T Rama Rao

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CMR College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    Review on Pilot Plant Scale up Techniques Used in Solid, Liquid and Semisolids
    Author(s): R Shireesh Kiran41146*, Mohammed Ahmer Ali41147, K Geetha41148, G S Sharma41149 and T Rama Rao41150

    A pilot plant is the pre-commercial production system which includes new production technology and produces small volumes of new technology based products. Scale up is the process of increasing the batch size or a procedure for applying the same process to different output volumes. Process scale up for a technology is one the most common reasons to build a pilot plant. It is a connection between Research and Development (R and D) Industry. It is a Hybrid development facility and Manufacturing unit. Even though commercialization is the primary motivation for pilot plant projects, there can be multiple, complex objectives that will vary by project organization and goals. It is a place where the 5M’S like Money, Material, Man, Method and Machine are brought together for the manufacturing of the products. In pilot plant before investing a large sum of money on a production unit it i.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.13.8.557-562

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