Method and system for using an industrial site

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for using an industrial site, an associated system, and the use of the system to carry out the method. The method facilitates the use of the available area of the industrial site in an effective way so that conversion times and costs are reduced and a great freedom of choice regarding subsequent possibilities for use of existing buildings is achieved. The method subdivides the individual functions of a fully equipped building integrated into the infrastructure of the industrial site regarding the duration of use of the technical devices and, with a decreasing time in use, provides increasing modularization of these functions. The permanent functions of the fully equipped building are permanently installed, while the devices which are subject to use for a shorter time based on their purpose are embodied in a correspondingly modular and interchangeable manner.

1 . A method for exploiting an industrial site, the method comprising:
 a) erecting a permanent building on the site, wherein the building comprises a multiplicity of bays for receiving interchangeable functional units, a building shell to protect the functional units received from effects of weather, technical building equipment and an infrastructure grid for energy and/or materials and/or data;   b) providing a multiplicity of pallets, which are neutral as regards a utilization thereof, are standardized as regards dimensions thereof and are designed to be received by the bays of the building;   c) equipping the pallets with production and/or operating devices at one or more locations remote from the site to give a first generation of functional units for a specific purpose;   d) transporting the functional units to the site;   e) installing the first generation of functional units in the building by inserting the functional units in the bays;   connecting the functional units to at least some of the infrastructure grid;   g) utilizing the first generation of functional units within the building in accordance with the purpose of the respective first generation functional unit;   h) equipping the pallets with production and/or operating devices at one or more locations remote from the site to give a second generation of functional units for a specific purpose, which differ at least partially from the purpose of the functional units of the first generation;   i) replacing the first generation of functional units with the second generation of functional units;   j) utilizing the second generation of functional units within the building in accordance with the purpose of the respective second generation functional unit.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 ,
 wherein at least some of the functional units of the first generation are transported, after being replaced, to a second building remote from the site, and are inserted and utilized in the second building.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 ,
 wherein the operating and/or production devices are removed from at least some of the replaced functional units at one or more locations remote from the site, and the pallets thereby obtained, which are neutral as regards the utilization thereof, are reequipped or stored.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 ,
 wherein the operating and/or production devices are
 a first functional group comprising: chemical, biological, physical or nutritional production, laboratory or pilot plants and offices, 
   and/or
 a second functional group comprising: technical building equipment, heating systems, air-conditioning systems, ventilation systems, fire extinguishing systems, storage rooms, product handling facilities, electronic control systems, process management equipment, compressed air supply systems, water supply systems, power supply systems, sewage systems, systems for providing starting materials, systems for providing process energy, such as especially heat or cold, exhaust treatment systems, such as especially thermal afterburners, activated carbon adsorption, exhaust gas scrubbing, sanitary systems and staff rooms. 
   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 ,
 wherein   the functional units from both the first and the second functional groups are installed in the building, and   at least some of the functional units of the second functional group remain in the building when the functional units of the first generation are replaced.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 ,
 wherein   the operating and/or production devices are the chemical production and/or laboratory facilities, which are optionally replaced by the offices, or   the operating and/or production devices are the offices, which are optionally replaced by the chemical production and/or laboratory facilities.   
     
     
         7 . A system for exploiting industrial sites, the system comprising
 a permanent building, which comprises a multiplicity of bays for receiving interchangeable functional units, a building shell to protect the functional units received from effects of weather, technical building equipment and an infrastructure grid for energy and/or materials and/or data; and   a multiplicity of functional units, wherein each functional unit comprises a pallet, which is neutral as regards a utilization thereof and is equipped with production and/or operating devices in order to define a purpose of the functional unit.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 ,
 wherein the bays of the building and the pallets of the functional units are designed so as to correspond to one another in such a way that the bays and the pallets form a standardized interface within the system.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 ,
 wherein the interface is formed by a linear guide assigned to the bay and by a carriage arranged on the pallet, which is optionally inserted into the linear guide.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the pallets and/or the functional units constructed thereon correspond to a standardized container format.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 ,
 comprising   at least two buildings which are provided with bays and are situated at a distance from one another.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 ,
 wherein   the building is subdivided into at least three sections, a first section comprising the multiplicity of bays, a second section comprising a number of bays corresponding to the number of bays in the first section, and a third section without bays,   one bay in the first section is assigned to one bay in the second section, and   the respectively assigned bays in the first and second sections are arranged in alignment with one another on each side of the third section.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 ,
 wherein   each bay is individually accessible from outside for insertion of the functional units, and   the third section comprises a floor region, from which all the bays are optionally accessed from inside.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 ,
 wherein at least one bay comprises a path which extends along the linear guide and from which an installed functional unit is optionally accessed from side without barriers.   
     
     
         15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A process for carrying out the method of  claim 5 , the process comprising:
 employing a system in the process,   wherein the system comprises a building comprising
 the multiplicity of bays for receiving interchangeable functional units, the building shell to protect the functional units received from effects of weather, the technical building equipment and the infrastructure grid for energy and/or materials and/or data, and 
 a multiplicity of functional units, each of which comprising a pallet, which is neutral as regards a utilization thereof and is equipped with production and/or operating devices in order to define a purpose of the functional unit; 
   the bays of the building and the pallets of the functional units are designed so as to correspond to one another in such a way that a linear guide assigned to the bay and a carriage arranged on the pallet, which is optionally inserted into the linear guide, form a standardized interface within the system;   the pallets and/or the functional units constructed thereon correspond to a standardized container format;   the building is subdivided into at least three sections, a first section comprising the multiplicity of bays, a second section comprising a number of bays corresponding to the number of bays in the first section, and a third section without bays;   one bay in the first section is assigned to one bay in the second section; and   the respectively assigned bays in the first and second sections are arranged in alignment with one another on each side of the third section; and   wherein the operating and/or production devices are from the first functional group and the second functional group, the functional units of the first functional group are installed in the first section of the building, the functional units of the second functional group are installed in the second section of the building, at least some of the technical building equipment is embodied as the functional units of the second functional group, which remain in the building when the functional units of the first functional group are replaced.