Modulare Verfahrenstechnik: Apparateentwicklung für wandlungsfähige Produktionssysteme

Abstract

Die Prozessindustrie steht im intensivierten, globalen Wettbewerb der Herausforderung zunehmender Marktdynamiken gegenüber. Modular aufgebaute, wandlungsfähige Produktionskonzepte versprechen eine verbesserte Anpassung an diese in den Dimensionen Mengenausbringung, Produktmix und Produktionsort. Um das gesamte Potenzial entfalten zu können, bedarf es nicht nur einer Modularisierung und Wandlungsbefähigung auf der Anlagen‐ und Logistikebene, sondern auch auf der Apparateebene. Charakteristika wie Aufbau und Skalierungskonzepte werden diskutiert. Beispiele für modulare Apparate aus den Bereichen Mischen, Wärmeübertragung, Reaktion und Trennung werden vorgestellt und weiterer Forschungsbedarf abgeleitet.

Development and Commissioning of a Small-Scale, Modular and Integrated Plant for the Quasi-Continuous Production of Crystalline Particles

“…In the chemical and pharmaceutical industry this includes increasing global competition, growing market volatility, short product life cycles and plant lifetimes as well as rising quality demands and the request for individual products in small amounts [1][2][3][4]. One approach to meet these challenges successfully and to ensure long-term business success is the establishment of adaptable, small-scale, modular production concepts that combine the flexibility and versatility of a discontinuous multi-product asset with the efficiency and reproducibility of a continuous single-product plant [2,4,5]. The modular design enables a reduction in time-to-market and controlled capacity adjustment along with simple and fast plant maintenance [6,7].…”

“…The modular design enables a reduction in time-to-market and controlled capacity adjustment along with simple and fast plant maintenance [6,7]. Further positive aspects are the decentralized production close to the customer, short retooling times in case of a product change and lower investment costs due to the recycling of modules [4,[8][9][10]. Despite the advantages, modular production plants are still rarely used in the chemical industry.…”

Modularization approach for large-scale electrolysis systems: a review

“…8 Modularization then allows scaling by simple numbering-up of the single modules. 12,13 However, in order for the increased capacity resulting from numbering-up to be used sensibly, process control concepts and integration concepts adapted to modularization are required. 8,11 The question arises as to how modularization can be used in a supportive manner to realize large-scale systems.…”

Efficient Production of Specialized Polymers with Highly Flexible Small‐Scale Plants

“…This allows small-scale production systems to be easily relocated by truck enabling spatial adaptability of production capacities to customer demands. Owing to the small size, new production processes can be designed at a production scale in the laboratory, and time-to-market is further reduced by using standardized apparatuses [2].…”