of the box body II are 270mm 240mm 176mm, the module is simple and compact in structure, the size of the box body can be flexibly adjusted according to the number of the disinfection pipelines and the control valves thereof, the maintenance is convenient, and the combination expansion of the sample feeding module is facilitated.

In one embodiment, the bioreactor process usually requires several bioreactors, and once feeding is required, the sampling and feeding operations of multiple bioreactors will require a lot of manpower. Aiming at a plurality of bioreactors with short distance, an online sampling and feeding system of a sampling and feeding module and a sample feeding module can be adopted, wherein the sampling and feeding module comprises a plurality of power sources I and pipelines connected with the power sources I, a plurality of power sources II and pipelines connected with the power sources II. For a plurality of bioreactors with a long distance therebetween, a one-to-many online sampling and feeding system, namely a plurality of sampling and feeding modules and a feeding module can be adopted, as shown in fig. 6, a one-to-three online sampling and feeding system, namely a feeding module is adopted as shown in fig. 4 or 5, and three sampling and feeding modules are adopted as shown in fig. 3, of course, a feeding module can also be adopted, the number of the plurality of sampling and feeding modules, namely the sampling and feeding modules is not limited, preferably 3-8 sampling and feeding modules are adopted, and 3-8 fermentation tanks are simultaneously connected. In biological reactions, multi-tank fermentation is often performed, such as 4-tank fermentation, and in order to make the sampling and feeding module more compact and make the equipment material and space availability greater, the sampling and feeding module comprises a plurality of independent sampling modules and feeding modules, as shown in fig. 7.

The sample processing and detecting system 30 includes a sample processing module 31 and a detection and analysis module 32, as shown in fig. 1.

The transfer of the liquid sample among the stock solution pool 311, the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313 is realized by a pipetting platform.

In one embodiment, the pipetting platform shown in fig. 8 comprises a three-dimensional moving support 314 and a pipetting injector 315 connected with the three-dimensional moving support, wherein the lower end of the pipetting injector 315 is connected with a 1mL, 5 mL or 10mL pipette tip or a pipette needle 316. The stock solution pool 311, the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313 are positioned below the pipetting platform, and the pipetting injector 315 of the pipetting platform samples or samples in the stock solution pool or the dilution pool by moving back and forth along the linear direction of the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313.

In one embodiment, the three-dimensional moving bracket 317 comprises a switching mechanism I moving along a transverse X axis and an X axis motor thereof, a switching mechanism II moving along a longitudinal Z axis and a Z axis motor thereof, and the stock solution pool 311, the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313 are arranged right below the movement of the pipetting injector 315 along the X axis. In order to conveniently and fixedly place the stock solution tank 311, the dilution tank I312 and the dilution tank II 313, the stock solution tank, the dilution tank and the dilution tank are arranged on the same bracket, the displacement distance is controlled by the switching mechanism I and the switching mechanism II, and position sensors are arranged on the stock solution tank, the dilution tank and the switching mechanism II so as to accurately control the displacement and promote the pipetting injector 315 to be accurately positioned. Specifically, the pipette injector 315 on the pipette platform 314 moves along the horizontal direction of the stock solution well 311, the dilution well I312, and the dilution well II 313, that is, the X-axis of the switching mechanism I, and when the pipette injector is positioned right above the stock solution well 311, the dilution well I312, or the dilution well II 313, the movement is stopped, at this time, the pipette injector 315 moves downward along the Z-axis direction, and when the tip or the pipette tip 316 enters the stock solution well 311, the dilution well I312, or the dilution well II 313, the liquid sample is quantitatively aspirated or injected.

In another embodiment, the pipetting platform comprises a first rotary pipetting platform 334 and a second rotary pipetting platform 335, and the pipetting channels thereof are rotated to position pipetting with the first rotary pipetting platform 334 and the second rotary pipetting platform 335, respectively.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 12, a dilution pool I312 and a dilution pool II 313 are arranged at the intersection of the first rotating track 336 of the first rotating pipetting platform and the second rotating track 337 of the second rotating pipetting platform, the first rotating track 336 is further provided with a stock solution pool 311, and the second rotating track 337 is further provided with an enzyme membrane reaction pool 325 and a standard solution pool 324, so that the structure is compact, and the space utilization rate is increased.

In this novel, the appearance mouth that moves of first rotatory liquid-transfering platform 334, second rotatory liquid-transfering platform 335 all is provided with 1mL, 5 mL or 10 mL's rifle head or inhale kind needle. The tip or the pipette needle rotates along the vertical axis thereof with the first rotary pipetting platform 334 and the second rotary pipetting platform 335. When the tip or the pipette needle reaches the stock solution pool 311, the dilution pool 312, the dilution pool 313, the enzyme membrane reaction pool 325 or the standard solution pool 324 along with the first rotary pipetting platform 334 and the second rotary pipetting platform 335, the tip or the pipette needle is moved downward along the axial direction of the first rotary pipetting platform 334 and the second rotary pipetting platform 335 so as to be immersed in the liquid sample for sampling or delivering.

In a specific embodiment, the pipette injector 315 is connected to a 1mL, 5 mL, or 10mL tip or pipette tip 316, and the tip or pipette tip and its size are selected according to the volume of the sample liquid to be pipetted. In order to accelerate the mixing of the dilute liquid sample, the operation can be realized by blowing through a liquid-transfering gun head or a sample-sucking needle, or uniformly mixing through a magnetic stirrer. In the novel device, a magnetic stirrer is arranged below the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313.

In conventional chemical and biological analysis and detection experiments, a liquid sample is often diluted and then analyzed and detected. The purpose of the dilution is to bring the detected liquid sample to the detection limit. In this is novel, realize the automatic dilution of sample liquid gradient through setting up a plurality of dilution ponds, improve and dilute the accuracy, reduce the dilution error. In this embodiment, the number of the dilution pools is two, namely, the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313.

In the present novel embodiment, the dilution pool I312 or the dilution pool II 313 is a gradient dilution pool, and the dilution times of the dilution pool I312 or the dilution pool II 313 to the liquid sample are 10-50 times and 100-500 times, respectively. In one embodiment, the dilution is 10-fold and 100-fold, respectively, and the dilution operation is as follows: feeding 18 mL of purified water such as a dilution pool I312 through a purified water pipeline 326, taking 2 mL of liquid sample from a stock solution pool 311 by using a pipette injector gun head 316, putting the liquid sample into the dilution pool I312, and uniformly mixing the liquid sample by using a magnetic stirrer; the same procedure was used to add purified water and take 2 mL of the solution from dilution well I312 to dilution well II 313, which was mixed well with a magnetic stirrer.

This is novel, the purified water is pure water, aseptic water, deionized water, two distilled water or ultrapure water, chooses for use according to the experiment needs. In addition, in a specific experiment, a diluting solvent may be used instead of purified water, and other solvents for dilution may be used as long as the experimental conditions permit. Sterile water is adopted in the novel process.

The usage amount of the purified water in the dilution pool I312 and the dilution pool II 313 is controlled by the combined action of the purified water pipeline power source and the pipeline control valve, as shown in FIG. 8. In the dilution process, purified water fed by a purified water pipeline is used as a diluting solvent, and after the dilution is finished, the purified water is used for cleaning the pipeline, a stock solution pool and a diluting pool.

Specifically, the purified water inlet pipes in the raw liquid tank and the dilution tank in fig. 8 are independent pipes, and the amount of purified water is controlled by the independent power source and the pipe control valve.

In another specific embodiment, the dilution tank I312 and the dilution tank II 313 are dilution tanks with constant volume structures, and the tank bodies thereof are provided with constant volume pipelines. The volume of the diluting tank can be customized according to the size, wherein one mode is the same as the structure and the outer diameter of the diluting tank, and the volume of the diluting tank can be changed by changing the inner diameter; the diluting pool can be customized into different structures and outer diameters according to requirements, so that the inner diameter and the volume of contained liquid are correspondingly changed. In this embodiment, the stock solution tank 311, the dilution tank I312, and the dilution tank II 313 share one purified water pipeline, the amount of the purified water used as the dilution solvent in the dilution tank is realized according to the constant volume structure, and when the amount of the purified water entering is greater than the constant volume, the purified water overflows from the constant volume pipeline.

In one embodiment, the dilution ratio of the constant volume dilution tank I312 and the constant volume dilution tank II 313 to the liquid sample is 10-50 times and 100-500 times, respectively. In a specific embodiment, the constant volume dilution tank I312 and the constant volume dilution tank II 313 respectively dilute the stock solution sample by 20 and 400 times.

The number of the dilution wells in the sample processing module 31 may be 2 or more, and the number is not limited, and it is sufficient for gradient dilution of a liquid sample. The sample processing module 31 is used for diluting and uniformly mixing the liquid sample, and the liquid sample in the diluting pool enters the photoelectric detection assembly 321, the enzyme membrane detection assembly 323 and the ion detection assembly 322 through pipelines for detection and analysis; and the pipelines are provided with pipeline control valves. The photoelectric detection component 321 comprises a fiber spectrometer and an injection pump 333, wherein a fiber spectrometer detection probe is arranged on the injection pump 333, and the photoelectric detection index of the liquid sample can be detected based on a laser system. The enzyme membrane detection component 323 is used for enzyme membrane detection by arranging an enzyme membrane electrode in the detection cell, wherein the enzyme membrane can be one or more of a glucose enzyme membrane, a lactate enzyme membrane, a glutamate enzyme membrane and a lysine enzyme membrane. The ion detection assembly 322 performs ion detection by arranging an ion electrode in the detection cell, wherein the electrode may be one or more of a pH electrode, an ammonia ion electrode, a sodium ion electrode, a potassium ion electrode, and a calcium ion electrode. After finishing the liquid sample and detecting, surplus liquid sample passes through in the pipeline gets into waste liquid pipeline 327 in stoste pond, the dilution pond, what waste liquid pipeline 327 left end got into is the air, and its right-hand member is close to waste liquid bottle 330 department and is connected with the power supply, the power supply further is the self priming pump, and a concrete embodiment is the peristaltic pump. After the liquid samples in the stock solution tank and the dilution tank are discharged, purified water is fed from a purified water pipeline 326 to be used for cleaning the stock solution tank, the dilution tank and related pipelines, and after the cleaning is finished, high-pressure air is fed through a high-pressure gas pipeline 328 to be used for drying the dilution tank.

More specifically, the dilution cell I312 or the dilution cell II 313 enters the photoelectric detection assembly 321 through the multi-channel valve 332, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the multi-channel valve 332 is connected to the photoelectric detection assembly 321, the dilution cell I312, the dilution cell II 313, the standard liquid cell 324, the waste liquid discharge pipeline 327 and the enzyme membrane detection assembly 323, and in addition, the multi-channel valve 332 is further provided with a valve communicated with the atmosphere.

More specifically, during photoelectric detection, the multi-channel valve 332 is rotated to communicate the standard liquid tank 324 with the photoelectric detection assembly 321, the injection pump 333 sucks standard liquid from the standard liquid tank 324, the standard liquid is rinsed and then calibrated, then part of the standard liquid is pushed into the enzyme membrane reaction tank 325, and the rest of the standard liquid is pushed into the waste liquid discharge pipeline 327 by the injection pump 333; and then sample liquid is sucked from the dilution pool I312 or the dilution pool II 313 for rinsing and then photoelectric detection is carried out, after the detection is finished, part of the sample liquid is pushed into the enzyme membrane reaction pool 325, and the rest sample liquid is discharged from a waste liquid discharge pipeline 327.

Further specifically, during enzyme membrane detection, a liquid inlet sample is introduced through a pipeline arranged on an enzyme membrane reaction tank or a second rotary pipetting platform, and the enzyme membrane reaction tank is also connected with a buffer liquid inlet pipeline, a waste liquid discharge pipeline and a constant volume pipeline. When the enzyme membrane reaction tank is in a non-working state, the buffer solution is filled in the enzyme membrane reaction tank 325, the buffer solution is discharged through a waste liquid discharge pipe at the bottom of the buffer solution, the enzyme membrane is activated by the buffer solution when the enzyme membrane reaction tank works, the sample volume of the buffer solution reaches a constant volume pipeline, if the buffer solution is higher than the constant volume pipeline, the redundant buffer solution overflows from the constant volume pipeline, then standard solution with a set volume is used for enzyme membrane detection calibration, after the detection is finished, the liquid in the enzyme membrane reaction tank is discharged from the waste liquid discharge pipe at the bottom of the enzyme membrane reaction tank, then a liquid sample is detected by the same method as the standard solution, after the detection is finished, the reaction tank is cleaned by the buffer solution fed in the buffer solution bottle 331, after the cleaning is carried out for 3-4 times, the buffer solution is filled in the reaction tank again, and the next liquid sample detection is carried out. An enzyme membrane detection electrode is arranged in the enzyme membrane reaction tank 325, and the enzyme membrane detection electrode can be one or more of a glucolase membrane, a lactic acid enzyme membrane, a glutamic acid enzyme membrane and a lysine enzyme membrane. In the novel enzyme membrane detection component provided with different enzyme membranes can also be connected through the multi-channel valve 332. And pipelines in the enzyme membrane detection assembly 323 are provided with pipeline control valves for controlling the opening and closing of the pipelines, and a power source is also arranged on the buffer solution pipeline.

Further specifically, dilute and still connect the pipeline that communicates to ion detection subassembly 322 on pond I312, the dilution pond II 313, the ion detection subassembly includes ion detection pond, electrode, the ion detection pond is equipped with the sample inlet pipe way that gets into the liquid appearance, advances purified water pipeline, waste liquid discharge pipeline, constant volume pipeline, high-pressure gas pipeline to and connect the pipeline of the low standard solvent of ion and the pipeline of the high standard solvent of ion. The ion detection cell is internally provided with electrodes which are pH electrodes (the pH electrodes can be used for detecting pH, and more importantly, the pH electrodes are used as reference electrodes for other ion detection) and other detection electrodes, the other detection electrodes are one or more of ammonia ion electrodes, sodium ion electrodes, potassium ion electrodes and calcium ion electrodes, the ion detection cell is divided into a plurality of small detection cells which are communicated, the number of the small detection cells is two or more, the specific number is not limited, the electrodes are arranged in the small detection cells, and the structure effectively saves detection sample liquid and reagents.

In a specific embodiment, a constant temperature module is arranged below the enzyme membrane reaction tank to ensure that the enzyme membrane reaction is carried out at a constant temperature; and a temperature sensor is arranged in the ion detection pool and used for temperature compensation during software calculation. In the present invention, the power source is a peristaltic pump in one specific embodiment, and the pipeline control valve is an electromagnetic valve.

In the novel structure, the pipeline is a silicone tube, a polytetrafluoroethylene tube and/or an organic plastic hose. In a specific embodiment, the pipeline for conveying the liquid sample is a polytetrafluoroethylene pipe, the material has good hydrophobicity, and the pipeline made of the material can effectively reduce waste caused by wall hanging of the liquid sample and increase sampling accuracy; common silicone tubes or organic plastic hoses are adopted for other pipelines.

In one embodiment, the inner diameter of the tube is 0.1 to 15 mm; further preferably 0.5 to 5 mm; the inner diameters of the pipelines can be completely consistent or not, and can be set to be reasonable according to requirements, and the inner diameter range can be within a set value.

In order to realize detecting automated control, this is novel still including being used for controlling the controller of appearance of advancing, and it is through pipeline power supply, the pipeline control valve to taking a sample feed system, in the module of sending a sample to and stoste pond, dilute pond I, dilute pond II, sample move liquid platform, photoelectric detection subassembly, enzyme membrane determine module, ion determine module and pipeline power supply, pipeline control valve link to each other with total accuse system, realize this novel online sampling analysis device's automated control. The controller comprises a general processor, a digital signal processor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and can be used for programming the control unit according to sampling requirements. The controller receives an externally input dilution signal, which comprises sample liquid dilution multiple, photoelectric detection parameters, ion detection parameters and enzyme membrane detection parameters, the control unit outputs a control signal to control the power source and the pipeline control valve, so that the liquid sample is diluted reasonably by multiple, the photoelectric detection is controlled within the whole wave band of 350-plus 800nm, the enzyme membrane detection indexes are controlled within the ranges of glucose 1-100 g/L, xylose 1-100 g/L, lactic acid 1-100 g/L, lysine 1-100 g/L, glutamic acid 1-14 g/L and ethanol 1-100 g/L, the ion detection indexes are controlled within the ranges of pH 0-14, ammonia nitrogen 0.1-3000 mg/L, sodium ions 0.5-3000 mg/L, potassium ions 0.5-3000 mg/L and calcium ions 0.2-18000 mg/L, and analyzing and storing the data. And controlling the index detection error to be within 1% through a controller.

For the operation control that makes things convenient for operating personnel to this novel device, this is novel still to include PC and show control system, as shown in fig. 10 or fig. 13, PC shows control system 39 and can show this novel system's operating condition, for example: and displaying the dilution times, the detection parameters and the detection results, the states of the cleaning and disinfection work and the like. For convenient operation, the PC display control system is a display screen and further a touchable display screen, and display operation buttons are arranged on the display interface to realize control over the control unit.

In one embodiment, the sample processing module, the photoelectric detection assembly, the enzyme membrane detection assembly, the controller and the PC display control system are disposed in the box III, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the outer wall of the box is provided with a power supply interface, a data interface, a USB interface, a heat dissipation window, a pipeline control valve and a pipeline interface, and in a specific embodiment, the length, the width and the height of the box III are (450 + 550) mm (600 + 700) mm, and further 500 mm + 620mm + 660 mm. The ion detection assembly is disposed in the chamber IV, and in one embodiment, the length, width, and height of the chamber IV are (250-.

In one embodiment, the sample processing and detecting system of the present invention comprises a sample processing module, a photoelectric detection module, an enzyme membrane detection module, an ion detection module, and a total control system, all of which are disposed in a housing V, wherein the length, width, and height of the housing V are (800-.

The novel device adopts the mode of combining the main pipeline and the branch pipelines for sampling detection, is convenient for automatic cleaning, and is also beneficial to simultaneously carrying out the sampling detection of connecting a plurality of bioreactors by one with a plurality of bioreactors; the full-automatic fermentation system has the advantages of full automation, high timeliness and small sampling volume, and can avoid the influence on the whole fermentation system due to excessive sampling volume; multi-parameter detection can be carried out simultaneously, and the biomass, substrate consumption and product generation conditions in the tank can be displayed in real time; according to the monitoring of real-time fermentation parameters, the precise control of fed-batch and the like of the substrate is realized, the control efficiency of the fermentation process is improved, and data support is provided for the optimization of the fermentation process and the process amplification.

Industrial applicability

The novel intelligent online sampling and analyzing device can be manufactured and used in the field of online detection of microbial fermentation.

Although the present novel embodiment has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present novel embodiment is not limited to the specific embodiments and applications described above, which are intended to be illustrative, instructive, and not limiting. Those skilled in the art, having the benefit of this disclosure, may effect numerous modifications thereto without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An on-line sample analysis device is characterized by comprising a sampling material supplementing system, a sample processing and detecting system and a master control system, wherein,

the sampling material supplementing system is used for sampling material supplementing of the bioreactor and comprises a sampling material supplementing module and a sample feeding module, wherein the sampling material supplementing module consists of a power source, a pipeline and a pipeline control valve; the sampling and feeding module comprises a sampling module and a feeding module, the sampling module is used for sampling from the bioreactor, and the feeding module is used for feeding materials into the bioreactor; the sample sending module is used for sending samples and cleaning and disinfecting the pipeline;

the sample processing and detecting system is used for diluting and detecting sample liquid, and comprises a sample processing module consisting of a stock solution pool, a diluting pool and a liquid transfer platform, a detection and analysis module consisting of a photoelectric detection assembly, an ion detection assembly and an enzyme membrane detection assembly, and a pipeline, a pipeline control valve and a power source which are connected with the assemblies;

and the master control system is used for controlling each system in the online sample analysis device.

2. The on-line sample analysis device of claim 1,

the sampling module at least comprises a power source I and a pipeline connected with the power source I, one end of the pipeline is connected with the bioreactor, and the other end of the pipeline is divided into two branch pipelines which are respectively connected with the bioreactor and a main pipeline of the sample feeding module; the material supplementing module at least comprises a power source II and a pipeline connected with the power source II, one end of the pipeline is connected with the bioreactor, the other end of the pipeline is connected with a material supplementing bottle, and the power source II provides power for the material supplementing module;

the sample sending module at least comprises a power source III and a pipeline connected with the power source III; the pipeline comprises a main sample conveying pipeline and a plurality of branch pipelines, wherein the upstream of the main sample conveying pipeline is connected with the plurality of branch pipelines of the sample conveying module, the middle-indirect sampling module, the downstream of the main sample conveying pipeline is connected with one or more of a sampling container, a waste liquid container and an analysis device, the other end of each branch pipeline is respectively filled with sterile gas and cleaning and disinfecting liquid, and the power of the sample conveying module pipeline is provided by a power source III;

and pipeline control valves are arranged on the sampling module and each branch pipeline of the sample feeding module and are used for controlling the working state of the corresponding pipeline.

3. The on-line sample analyzer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stock solution tank and the dilution tank in the sample processing module are fixed on the same support, the number of the dilution tanks is two, namely a dilution tank I and a dilution tank II, and the transfer of the sample solution among the stock solution tank, the dilution tank I and the dilution tank II is realized by a liquid transfer platform.

4. The on-line sample analysis device of claim 3, wherein the pipetting platform comprises a mobile rack, a pipetting syringe; the lower end of the pipetting injector is connected with a 1mL, 5 mL or 10mL pipette tip or a sample sucking needle.

5. The on-line sample analyzer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the diluting wells I and II are diluting wells with constant volume structure.

6. The on-line sample analyzer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photoelectric detection assembly comprises a fiber optic spectrometer and a syringe pump, and the detection probe of the fiber optic spectrometer is disposed on the syringe pump.

7. The on-line sample analyzer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photoelectric detection module detects the full-band detection range of 350-800 nm.

8. The on-line sample analyzer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the enzyme membrane detection component is one or more of a glucolase membrane, a lactate enzyme membrane, a glutamate enzyme membrane and a lysinase membrane.

9. The on-line sample analyzer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ion detection component is one or more of a pH electrode, an ammonia ion electrode, a sodium ion electrode, a potassium ion electrode, and a calcium ion component.

10. The on-line sample analysis device of claim 1, wherein the master control system comprises a controller and a PC display control system, the controller is respectively connected with the sampling feeding system and the sample processing and detecting system, and the PC display control system displays the operation step information and stores and analyzes the detection data.

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