Method for operating a facility designed for performing at least one chemical reaction

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of operating a plant set up for performing at least one chemical reaction, wherein said method comprises providing process reactors of optimal technical and economic suitability for forming the production plant and wherein this providing operation comprises selecting in at least partially automated fashion the process reactors of optimal technical and economic suitability for forming the production plant from a multiplicity of process reactors taking account of reactor-specific technical parameters assigned to the process reactors of the multiplicity of process reactors and recorded in a database and of predefined process-specific technical criteria by performing at least one selection step for each process reactor of the multiplicity of process reactors which comprises verifying whether at least one reactor-specific technical parameter assigned to this process reactor and/or at least one process-specific and reactor-specific technical target value derived from at least one reactor-specific technical parameter assigned to this process reactor and from at least one process-specific technical parameter fulfils at least one process-specific technical criterion.

1 . A method of operating a plant set up for performing at least one chemical reaction, the method comprising:
 providing process reactors of optimal technical and economic suitability for forming a production plant via a providing operation, wherein the providing operation comprises selecting, in at least partially automated fashion, the process reactors of optimal technical and economic suitability for forming the production plant from a multiplicity of process reactors taking account of reactor-specific technical parameters assigned to the process reactors of the multiplicity of process reactors and recorded in a database and of predefined process-specific technical criteria by performing at least one selection step for each process reactor of the multiplicity of process reactors which comprises verifying whether at least one reactor-specific technical parameter assigned to this process reactor or at least one process-specific and reactor-specific technical target value derived from at least one reactor-specific technical parameter assigned to this process reactor and from at least one process-specific technical parameter fulfils at least one process-specific technical criterion.   wherein the process-specific technical criterion is employed and takes into account whether
 a mass throughput through a process reactor required to perform a particular chemical reaction is possible, 
 a dwell time for a process reactor for performing a particular chemical reaction is permissible, 
 an operating pressure and/or a pressure drop for a process reactor for performing a particular chemical reaction is permissible, 
 a heat transfer performance for a process reactor for performing a particular chemical reaction is permissible, 
 suitable kinetics of reaction and mixing are present in a reactor during performance of a particular chemical reaction, 
 thermally safe operation of a process reactor during performance of a particular chemical reaction is ensured, 
 a temperature at a hotspot in a process reactor for performing a particular chemical reaction is permissible, or 
   sufficiently thorough initial mixing of reactants by means of a process reactor during performance of a particular chemical reaction is achievable   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least partially automated selecting comprises at least two successive selection steps, wherein the at least two successive selection steps differ from one another at least in the respective process-specific technical criteria and the reactor-specific technical parameters/process-specific and reactor-specific technical target values compared therewith. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least partially automated selecting of the process reactors of optimal technical and economic suitability for forming the production plant from the multiplicity of process reactors is carried out taking account of technical information concerning possible serial and/or parallel arrangements of process reactors stored in a database. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the process-specific technical criterion is definable by a process-specific threshold parameter which, when exceeded or fallen below, results in the process engineering criterion being met or by a process-specific parameter range which, when adhered to, results in the process engineering criterion being met. 
     
     
         5 . A computer program comprising program code means stored on a computer-readable data storage medium which prompt a computer or an appropriate processing unit to carry out the method according to  claim 1 , when the program code means are run on the computer or the appropriate processing unit. 
     
     
         6 . A data storage medium comprising the computer program according to  claim 5 . 
     
     
         7 . A computer system having the computer program according to  claim 5  loaded onto the computer system.