GlycoPy: An Equation-Oriented and Object-Oriented Python Framework for Process Modeling, Optimization and Optimal Control

Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) can substantially improve performance and constraint handling for (bio)chemical processes, but its adoption is still limited by the effort required to build maintainable first-principles models and to implement efficient dynamic optimization-based controllers. This paper presents GlycoPy, an open-source, equation-oriented and object-oriented Python framework that supports hierarchical model construction and integrated workflows for simulation, parameter estimation, dynamic optimization, and NMPC. The case study of the monoclonal antibody glycosylation process based on a multiscale model demonstrates the capability of GlycoPy.