Consulting Services.
Engineering expertise for complex bioprocess challenges.

When a design, optimization or scale-up decision is too important to guess, our engineers model your reactor and give you numbers to decide on.

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Challenge

Some reactor questions need more than a software license.

Industrial bioprocess projects usually face several of these at once.

Flow that changes with scale
Cells that respond to their environment in complex ways
Little room for experiments
Tight timelines
Regulatory pressure

In a critical project phase, that combination is hard to handle with software alone.

Our engineers know reactor modeling and have worked on industrial processes, so they can work through high-stakes decisions together with your team.

SimVantage engineer working with a laptop at a lab-scale bioreactor

Focus Areas

Consulting Focus Areas

Process Design

Checking reactor options early, before equipment is ordered
Setting the operating parameters
Design choices that still hold at the next scale
Process setup backed by simulation

Reactor Optimization

How fast and how evenly the reactor mixes
Energy use and where to reduce it
Oxygen and mass transfer
Finding the flow problems that limit the process

Scale-Up Strategy

Finding risks that only show up at larger scale
Planning the transfer step by step
Evaluating operating conditions with SmartScaler
Dealing with those risks before anything changes in the plant

Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis

Finding out why a process behaves unexpectedly
Using the model to see which parameters matter
Testing possible causes one at a time
Support directly in production

Experimental Strategy

Cutting validation runs that add little
Finding out which factors are worth testing
Designing experiments around the question you need answered

Approach

Five steps from question to quantified answer.

We run every consulting project the same way.

Problem Definition and Boundary ConditionsTogether we pin down what has to be decided and which limits apply.
Data Integration and ModelingWe set up the models with your process data, so they describe your reactor as it actually runs.
Structured Scenario AnalysisWe compare the options under the same assumptions, so any difference comes from the options themselves.
Quantified Decision SupportYou get numbers for each option, and we tell you where those numbers stop being reliable.
Implementation GuidanceWe stay with you until the change is running on your equipment.

Your engineers and developers are involved throughout, which keeps the results tied to your actual process.

Tools

SimVantage Bolt for detailed CFD of your reactor
SmartScaler for scale-up questions
Custom models when the standard tools do not fit the question

Most projects use more than one of these, depending on the question.

Consulting project outline: kick-off translating your goal into a simulation challenge, analysis of geometry and operating conditions, optimization through validated simulations, and results with recommendations and a summary report

Results

Impact of Our Consulting Projects

30% Shorter mixing time in a 160 m³ production reactor

20% Lower energy demand

€1.3 M Saved on experiments

Use Cases

Typical Reasons to Involve Our Team

You are planning an industrial scale-up
A process behaves differently at large scale than you expected
You are designing a new reactor configuration
You want to know which experiments are worth running
A reactor uses too much energy or mixes poorly

The earlier we are involved, the fewer surprises reach production scale, where every change costs the most.

Facing a hard reactor question? Discuss it with our team.

Tell us about your reactor and the decision ahead, whether you want more out of an existing vessel or are planning an industrial scale-up. Our models have been validated in production reactors.