Potenzialanalyse von Milli- und Mikroprozesstechniken für die Verkürzung von Prozessentwicklungszeiten - Chemie und Prozessdesign als Intensivierungsfelder

Flow processes with microstructured reactors allow paradigm chances in process development and thus can enable a faster development time to the final production plant. They do this by exploiting similarity effects along the development chain (modularity) and intensification. The final result can be a reduction of the number and size of apparatus in the plant, and a higher predictability in the scale-out of the apparatus. So far, this was mainly achieved via transport intensification given in microstructured reactors. A new idea is chemical intensification through deliberate use of harsh chemistry at unusual reaction parameters and tailor-made reaction environment. A very new idea is the process design intensification - the reaction-maximized flow processes need less separation expenditure and the small unit size together with the high degree in functionality gives large potential for system integration. The modular nature of the small flow units allow an easy implementation to modern modular plant environments, that enable to perform all the testing cycles (lab, pilot, production) in one plant environment, e.g. container plants.