Production arrangement for performing a chemical reaction and use of a standard transport container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10035123-B2
Application number	US-201314652201-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2013
Priority date	Dec 20, 2012
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

A production arrangement for performing a chemical reaction with a standard transport container in accordance with DIN ISO 668 for accommodating a plurality of processing units disposed inside the standard transport container for assisting and/or performing a processing basic operation, and a supply network, disposed inside the standard transport container, for supplying the processing units with material and/or power and/or information. Owing to the supply network disposed inside the standard transport container, the availability of material and/or power and/or information can be ensured over a large area of the standard transport container, such that the same standard transport container with the same supply network can be re-used for different configurations of processing units and, in the event of a modification for performing a different chemical reaction, the processing units can simply be interchanged such that different chemical reactions can be performed with little outlay.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A production arrangement for performing a chemical reaction, comprising
a standard transport container ( 10 ) in accordance with DIN ISO 668, for receiving multiple processing units ( 12 ) arranged within the standard transport container ( 10 ), for assisting and/or performing a basic chemical-engineering operation, and
a supply network ( 14 ), arranged within the standard transport container ( 10 ), for supplying the processing units ( 12 ) with material and/or energy and/or information
wherein the supply network ( 14 ) is arranged above the processing units ( 12 ), in the direction of gravitational force, for supplying the processing units ( 12 ) from above,
wherein a wastewater line for the removal of wastewater, product or other materials is provided within the standard transport container ( 10 ), the wastewater line extending through at least two designated processing units ( 12 ), the wastewater line being connectable or unconnectable to the respective processing unit ( 12 ).

2. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has a multi-coupling ( 18 ) for coupling to a docking station ( 20 ) of a backbone structure for the exchange of material and/or energy and/or information, the multi-coupling ( 18 ) being connectable to the processing units ( 12 ), by way of the supply network ( 14 ).

3. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has stiffening transverse beams ( 22 ) and/or longitudinal beams, the center lines of the transverse beams ( 22 ) being arranged spaced apart from one another by a distance d L,min and/or the longitudinal beams being arranged spaced apart from one another by a distance d Q,min , the transverse beams ( 22 ) and/or longitudinal beams being designed for securing to at least one processing unit ( 12 ).

4. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has stiffening transverse beams ( 22 ).

5. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has stiffening longitudinal beams ( 22 ).

6. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein within the standard transport container ( 10 ) there are arranged multiple processing units ( 12 ) for performing the chemical reaction that are secured to the standard transport container ( 10 ), the respective processing unit ( 12 ) having an extent d L in the longitudinal direction that corresponds substantially to an integral multiple Z L of d L,min and/or the respective processing unit ( 12 ) having an extent d Q in the transverse direction that corresponds substantially to an integral multiple Z Q of d Q,min , with in particular d L,min corresponding substantially to an integral part N L of an extent L L in the longitudinal direction of an interior space of the standard transport container ( 10 ) and/or d Q,min corresponding to an integral part N Q of an extent L Q in the transverse direction of an interior space of the standard transport container ( 10 ).

7. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has a floor that can be covered with light-admitting grilles ( 32 ), the floor being designed for collecting running-out liquids.

8. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the floor is in the form of a tray.

9. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has at least one externally manipulable PCIT module for influencing the operating mode of a processing unit ( 12 ) associated with the PCIT module, the standard transport container ( 10 ) and/or the PCIT module optionally being of an explosion-protected design.

10. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) and/or the PCIT module is of an explosion-protected design.

11. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the standard transport container ( 10 ) has securing locations ( 28 ) for securing an identically dimensioned additional standard transport container ( 30 ) and/or an additional unit to the top, bottom and/or side of the standard transport container ( 10 ), an additional multi-coupling for exchanging material and/or energy and/or information of the additional standard transport container ( 30 ) and/or the additional unit with the processing units ( 12 ) being provided.

12. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the additional unit is a cryogenic installation.

13. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supply network ( 14 ), arranged within the standard transport container ( 10 ), supplies the processing units ( 12 ) with material.

14. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supply network ( 14 ), arranged within the standard transport container ( 10 ), supplies the processing units ( 12 ) with energy.

15. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supply network ( 14 ), arranged within the standard transport container ( 10 ), supplies the processing units ( 12 ) with information.

16. The production arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein material and/or energy and/or information is supplied over a large enough area of the standard transport container ( 10 ) such that the same standard transport container ( 10 ) can be re-used with the same supply network ( 14 ) for different configurations of process units ( 12 ),
wherein the process units ( 12 ) can be interchanged such that a different chemical reaction can be performed.

17. A method for performing a chemical reaction which comprises performing said chemical reaction within a standard transport container ( 10 ), comprising a supply network ( 14 ), arranged within the standard transport container ( 10 ), for supplying processing units ( 12 ) with material and/or energy and/or information, the standard transport container ( 10 ) being used in a production arrangement ( 8 ) as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Bayer Ag

Inventors

• Frye Lars
• Günther Dietmar
• Conzen Carsten
• Liesenfelder Ulrich
• Steinmeister Ingo
• Boos Karl-Robert
• Güdel Wolfgang
• Köching Karl-Hermann

Classifications

• B01J19/004 Primary

  Multifunctional apparatus for automatic manufacturing of various chemical products (sequential reactions B01J19/0046) · CPC title

• F16M1/00

  Frames or casings of engines, machines or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds · CPC title

• B01J2219/0002

  Plants assembled from modules joined together · CPC title

• B01J19/00 Primary

  Chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general; Their relevant apparatus · CPC title

• B01J2219/00018

  Construction aspects · CPC title