Modular micro process engineering

In 2000, the industrial platform modular micro process engineering (pPVT) was founded with so far 45 research institutes, suppliers and industrial users [89], The target of this platform was to create a concept for the establishment of a uniform standard and a modular approach to process technology which should avoid the above-mentioned disadvantages and offer a cost-efficient solution. A manufacturer-spanning building set which consists of compatible micro process components had to be developed. 

Rinke, G., Kraut, M., Grosser, V., Hillmann, V., Muller, A., Horn, B., Jahnisch, K., Bazzanella, A., Modular micro process engineering and applications, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Microreaction Technology, IMRET 7 (7-10 Sept. 2003), Lausanne, 2003, 339-341. 

In the following, the concept of micro modular process engineering is introduced together with the backbone interface developed in order to realize this modular approach. The integration of sensors and an electronic bus system is also described, and the physical characterization of the backbone is discussed within a case study of the enantioselective synthesis of organoboranes. Within the second case study, the sulfonation of toluene with gaseous sulfur tri oxide, the backbone system together with the micro structured devices used is finally assessed based on its application to chemical synthesis. 

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