SPP 2364: Autonomous processes in particle technology - Research and testing of concepts for model-based control of particulate processes

计划优先项目的目标是研究和测试粒子技术中的自主过程控制方法。颗粒产品的复杂性仍然阻碍了在没有外部干预的情况下独立调节产品性能。该项目的独创性在于将各自基本操作的材料和数据流与测量技术、过程动力学和控制相结合，形成一个自主过程的闭环。在第一阶段，重点将放在单个单元操作的过程控制上，而在第二阶段，将考虑由几个单元操作组成的整个过程链。这将使其首次能够满足颗粒产品所需的性能特征，包括在高和安全的水平上的高能量和原材料效率。随着拟议的优先计划的完成，将提供一种新型的“科学工具的构建块”（方法，算法，模型，数据结构和信息架构），这将允许可靠的过程控制，并向新的过程转型。研究的对象是多相过程，其中处理固体或流体颗粒。重点是工程中典型的技术单元操作，例如颗粒合成工艺（气相合成、结晶、沉淀.），颗粒处理方法（粉碎、团聚、分离.）或用于产品配制的方法（挤出、涂覆、干燥、流化床.）。这些过程本身可以是间歇式的，也可以是连续式的。只有在粒子技术、基于控制和面向计算机科学的工作组之间的密切合作下，才有可能解决上述挑战。促进青年和女科学家的发展是最高人民检察院特别关注的问题，这是通过沿着从博士到教授的资格阶梯采取的深远措施来确保的。还希望与国家研究数据基础设施（NFDI）密切合作。

The goal of the planned priority program is the research and testing of methods for autonomous process control in particle technology. The complexity of particulate products still prevents an independent adjustment of product properties without external intervention. The originality of the proposed project consists in the coupling of material and data flows of the respective basic operations with measurement technology, process dynamics and control to form a closed loop for an autonomous process. In the first phase, the focus will be on the process control of a single unit operation, while in a second phase, entire process chains consisting of several unit operations will be considered. This will make it possible for the first time to meet the desired property profiles of particulate products, including a high energy and raw material efficiency, at a high and safe level. With the completion of the proposed priority program, a new type of 'building block of scientific tools' (methods, algorithms, models, data structures and information architectures) will be available, which will allow reliable process control and also a transformation to new processes. The objects of investigation are multiphase processes in which solids or also fluid particles are processed. In the focus are the typical technical unit operations in engineering, e.g. processes of particle synthesis (gas phase synthesis, crystallization, precipitation...), methods of particle handling (comminution, agglomeration, separation...) or also processes for product formulation (extrusion, coating, drying, fluidized bed...). The processes themselves can be batch or continuous.Solutions for the described challenges are only possible in close cooperation between particle technological, control based and computer science oriented working groups. The promotion of young and female scientists is a special concern of the SPP, which is ensured by far reaching measures along the qualification cascade from PhD to professorship. Also a close cooperation with the national research data infrastructure (NFDI) is aspired.