Sabento is a software tool that allows to quickly and comfortably model biotechnical production processes using assistants. Sabento can support you in early stages of process development.

When developing bio processes, decisions can have long-lasting consequences. Sabento will help you to analyse such possible consequences at an early stage - giving you an improved basis for decision making. Risks can be minimized and chances of the process in regard to alternatives can be analysed.

Sabento has been designed in such a way, that a user can start working with the software right away and without a lengthy preparation. To model a process will take approximately 30 to 60 minutes, an economic and ecological assessment can be completed in just 10 to 20 minutes. The social assessment may take 30 to 60 minutes when being done for the first time because of the qualitative character.

The software is prepared for the assessment of production with microorganisms, cell cultures and enzymes. The basic model contains all process units of a biotechnological process from preparation of media components to down stream processing and formulation of the final product. Of course, it is possible to leave out any process unit if it is not needed.

Sabento is the result of the BMBF-funded research project 'BioBeN' that ifu Hamburg GmbH, Karl-Winnacker-Institute (KWI)/DECHEMA, Wuppertal Institute and other partners successfully ran from 2002 to 2005. For any questions regarding the project or how to purchase a license of Sabento, please contact sabento [at] ifu [dot] com

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Product Overview

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Who uses Sabento?

Sabento Features

Sabento Info Brochure (PDF download)


Further links (in German)                                                           

DECHEMA e.V. (project management)

Wuppertal Institute

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