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Theoretical and Practical Issues That Are Relevant When Scaling Up hMSC Microcarrier Production Processes

Table 3

Summary of predicted shear stress levels and specific power inputs in the BIOSTAT CultiBag RM 2L.

Working volume [L]Rocking angle [°]Rocking rate [rpm] [W m−3]MLSS [10−3 N m−2]

0.542620.61/40.665.83/664
0.562232.52/53.555.44/509
0.5635156.01/262.605.78/597
0.581847.71/85.7929.61/704
0.5101493.40/149.7320.61/885
0.51025144.10/259.7626.40/3162

1.042934.40/65.334.91/916
1.062553.70/98.164.75/1194
1.082032.14/53.351.09/289
1.0101581.10/123.775.68/1012
1.01025118.32/203.7610.80/4042

1.54318.92/17.690.49/214
1.562717.96/32.450.60/256
1.582226.56/50.040.74/279
1.5101668.85/105.283.15/909
1.5102595.02/155.464.86/2959

: mean and maximum values of specific power input. MLSS: maximum values of local volume-weighted mean and maximum shear stresses over one period.