SmOP – Smart Overpressure Protection Device

dashboard Overview

dashboard Motivation

Mechanical safety devices such as safety valves and bursting discs provide sufficient protection against impermissible pressures even if a PCT control unit fails as a (component) tested fitting, which is why they are widely used in industry. If protection is provided by PCE safety devices alone, the filling level or concentration of the components must sometimes be greatly reduced, which is why the use of an additional mechanical safety device is recommended.

However, mechanical safety devices are specifically adapted in design to a particular process and reaction. Batch (BR) or semi-batch reactors (SBR) in particular, with constantly changing recipes and the associated changing safety requirements, present plant operators with enormous operational problems. Static relief cross-sections and set pressures also limit the productivity of the reactors – economic potential remains untapped. In an age in which 3D plant tours are possible, innovation is thus also needed in the safeguarding of chemical reactors. A Smart Overpressure Protection Device.

ashboard PUBLICATIONS

Schmidt, C., Schmidt, J. and Denecke, J.:
Smart overpressure protection devices to protect chemical reactors against exothermal runaway reactions. J. Loss Prev. Process Ind., vol. 82, 2023.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2023.104996.

Schmidt, C., Biernath, J., Schmidt, J., Denecke, J.:
Protection of Chemical Reactors Against Exothermal Runaway Reactions with Smart Overpressure Protection Devices. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS VOL. 90, 2022, DOI: 10.3303/CET2290083.

Biernath, J., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, J., Denecke, J.:
Model-based zero emission safety concept for reactors with exothermal reactions for chemical plants. J. Loss Prev. Process Ind. 72, 2021, 104494.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2021.104494.