Granulators play a key role in many pharmaceutical processes because they are involved in the production of tablets and capsule dosage forms. Considering the characteristics of the production processes in which a granulator is involved, proper maintenance of the latter is relevant for plant safety. During the operational phase, there is a high risk of explosion, pollution, and contamination. The nature of this process also requires an in-depth examination of the time-dependence of the process variables. This study proposes the application of canonical variate analysis (CVA) to perform fault detection in a granulation process that operates under time-varying conditions. Beyond this, a different approach to the management of process non-linearities is proposed. The novelty of the study is in the application of CVA in this kind of process, because it is possible to state that the actual literature on the theme shows some limitations of CVA in such processes. The aim was to increase the applicability of CVA in variable contexts, with simple management of non-linearities. The results, considering process data from a pharmaceutical granulator, showed that the proposed approach could detect faults and manage non-linearities, exhibiting future scenarios for more performing and automatic monitoring techniques of time-varying processes.

Fault diagnosis of a granulator operating under time-varying conditions using canonical variate analysis / Quatrini, E.; Li, X.; Mba, D.; Costantino, F.. - In: ENERGIES. - ISSN 1996-1073. - 4427:13(2020), pp. 1-18. [10.3390/en13174427]

Fault diagnosis of a granulator operating under time-varying conditions using canonical variate analysis

Quatrini E.;Costantino F.
2020

Abstract

Granulators play a key role in many pharmaceutical processes because they are involved in the production of tablets and capsule dosage forms. Considering the characteristics of the production processes in which a granulator is involved, proper maintenance of the latter is relevant for plant safety. During the operational phase, there is a high risk of explosion, pollution, and contamination. The nature of this process also requires an in-depth examination of the time-dependence of the process variables. This study proposes the application of canonical variate analysis (CVA) to perform fault detection in a granulation process that operates under time-varying conditions. Beyond this, a different approach to the management of process non-linearities is proposed. The novelty of the study is in the application of CVA in this kind of process, because it is possible to state that the actual literature on the theme shows some limitations of CVA in such processes. The aim was to increase the applicability of CVA in variable contexts, with simple management of non-linearities. The results, considering process data from a pharmaceutical granulator, showed that the proposed approach could detect faults and manage non-linearities, exhibiting future scenarios for more performing and automatic monitoring techniques of time-varying processes.
2020
Canonical variate analysis; condition monitoring; machine learning; multivariate methods; performance estimation; pharmaceutical plant
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Fault diagnosis of a granulator operating under time-varying conditions using canonical variate analysis / Quatrini, E.; Li, X.; Mba, D.; Costantino, F.. - In: ENERGIES. - ISSN 1996-1073. - 4427:13(2020), pp. 1-18. [10.3390/en13174427]
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