Eliminating barriers to entry of a production scale continuous flow reactor for the chemical industry

消除化学工业生产规模连续流反应器的进入壁垒

• 批准号: 10073265
• 金额: $ 11.74万
• 依托单位: AMTECHNOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10073265
• 关键词: Eliminating; barriers; entry; production; scale

Flow reactors are a continuous, lean manufacturing alternative to traditional batch-wise manufacturing methods employed by the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Continuous flow manufacturing offers the chemical industry a route towards; reducing its carbon footprint by reducing process energy requirements and waste generation, re-shoring production to strengthen supply chains and increasing existing process plant productive capacity. Flow reactors are inherently more efficient (by virtue of reduced size) than currently used batch reactors and variously offer higher yields of chemical product, improved chemical product purity, lower energy costs, lower process solvent usage and lower process waste generation.AM Technology are a leading manufacturer of flow reactors, with our patented Coflore range of reactors in daily use worldwide across the chemical and pharmaceutical industries at R&D and pilot-scale. To date, economic barriers have limited widespread adoption of production-scale flow reactors. AM Technology will exploit advanced manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing for equipment development as part of this project to greatly decrease manufacturing costs and overcome this commercial customer barrier for adoption.An energy comparison model will be generated as part of this project and published in a white paper to clearly outline the potential savings and efficiencies to be realised by switching to lean chemical manufacturing. This, combined with lower manufacturing costs, will remove the economic barriers to technology adoption across the chemical and pharmaceutical industries and result in increased sales and revenue for AM Technology, coupled with job creation in the Northwest.The flow reactor technology being refined by AM Technology as part of this project will enable the chemical industry to significantly increase their high-value production, reduce chemical manufacturing energy consumption and increase resource efficiency. The UK chemical industry is geographically concentrated in Northwest England, with the sector worth around £10bn according to Chemicals Northwest, and as such development of this technology will contribute to the LCR's ambition to reach net zero carbon by 2040 or sooner.

连续流反应器是化学和制药行业采用的传统间歇式制造方法的连续、精益制造替代方案，连续流制造为化学工业提供了一条通过减少工艺能源需求和废物产生、再利用来减少碳足迹的途径。支撑生产以加强供应链并提高现有加工厂的生产能力 流动反应器本质上比目前使用的间歇式反应器更高效（由于尺寸减小），并且在不同方面提供更高的化学产品产量、更高的化学产品纯度、更低的能源成本、降低工艺溶剂的使用量并降低AM Technology 是流动反应器的领先制造商，我们拥有专利的 Coflore 系列反应器在全球化学和制药行业的研发和中试规模中得到广泛应用。迄今为止，经济障碍限制了生产的广泛采用。作为该项目的一部分，增材制造技术将利用增材制造等先进制造技术进行设备开发，以大大降低制造成本并克服商业客户采用的障碍。作为该项目的一部分，将生成能源比较模型发表在白皮书中，清楚地概述了潜力通过转向精益化学制造，可以实现节约和提高效率，再加上制造成本的降低，将消除化学和制药行业采用技术的经济障碍，从而增加增材制造技术的销售额和收入，并创造就业机会。作为该项目的一部分，AM Technology 正在完善的流动反应器技术将使化学工业能够显着增加其高价值产量，减少化学制造能源消耗并提高资源效率。英格兰西北部，该行业价值约 100 亿英镑据西北化学品公司称，因此这项技术的开发将有助于 LCR 到 2040 年或更早实现净零碳的目标。