EP2016356A1 - Vorrichtung zum einfrieren, transportieren und auftauen von fluiden - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zum einfrieren, transportieren und auftauen von fluidenInfo
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- EP2016356A1 EP2016356A1 EP07720111A EP07720111A EP2016356A1 EP 2016356 A1 EP2016356 A1 EP 2016356A1 EP 07720111 A EP07720111 A EP 07720111A EP 07720111 A EP07720111 A EP 07720111A EP 2016356 A1 EP2016356 A1 EP 2016356A1
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- Prior art keywords
- container
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- heat exchanger
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- thawing
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D7/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
- F28D7/10—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being arranged one within the other, e.g. concentrically
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a device for freezing, transporting and thawing fluids, in particular sterile liquids, solutions and suspensions for the chemical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical and food industries, according to claim 1 and a method for thawing such fluids according to claim 10.
- Bestnessistskople Mente are hollow cylinder, the diameter and lengths are coordinated so that they concentric with each other arranged the container interior in each case from an upper region, which is predetermined by the maximum filling height, to almost pass through to the ground.
- the distance of the cooling elements from the container bottom and from the cooling elements to each other is the same everywhere.
- the coolant can be supplied and removed via a single supply line and a discharge line on the top side of the cover.
- warm medium is passed through the cooling elements and after the complete liquefaction of the container contents, the container is emptied through the central lower drain opening in the region of the lowest point of the container. Since the cooling elements according to US Pat. No.
- 5,524,706 occupy a large part of the container volume and have a very large surface, the freezing and thawing can be carried out quickly and gently without the need for additional process steps. For economic reasons, however, it is highly desirable to massively reduce the cooling elements in order to save costs and to increase the useful volume of the container.
- the applicant has developed a freezing and transport device for which the freezing process has been quantified in terms of its temporal and local course of temperatures and phase transitions in the container.
- the device with the brand name FreezeCon- tainer ® is shown in Figures I a and I b and has a number of advantages in a scalable volume of up to 300 liters.
- the apparatus weight is over 10% lower than other known devices.
- the FreezeContainer ® have an optimal sterile design with very good CIP properties.
- the design of the cooling elements ensures a homogenous phase transition across the vessel volume, which in turn guarantees short process times.
- the general design of the device is variable enough that the FreezeContainer ® can be integrated into complex production processes, meeting the high requirements of the pharmaceutical industry for functional and process safety.
- warm medium is again passed through the container wall, container bottom and the cooling coil.
- the thawing process is preferably assisted by gently shaking the container.
- the closed container is filled from above via a supply tube mounted in the lid with fluids, in particular with sterile liquids, solutions and suspensions for the chemical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical and food industry, hereinafter referred to as product.
- product fluids, in particular with sterile liquids, solutions and suspensions for the chemical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical and food industry, hereinafter referred to as product.
- the feed pipe discharges just above a central discharge opening at the lowest point of the bottom, so that the product can be removed after complete thawing via the bottom drain or via the feed pipe.
- a device according to claim 1 and a method according to claim 10, comprising a heated dip tube, which is thawed early and therefore allows pumping, that is, the removal and return of thawed and preferably preheated product during the entire thawing process ,
- pumping that is, the removal and return of thawed and preferably preheated product during the entire thawing process .
- the new device comprises at least one dip tube which is in thermal communication with the heat exchange elements at least over a portion of its longitudinal extent, which preferably extends approximately from a lowest point of the container to a maximum fill level.
- the maximum filling level is the filling level, up to which the container can be filled with product to be frozen and frozen out in a controlled manner. It is mainly determined by the arrangement of the heat exchanger elements taking into account the volume expansion due to density changes. In the embodiments shown below, it lies between an upper edge of the container and upper portions of the heat exchanger elements.
- the dip tube is in direct contact with at least one heat exchanger element and is passively heatable.
- liquefied product can be removed via the at least one heatable dip tube, which in turn preferably passes through the interior of the container from above and opens above a lowest point of the bottom.
- the heatable dip tube With the advantage that the frozen product inside the dip tube thaws very quickly and the removal of the thawed liquid product only in an initial phase of the thawing process is blocked.
- return lines are arranged on the inside of the container lid.
- the heating of the thawed product in the dip tube during removal brings a significant advantage over removal at a drain opening in the ground with it. If, in the case of a device, as is known from LJS 5,524,706, the thawed product is taken out via the lower drain, then the product has a temperature which is only just above the freezing point. If this cold liquid is pumped onto the still frozen product via the filler neck arranged in the lid, this hardly accelerates the thawing process. According to the present invention, the pumped product is then preheated to the still frozen portions, which significantly speeds up the thawing process. In addition, the delivery of the thawed product via the drain opening in the ground is a disadvantage.
- Another advantage of the new device is that the way that the liquid product has to cover when pumping outside the container, can be kept very short because it does not have to be routed from the bottom outlet to the supply in the lid of the container. On the one hand, unwanted lines on the outside of the container can thereby be avoided and, on the other hand, the loading and emptying and pumping can be conveniently carried out from above in the new device since all connections are arranged in the cover or at least in an upper region of the container can be.
- 1 a is a longitudinal section through a cooling-thawing container according to the prior art with a cooling element in the interior of the container and a bottom outlet.
- Figure 1 b is a side view of the container according to Figure 1 a, in which a feed tube is visible, the internal installations are shown in dashed lines.
- FIG. 2a shows a longitudinal section through a container of a device according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein a cooling element and a dip tube are shown not cut;
- 2b is a view obliquely from above on a dip tube according to an embodiment in operative connection with a cooling coil, wherein only the portions are shown, which come to lie in the interior of a container.
- FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section through a device according to a further embodiment of the invention with a dip tube extending on the wall side, again showing a cooling element not cut in section;
- FIG. 4 shows a side view of a device according to a further embodiment of the invention, in which the internal installations are shown in dashed lines;
- 5a shows a view obliquely from below onto a cover of a device according to FIG. 2 with the cooling, immersion and return elements attached to the cover; and 5b is a side view of the lid and cooling, immersion and return elements according to FIG 5a.
- FIG. 1a shows a longitudinal section of a cooling-thawing container B of the applicant.
- this container is known under the name FreezeContainer from the prior art.
- the container B can be tightly sealed with an upper lid BD. Together with a lower bottom BB and a side wall BS, the lid BD defines an inner space 1 of the container B, in which a cooling coil KS is arranged.
- the cooling coil is, as indicated in the figure I a, with the double-walled inner container wall via an insulated cooling line KL in communicating connection.
- Coolant which is supplied via a corresponding supply line AM of the double-walled container wall BW, is passed to the cooling coil KS after passing through the container wall BW and bottom BB via the cooling line KL.
- freezing and thawing are technically reversible processes which can be carried out with the device shown in FIG. 1 and with the generic devices according to the invention.
- the essential elements of the devices will be described primarily as suitable for cooling.
- cooling elements, cooling coils and similar elements are mentioned, it is clear that these heat exchanger elements are suitable not only for the passage of a cold medium or medium in the freezing process, but also for guiding and interacting with a warm medium during thawing.
- the geometry of the cooling coil KS is connected to a plurality of vertically extending sections Ey 1 which are in each case connected to one another via upper or lower horizontal sections EH are connected, designed for an optimum temporal and local course of temperatures and phase transitions in the container interior I. While the upper and lower horizontal sections E H each lie approximately in one plane, a vertical section Ez arranged centrally in the container further reaches down to just below a lowest point in the container. This ensures that thawing the area immediately above a central vent opening A in the container bottom BB early on thawing. This has proven to be particularly advantageous since the arrangement of heat exchanger elements in the container bottom is very difficult in the region of the bottom outlet opening.
- the cover BD facing upper horizontal sections EHO run in an area just below the maximum filling height FH of the container B, respectively, they define the maximum filling height.
- the vertical sections at the beginning and end of the cooling coil pass through the container lid BD and are each connected to a coolant inlet ZM and to the cooling line KL and thus indirectly to the outlet AM.
- the cooling-thawing container B according to FIG. 1 with a useful volume of 300 liters has a substantially cylindrical shape with a central longitudinal axis L.
- Generic refrigeration-thawing containers B usually have a volume of a few to several hundred liters.
- FIG. 1b shows the cooling-thawing container B according to FIG. 1a in a side view rotated by 90 °, in which a feed tube ZR is visible, which has a communicating connection from the top side of the cover to approximately the lowest point in the interior I. of the container B produces.
- the supply pipe ZR is guided with an upper vertical pipe section ZV between two vertical sections E v , approximately uniformly spaced therefrom. Above a lower horizontal section EHU it kinks and is guided with an inclined section ZS to above the lowest point T of the container B, where it opens with an opening ZO.
- the container B is preferably filled in the closed state, that is, with the lid on the inlet tube ZR with the product to be frozen.
- a corresponding inlet valve is closed at the top end of the inlet pipe and the cooling process is started by cold medium through the cooling circuit, in addition to the cooling coil and the container wall and the container bottom nor at least one pump not shown in the drawing and also unillustrated cooling unit or a coolant reservoir comprises, is passed until the product is frozen in the container interior controlled and the desired minus temperature for storage or transport is reached. In this state, the product, which is located inside the feed tube ZR, is frozen and this is blocked. For thawing warm medium is passed through the cooling circuit and to accelerate the thawing process, the container, which is mounted on a base pallet P, lightly shaken.
- the deeply lowered central vertical piece EZ ensures that the area above the central outlet opening is thawed relatively soon.
- the inlet pipe ZR opens exactly into this area, thawed product can only be sucked off when the entire lumen of the inlet pipe is thawed. As already briefly stated above, this is only achieved when practically the entire product has thawed.
- the lower central drain opening A which is connected via a drain line AL to a drain port AA in an end face of the base pallet P, product thawed relatively early in the thawing process can be discharged. As in the known container but no way to return this liquefied product can not be pumped.
- the product obtained via the lower central drain opening A is still very cold and would hardly show an effect supporting the thawing process in the return to the interior of the container.
- FIG. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of the freeze-thawing device 1 according to the invention, which is based on the above described refrigeration-thawing container B.
- a new immersion tube 60 in the freeze-thawing container 10th is arranged.
- the dip tube carries at a first end above a lid 20 preferably a valve 64, which includes a feed 65 and a suction port 66 and corresponding valves 67, 68 and a check valve 69. From the armature 64, the dip tube 60 is guided with a first vertical portion down, passes through the lid 20 and is still above a lid bottom edge 21 with a slight slope over a radial portion 52 to the center of the approximately cylindrical container interior 1 1 out.
- the dip tube 60 Upon reaching the container longitudinal axis L, the dip tube 60 bends again and extends with a second central vertical piece 63 along the central axis L to approximately the lowest point of the container interior, where it opens into an opening 63 '.
- the dip tube 60 is concentrically enclosed approximately in the entire course along the longitudinal axis L by a coaxially guided vertical section 51 of a cooling element.
- the remaining parts of the cooling element follow in the design substantially the proven shape, as they have known from the above-described FreezeContainem the Applicant cooling coils.
- wall 30 and bottom 40 of the container 10 are in turn formed in a known manner double-walled and contribute to the heat exchange.
- the portion of the dip tube 60 which comes to lie between the container bottom 30 and the maximum filling height F max , in optimal operative connection with the free running in the container interior heat exchanger element, that is, with the cooling coil 50th , stands.
- the lumen of the dip tube thaws very soon after the beginning of the passage of warm medium through the cooling circuit.
- the thawed product which in turn collects at the lowest point of the container, can be withdrawn upwardly through the dip tube 60 at an early stage in the defrosting process.
- the second extremely advantageous effect is that the still very cold liquefied product is transported through the central portion 63 is heated, since this is completely surrounded by the warm medium.
- the central portion 63 of the dip tube forms the inner wall of the hollow cylindrical portion 51 of the cooling coil, so that dip tube and cooling coil are integrally connected to each other as a "tube in the tube" and the dip tube is integrated into the immediate thermal effective range of the cooling element Portion 63 'of the immersion tube is no longer enclosed by the vertical section 51 of the cooling coil and protrudes downwardly by a few centimeters, and the lowermost section 63' can be easily adapted to the size of the container 10 by being cut to length is that the lower opening of the dip tube in the warm state (ie thawing and pumping) still comes to rest with the desired small distance of preferably 5 mm, but at least 1 mm to the container bottom or a lower outlet opening in the ground
- existing devices with the inventive Ko Combination of cooling element and dip tube as shown in the figure 2b with the shares lying below the lid, retrofit and on-site, the length of the dip tube can be adjusted accurately and easily.
- the dip tube has an inner diameter of 18.1 mm and a wall thickness of 1.6 mm.
- the central portion 51 of the cooling coil has a diameter of 42.4 mm for a container with a useful volume of 300 liters, and the remaining portions of the cooling coil each have a diameter of 21.3 mm.
- the free flow cross section in the cooling coil is thereby kept approximately the same in all sections.
- the individual sections of immersion tube and cooling coil are preferably made of austenitic steel, for example 4435 / 316L, and Hastelloy and tungsten inert gas (WLG) process orbital and hand-welded together to the production of the "tube in tube” solution possible efficient design and to ensure easy cleaning
- MSG Hastelloy and tungsten inert gas
- the heat exchange medium is supplied to and / or discharged from the central vertical section 51 of the cooling coil 50 via an upper horizontal section 56 and a lower inclined section 57, each opening laterally into the immediate vicinity of the respective ends of the vertical section 51.
- Immersion tube and cooling coil can also be made in two pieces and plugged into each other, so that the dip tube wall comes into contact with an inner wall of the central portion 51
- the one-piece design offers, as it can be cleaned much better.
- the thawing process and the removal of thawed product will be described below with reference to FIG. 2a.
- the freeze-thaw container 10 is filled with frozen product up to a maximum fill level FMAX.
- the substrate S is preferably gently slowly thawed in the effective region WB of the heat exchanger elements, that is to say in the effective region of the cooling coil and the double-walled container wall and the double-walled container bottom.
- the liquefied product is further heated upwards during transport through the central immersion tube section and, with the valves 69 and 68 open, is supplied via the suction connection 66 of the fitting 64 to a fluid transport unit, not shown in the figures, preferably a conveyor or a pump. From this, the preheated product is conveyed back into the interior of the container 10 via a return line 70, as shown in FIG. 5 with its portions on the top side of the lid and on the bottom side of the lid.
- the conveying means for example a pump
- the lines which connect the suction connection 66 of the immersion tube fitting 64 and a feed connection 71 above the cover are not shown.
- the heated product via the return line 70 which passes through the cover 20 with a vertical piece 73 and opens with an angled leg 74, is returned to the container.
- a terminal discharge opening 75 of the pipe leg 74 opens laterally on a vertical portion of the cooling coil above the level defined by the maximum filling level FMAX.
- the preheated product is given when pumping from the top of the frozen product surface and thereby supports the thawing process from above.
- the positioning of the discharge opening 75 of the tube leg 74 causes the pumped product is passed to the vertical portion of the cooling coil. As a result, the foaming during pumping of the product can be significantly reduced.
- the dip tube 60 extends here through a portion 5 V of a cooling coil 50', which extends in an upper region parallel between the container wall 40 and the longitudinal axis L and is inclined in a lower region to the lowest point of the container 10.
- the dip tube encloses the cooling coil, so that in the "tube in tube” construction the dip tube comes to rest and is cooled or heated by the internal portion of the cooling coil
- the dip tube and a cooperating portion of the cooling coil are designed as adjoining half-tubes, in which case even a worsened flow dynamics is added.
- FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment in which a dip tube 80 is not in operative connection with a cooling coil KS but with a double-walled container wall 40 'and a double-walled container bottom 30'.
- the dip tube 80 is completely sunk in wall 40 'and bottom 30' and opens with a lower opening 81 in the region of the lowest point of the container 10 ', preferably in a central lower discharge opening 3V in the bottom 30 '.
- the dip tube exits outwards and creates a communicating connection to the container interior via a lateral connection 82.
- the dip tube can also be laid on the outside of double-walled container wall 40 'and double-walled container bottom 30', ie essentially in the insulating jacket 12.
- the inventive idea to bring a dip tube with heat exchanger elements in operative connection is not limited to the previously described concrete and illustrated in the figures elements, but can be transferred to a variety of other elements. Freeze-thaw elements with spirally arranged heat exchangers can also be brought into operative connection with a dip tube for removing and preheating product, such as plate-shaped or star-shaped heat exchanger elements.
- the technical teaching of the invention can also be applied to disposable devices, which are becoming increasingly popular because they are particularly economical due to reduced costs in the CIP / SIP range.
- disposable devices which are becoming increasingly popular because they are particularly economical due to reduced costs in the CIP / SIP range.
- single-use devices can be in a real
- the entire device be made of suitable plastics.
- the thermally passive portions ie substantially
- FIG. 5 shows a spray line 90 which is used during the cleaning / CIP of the container interior with its internals.
- Cleaning solution is supplied via a connection 91, which is sprayed in the illustrated embodiment via spray heads attached terminally to two spray lines. Because the cooling coil and the Immersion tube are free of large-scale fins, built-in parts and baffles, not only the surfaces to be cleaned, but also the spray shadows are reduced to a minimum. This also contributes to making the cleaning and the CIP / SIP of the device according to the invention extremely simple and efficient.
- the immersion tube which in terms of dimensioning and positioning essentially corresponds to the feed tube ZR in a device according to FIG. 1b, can be heated electrically or inductively.
- heating wires, coils or other elements are preferably arranged in the wall of the immersion tube isolated from the product and the environment.
- the dip tube is preferably made of ferromagnetic material, at least in important sections. Since a voltage source is required for electrical heating of the dip tube and a correspondingly strong magnetic source for inductive heating, both are only used under certain conditions.
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