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4. Measurements performed by testing personnel
4.1 Dry matter measurement
Dry matter content is measured with a moisture meter that is on the Laboratory table. There
is a separate manual for measuring dry matter contents in Pilot A.
4.2 Glucose measurement
Glucose is measured with conventional stripe tests of which there is a separate manual for
measuring glucose in Pilot A.
4.3 Gas chromatography
In the Laboratory room there is a gas chromatography for measuring liquid product
concentrations from samples taken from the reactor process broth. There is a separate
manual for gas chromatography measurements in Pilot A.
4.4 Adding and storing manual measurement results to the control
system
Please write down results of all measurements performed by the testing personnel and type
them to the specific Excel workbook of each run and/or LabView according to what is agreed
among the testing group. It is naturally of ultimate importance to carefully maintain records
of test runs.
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