EP3283132A1 - Dispositif de mise en oeuvre d'un procédé de décontamination au moyen d'un agent de décontamination introduit dans une enceinte de confinement - Google Patents

Dispositif de mise en oeuvre d'un procédé de décontamination au moyen d'un agent de décontamination introduit dans une enceinte de confinement

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EP3283132A1
EP3283132A1 EP16721622.5A EP16721622A EP3283132A1 EP 3283132 A1 EP3283132 A1 EP 3283132A1 EP 16721622 A EP16721622 A EP 16721622A EP 3283132 A1 EP3283132 A1 EP 3283132A1
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catalyst
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Olivera SCHEUBER
Volker Sigwarth
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/16—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using chemical substances
    • A61L2/20—Gaseous substances, e.g. vapours
    • A61L2/208—Hydrogen peroxide
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/16—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using chemical substances
    • A61L2/20—Gaseous substances, e.g. vapours
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2202/00—Aspects relating to methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects
    • A61L2202/10—Apparatus features
    • A61L2202/12—Apparatus for isolating biocidal substances from the environment
    • A61L2202/122—Chambers for sterilisation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2202/00—Aspects relating to methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects
    • A61L2202/10—Apparatus features
    • A61L2202/13—Biocide decomposition means, e.g. catalysts, sorbents

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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement for carrying out a decontamination process by means of a Dekontaminationsmitteis introduced into a first containment.
  • the first containment is surrounded by a housing and has a primary inlet for the admission of a gas medium as well as a primary outlet for the exit of the gas medium.
  • insulators e.g. for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry
  • locks and safety cabinets e.g. for microbiological work or work with toxic substances.
  • the term also includes all types of Restricted Access Barrier System (RABS), including mobile and stationary types, such as means of transport and rooms for the treatment, isolation and / or diagnosis of patients, as well as production rooms and laboratories.
  • RABS Restricted Access Barrier System
  • Items of US 5,711,705 and US 6,010,400 are the construction of a safety workbench and a method of operating the safety workbench, each in alternative embodiments.
  • a laminar flow of air is directed downwardly through the working chamber over which an upper plenum with a filter assembly is provided.
  • the filter assembly contains a catalyst which degrades the H2O2 preferably used as a decontamination agent in H2O and O2.
  • From the existing below the working chamber plenary extends a main channel, which opens into the upper plenum and in which a fan and shut-off valves are installed. From the main channel branches off parallel guided by a bypass channel, in which a decontamination agent evaporator is installed.
  • bypass channel branches off from the main channel from a secondary channel in which another shut-off valve sits and opens near the bottom of the working chamber in this.
  • the air flow driven by the fan, circulates through the main channel, the filter assembly in the upper plenum, the working chamber and the lower plenum and re-enters the main channel.
  • the circulating air stream enriched in H2O2 is passed through the filter assembly and its catalyst zone where the decontaminant is split.
  • the bypass duct with the evaporator is put into operation in order to enrich the circulating air, which is otherwise routed via the main duct, with H2C> 2 steam.
  • the gas mixture provided with H2O2 can be fed into the working chamber via the secondary passage either directly or first through the filter arrangement - without passing through the separate catalyst zone.
  • the catalyst remains air-technically delimited from the installation room surrounding the safety workbench.
  • 5,792,435 proposes to suck off the exhausted gas mixture quasi loaded from the working chamber via a converter with a catalyst arranged therein, where the splitting up of the H 2 O 2 molecules takes place in an accelerated manner deposit the moisture, then preheat the thus dried carrier gas is passed through an evaporator again H202 ⁇ enrich steam and to return to the working chamber.
  • the carrier gas is thus promoted via a return line used in a closed circuit.
  • Sensors, controllable fittings and a central control unit monitor proper operation.
  • the containment during decontamination is technically compatible with the environment. delimited closed shut-off valves.
  • WO 01/21223 A1 discloses a method and the associated device for decontaminating a containment with two parallel strands of wire to this.
  • An unlockable primary wiring harness is provided for introducing a decontaminant-typically H2O2-enriched vapor mixture.
  • Control devices control the amount, temperature and exposure time of the decontaminant.
  • operation is switched to the secondary wiring harness in which a converter with a catalyst for decomposing the decontaminant contained in the purge flow, a dehumidifier, and a heater are integrated.
  • the purging air treated in the secondary pipeline is recirculated directly back into the containment until the H2O2 decomposition from the purging air has reached the prescribed level.
  • To drive the air circulation either a separate fan is provided in each of the strands or the effect of a single fan can be switched by means of a control armature alternatively between the two strands.
  • WO 02/1 1774 A1 describes a method for accelerating a rinsing phase while the decontamination agent - preferably H2O2 - is to be deployed from an insulator.
  • fresh air conditioned on a first flow path is conducted through the isolator at a first flow rate as laminar flow, which flows off as purified air via an exhaust.
  • the inflow of fresh air and outflowing consumption air to maintain a defined pressure in the isolator is controlled balanced.
  • H2O2 vapor is introduced into the isolator on the first flow path. After decontamination, the H2O2 must be applied as quickly as possible and with the least possible effort for air treatment in a rinsing phase.
  • scavenging air is circulated through the insulator via a second flow path with a multiplied flow rate, wherein a catalyst is arranged in this flow path, which splits the H2O2 contained in the scavenging air, ie, according to catalytics.
  • lytic treatment of the scavenging air is fed directly back to the insulator.
  • the purging cycle is continued until the decomposition of H2O2 is reached below a maximum permissible concentration.
  • the present invention seeks to provide an arrangement for carrying out a decontamination process by means of a decontaminating introduced into a first containment, in which the cost of air treatment can be significantly reduced. Another object is to reduce the use of shut-off valves for gas-tight closure of the containment and control devices for process control. It is also an object, as an essential device of the arrangement, to create a catalyst unit which is more efficient in efficiency for splitting the decontamination agent introduced into a containment for a decontamination process. Overall, this improves the cost-effectiveness of such arrangements in relation to the apparatus-technical expenditure.
  • the first containment is surrounded by a housing which has a primary inlet and a primary outlet for the exit of the gas medium from the first containment for the admission of a gas medium into the first containment.
  • the primary outlet of the first containment leads to an area lying externally of the first containment or into the free atmosphere or to a second containment. At least the primary outlet has a gas-technical connection with a first catalyst unit penetrated by the gas medium.
  • the decontamination agent which was introduced into the first containment during the decontamination process and enters the area or the free atmosphere or a second containment with the gas medium, can be split into uncritical components and degraded to an uncritical residual concentration.
  • the first containment through the at least first catalyst unit is constantly permeable to the area or to the free atmosphere or to the second containment gas.
  • the primary inlet of the first containment may lead to an area lying externally of the first containment or into the free atmosphere or to a second containment.
  • the primary inlet has a gas-technical connection with a second catalyst unit penetrated by the gas medium.
  • the decontamination agent which was introduced into the first containment during the decontamination process and enters the area or the free atmosphere or a second containment with the gas medium, can be split into uncritical components and degraded to an uncritical residual concentration.
  • the first containment through the first and second catalyst unit through constantly permeable to the area or the free atmosphere or to the second containment gas.
  • At least the first catalyst unit is a first filter or at least the second catalyst unit is associated with a second filter.
  • the pairings of the first catalytic converter unit and the first filter or of the second catalytic converter unit and the second filter are assigned a first or second fan.
  • the first containment with the housing is surrounded by a channel wall having a secondary outlet and a secondary inlet, whereby a recirculating air channel with flow connection from the primary outlet on the one hand to the primary inlet and on the other hand to the secondary outlet and from the secondary inlet to the primary inlet.
  • the first catalyst unit is connected to the secondary outlet, and the second catalyst unit is connected to the secondary inlet.
  • the first catalytic converter unit is supplied with the first filter and the first fan. assigns.
  • the second catalyst unit are associated with the second filter and the second fan.
  • At least a third filter is connected to the primary inlet.
  • At least one of the recirculating air channel ab responsiblender and by the at least one third filter in the first containment promoting third fan is arranged.
  • the at least one third fan serves to proportionately suck in the gas medium flowing out of the primary outlet of the first containment and to recirculate it through the primary inlet into the first containment.
  • the first fan is intended to partially absorb the gas medium flowing out of the primary outlet of the first containment and to convey it into the area via the first catalyst unit.
  • An inflow through the secondary inlet replaces the gas volume discharged via the first fan.
  • At least one additional filter is connected between the primary outlet and the recirculation channel, wherein at least one additional fan is preferably connected to the at least one additional filter.
  • the first containment with the housing is surrounded by a channel wall having a secondary outlet and a secondary inlet, whereby a recirculating air channel with flow connection from the primary outlet on the one hand to the primary inlet and on the other hand to the secondary outlet and from the secondary inlet to the primary inlet.
  • the first filter is connected to the secondary outlet, to which the first catalyst unit is assigned, which is intended for the flow of gas medium into the area.
  • At the secondary inlet of the second filter is connected to which the second catalyst unit is assigned, which is intended to flow through the gas medium from the area.
  • a third filter is connected to the primary inlet. Provided is a through the secondary inlet from the area and from the recirculating air channel and promoting through the third filter in the first containment promoting third fan.
  • the third fan serves to partially return the gas medium flowing out of the primary outlet of the first containment and conducted via the circulating air channel into the first containment and through the secondary outlet to the area.
  • the primary outlet an additional filter connected.
  • a third catalyst unit is arranged in the circulating air channel.
  • the area is demarcated by means of a conversion to an environment.
  • An air intake unit for introducing treated fresh air into the area and an exhaust air unit for discharging exhaust air from the area are connected to the area.
  • the area is divided into a plurality of space cells, each space cell being delimited from an environment by means of a respectively associated conversion.
  • the room cells are connected by a channel network with the first containment in parallel or series connection.
  • at least one air supply unit for the circulation of the gas medium through the first containment and the room cells is installed.
  • At least one first filter is arranged between the primary outlet and on the one hand the first catalyst unit, through which gas medium from the first containment flows back into the sewer system.
  • And / or at least a second filter is arranged between the primary inlet and on the one hand a second catalyst unit, through which gas medium passes from the sewer network into the first containment.
  • the air supply unit includes a supply fan, a supply filter and a processing unit.
  • a supply unit sucking in gas medium from the free atmosphere serves to introduce fresh air into the sewer system
  • an exhaust unit is connected to the sewer system, which serves for discharging exhaust air into the free atmosphere.
  • one channel access extends to the second catalyst unit and to each room cell from a flow channel which leaves from the air supply unit.
  • a) extends from the first catalyst unit to an adjacent room unit cell and each between adjacent space cells a channel connection, and from a rearmost room cell opens a channel connection in the return channel, which leads to the air supply unit;
  • a separate channel connection is from the air supply unit, which extends to the second catalyst unit.
  • the first containment which is intended to carry out a decontamination process with decontamination agent to be introduced, has in its housing an opening in which a further catalyst unit is installed.
  • the further catalyst unit opens into the second containment or the area or into the free atmosphere.
  • the first containment through the further catalyst unit is constantly permeable to the second containment or the area or the free atmosphere gas.
  • the further catalyst unit is associated with a further filter at least on the side of the first containment or the second containment or the area or the free atmosphere.
  • the pairing of further catalyst unit and the at least one further filter may have the shape of a door which can be opened for the purpose of transferring material to be treated between the first containment and the second containment or the area or the free atmosphere.
  • gas medium exits with a toxic property through the first catalyst unit such gas medium does not have access to the area but passes through an exhaust air duct to the exhaust unit, which has a filter for retaining the toxic particles and discharges into the free atmosphere.
  • isolators e.g. for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, locks and safety cabinets, e.g. for microbiological work or work with toxic substances;
  • RABS Restricted Access Barrier Systems
  • mobile and stationary such as means for transporting and treating patients, as well as production rooms and laboratories.
  • the used decontamination agent is a mixture of the used decontamination agent.
  • a) has sporicidal activity and causes at least a 3-log reduction; b) preferably enters the containment in aerosol form;
  • c) is preferably hydrogen peroxide [H2O2] or nitrogen dioxide [NO2] or peroxyacetic acid [C2H4O3] or a mixture of hydrogen peroxide [H2O2] and peroxyacetic acid [C2H4O3].
  • the decontaminant in the gas medium entering the area or the second containment or in the free atmosphere has an uncritical concentration of undecomposed decontaminant less than 0.5 ppm, while a concentration greater than 1.0 ppm is considered to be critically defined.
  • the uncritical concentration of undecomposed decontaminant obtained is preferably not more than 0.1 ppm.
  • the at least first catalyst unit - and in each case preferably also the second, third and further catalyst unit - has at least one catalyst element, which consists of: a) a support material formed from aluminum ceramics or activated carbon; and b) a catalytically active component in the form of nanoparticles, formed from silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide, applied to the carrier material by means of chemical plating.
  • a catalyst element which consists of: a) a support material formed from aluminum ceramics or activated carbon; and b) a catalytically active component in the form of nanoparticles, formed from silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide, applied to the carrier material by means of chemical plating.
  • the catalytically active component on at least one catalyst element is in the range of 0.05 percent by weight to 0.5 percent by weight, preferably 0.1 percent by weight, relative to the carrier material.
  • the at least one catalyst element has a catalytically active surface in the range of up to 320m 2 per gram of inserted material, as a combination of carrier material plus applied catalytically active component on. This reduces the specific surface area [m 2 per gram] of the used Material, as a combination of support material plus applied catalytically active component, by the applied nanoparticles, not, in relation to the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the support material alone, before the application of the nanoparticles.
  • the at least two different catalyst elements of the catalyst unit are formed by;
  • a first catalyst element of the at least two different catalyst elements has aluminum ceramics or activated charcoal as carrier material, and manganese oxide or prussian blue [iron (III) hexacyanidoferrate (II / III)] in the form of nanoparticles is applied to the carrier material as the catalytically active component.
  • a second catalyst element of the at least two different catalyst elements as the support material Aiuminiumkeramik or activated carbon, and on the support material is applied as catalytically active component silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide in the form of nanoparticles.
  • Manganese oxide or Prussian blue [iron (III) hexacyanidoferrate (II / III)] is used as a catalytically active component for a first catalyst element for the degradation of decontamination agent in the range of a first concentration.
  • silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide as the catalytically active component for a second catalyst element for the degradation of Used decontaminant in the range of a second concentration, which is lower than the first concentration.
  • the catalytically active component is present on the respective catalyst element in relation to the support material in the range from 0.05 weight percent to 0.5 weight percent, preferably at 0.1 weight percent;
  • the respective catalyst element has a catalytically active surface in the range of up to 320m 2 per gram of carrier material plus applied catalytically active component;
  • c) is the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the material used, as a combination of support material plus applied catalytically active component, by the applied nanoparticles, in relation to the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the support material alone, before the application of Nanoparticles, not downsized.
  • Figure 1 An inventive arrangement of the first embodiment, set up in an area surrounded by a reconstruction, with an associated with the free atmosphere Zu Kunststoff- and an exhaust unit;
  • Figure 2 the arrangement according to the invention second embodiment, placed in an area surrounded by a reconstruction, with an associated with the free atmosphere Zu Kunststoff- and an exhaust unit;
  • FIG. 3 shows the arrangement according to the invention of the third embodiment, set up in an area surrounded by an enclosure, with an air supply and an exhaust air unit connected to the free atmosphere;
  • FIG. 4 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 3 with the third catalyst unit installed
  • Figure 5 the inventive arrangement fourth embodiment, in the form of a biosafety workbench, set up in an area surrounded by a rebuilding, with one with the free atmosphere connected Zu Kunststoff- and an exhaust unit;
  • FIG. 7 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 6, with the room cells connected in series with the first containment
  • FIG. 8 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 1 with a second containment connected to the first containment and a further catalyst unit installed between them.
  • FIG. 1 A first figure.
  • the first containment 9 is surrounded by a housing 90 and has a primary inlet 92 as well as a gas medium, generally treated air a primary outlet 91 for the exit of the gas medium.
  • the decontamination agent is introduced via at least one feed 99 opening into the first containment 9.
  • the feed 99 is formed by nozzles which inject liquid decontaminant - eg an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution [H2O2] - in aerosol form into the first containment 9 with compressed air.
  • nitrogen dioxide [NO2] or peroxyacetic acid [C2H4O3] or a mixture of hydrogen peroxide [H2O2] and peroxyacetic acid [C2H4O3] come into consideration.
  • first containment 9 For the most even and far-reaching entry, depending on the size of the first containment 9, several feeders 99 are arranged systematically. For small first containment 9 is sufficient for a decontamination after a possible preconditioning the one-time introduction of the decontamination agent, while first introduces the main amount of decontaminant in large first containments 9 and then one or more times after a defined exposure time one or more times. After successful completion of the action of the decontamination agent, a rinsing phase with the passage of air follows for discharging the moisture arising in the first containment 9.
  • a first filter 111 is positioned, thereon the first catalyst unit 11 and at this a first fan 110 conveying from the first containment 9.
  • a second filter 121 is positioned, thereupon a second fan 120 conveying into the first containment 9 , and this is a second catalyst unit 12 preset.
  • This structure is surrounded by an enclosure 6 - typically room walls - which surround an area 5.
  • the purge gas is sucked from the area 5 and passes through the second catalyst unit 12 and the second filter 121 in the first containment 9 - here indicated by pairs of vertical arrows as laminar flow.
  • the purge gas enters the area 5 through the primary outlet 91 and the subsequent first catalyst unit 11.
  • the catalyst units 11, 12 are designed to split the decontamination agent, so that from the first Containment 9 leaking gas medium, which was caused due to pressure increase by introduced decontamination, already contains only a non-critical concentration of undegraded decontaminant.
  • the individual catalyst unit has at least one catalyst element which has a carrier consisting of aluminum ceramics or activated carbon, to which the catalytically active component silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide is applied.
  • the individual catalyst unit has at least two different catalyst elements, wherein the catalyst elements are such that their respective highest efficiency occurs during the splitting of the decontamination agent in different concentration ranges of the problem components.
  • the catalyst units 11, 12 used achieve degradation of the decontamination agent in the passing gas medium at a concentration of less than 0.5 ppm to a maximum of 0.1 ppm. The same is achieved in the rinsing phase, so that shut-off valves are dispensable and even the purge gas can be recirculated directly into the area 5. In the area 5, therefore, personnel can stay completely safe over long periods. It reduces the effort in the air treatment for the arrangement quite considerably, which also leads to a reduction in the use of equipment.
  • a conventional air intake unit 2 opening into the area 5 and a conventional exhaust air unit 4 diverting from the area 5 are installed in the rebuilding 6.
  • the Zu Kunststoffmaschine 2 comprises a filter 21, a shut-off valve 22, a fan 20 and a processing unit 23, which goes out of the free atmosphere 69.
  • the exhaust unit 4 consists of the filter 41, the shut-off valve 42 and the fan 40, which opens into the free atmosphere 69.
  • the decontamination agent which was introduced into the first containment 9 during the decontamination process and enters the area 5 or the free atmosphere 69 or a second containment 9 'with the gas medium, can be split into uncritical components and degraded to an uncritical residual concentration is;
  • the first containment 9 through the at least first and / or second catalyst unit 11, 12 through constantly to area 5 or to the free atmosphere 69 or the second containment 9 'is gas-permeable (see also Figure 8).
  • This arrangement differs from the first embodiment only by the positioning of the primary inlet 92 and primary outlet 91 on the housing 90 and the fittings 121, 120, 12, 11, 11, 110 connected thereto.
  • Primary inlet 92 and primary outlet 91 are no longer located at the top or bottom of the first containment 9, but spaced apart together on its top.
  • the second filter 121 is in turn positioned at the primary inlet 92, the second fan 120 conveying it into the first containment 9 is provided, and this is preceded by the second catalyst unit 12, which extends from the area 5 to the second fan 120.
  • the first catalyst unit 11 With the mouth to Areal 5, the first catalyst unit 11 is connected on the one hand to the primary outlet 91, while on the other hand of the primary outlet 91 of the first filter 11 1 is installed, the first fan 110 is set.
  • the arrow path in the first containment 9 now illustrates a rather turbulent gas flow.
  • the first containment 9 is now surrounded by the housing 90 of a channel wall 7, whereby a recirculating air channel 70 is formed.
  • the whole is in turn surrounded by the enclosure 6, in which again the Zu Kunststoffmaschine 2 - including conditioning unit 23 - and the exhaust unit 4 are installed.
  • the first containment 9 furthermore has the primary outlet 91 and, on the other hand, the primary aisle 92, while a secondary outlet 71 is provided in the channel wall 7 and a secondary inlet 72 spaced apart from this is provided next to it.
  • flow connections arise from the primary outlet 91 on the one hand to the primary aisle 92 and on the other hand to the secondary outlet 71 and from the secondary inlet 72 to the primary aisle 92.
  • the first catalyst unit 11 is connected on the one hand to the secondary outlet 71, while on the other hand, the secondary outlet 71 of the first filter 111 is installed, which is set out of the recirculating air duct 70 first fan 110.
  • the second filter 121 is now positioned at the secondary inlet 72, the second fan 120 conveying it into the recirculating air channel 70 is provided therewith, and the second catalyst unit 12 extending from the area 5 to the second fan 120 is provided.
  • a third filter 31 is connected at the primary aisle 92. Furthermore, a discharging from the recirculation passage 70 and through the third filter 31 in the first containment 9 promotional third fan 30 is provided.
  • This third fan 30 serves to proportionally absorb the gas medium flowing out of the primary outlet 91 of the first containment 9 and to recirculate it through the primary aisle 92 into the first containment 9.
  • the first fan 110 is intended to proportionally absorb the gas medium flowing out of the primary outlet 91 of the first containment 9 and to convey it into the area 5 via the first catalyst unit 11. An influx through the secondary inlet 72 replaces the volume of gas discharged via the first fan 110.
  • an additional filter 111 ' is connected to each of which one from the first containment 9 conveying, by the respective additional filter 111' is conveyed through and finally in the recirculating air duct 70 in promoting additional fan 110 'is set.
  • the pairing of the third filter 31 and the third fan 30 is assigned a third catalyst unit 13, which extends from the recirculating air channel 70 and is connected to the third fan 30.
  • This arrangement around the first containment 9 has the shape of a biosafety workbench, set up in an area 5 surrounded by an enclosure 6, with an air intake unit 2 connected to the free atmosphere 69 - including conditioning unit 23 - and an exhaust air unit 4.
  • the first containment 9 with the housing 90 is in turn surrounded by a channel wall 7, whereby the recirculating air channel 70 is formed.
  • a closable window 93 which allows engagement in the first containment 9.
  • the first filter 111 is connected to the first catalyst unit 11 is set, which is intended for the passage of gas medium into the area 5.
  • the second filter 121 Connected to the secondary inlet 72 is the second filter 121, to which the second catalyst unit 12 is preset, which is intended for the flow of gas medium out of the area 5.
  • a third filter 31 is connected.
  • the third fan 30 also serves to the back flowing from the primary outlet 91 of the first containment 9 and guided over the recirculation channel 70 gas medium in each case proportionally in the first containment 9 and back through the secondary outlet 71 to the area 5 to promote ,
  • an additional filter 111 ' is connected to the primary outlet 91, to which a third catalyst unit 13 opening into the recirculating air channel 70 is placed.
  • the plus and minus signs in the recirculation channel 70 symbolize the pressure conditions prevailing there as overpressure or underpressure.
  • the area 5, 51-53 is divided into a plurality of room cells 51-53, wherein each room cell 51-53 is delimited from the surroundings 69 by means of a respective associated structure 6.
  • the room cells 51-53 are connected by a channel network 8 with the first containment 9 in parallel.
  • the first containment 9 has the housing, the primary outlet 91 and the primary inlet 92 as well as feeders 99 for introducing the decontamination agent.
  • an air supply unit 3 'for the circulation of the gas medium through the first containment 9 and the room cells 51-53 is installed.
  • the air supply unit 3 ' comprises a supply fan 30', a supply filter 31 'and a processing unit 33'.
  • a first filter 111 is arranged between the primary outlet 91 and on the one hand the first catalyst unit 11, through which gas medium from the first containment 9 flows back into the sewer system 8.
  • a second filter 121 is arranged between the primary inlet 92 and, on the one hand, the second catalyst unit 12, through which gas medium passes from the sewer system 8 into the first containment 9.
  • the supply unit 2 sucking in gas medium from the free atmosphere 69 serves to introduce fresh air into the sewer system 8, and an exhaust unit 4, which is connected to the sewer system 8, serves for discharging exhaust air into the free atmosphere 69.
  • a channel outlet 80 opens into a return channel 81, which leads to the air supply unit 3 '.
  • a channel access 83 extends from a flow channel 82 to the second catalyst unit 12 and to each room cell 51-53, wherein the flow channel 82 from the air supply unit 3 'goes off.
  • a channel connection 84 extends from the first catalyst unit 11 to an adjacent room cell 51, and in each case between adjacent room cells 51, 52, 52, 53, and from a rearmost room cell 53, a channel connection 84 opens into a return channel 81, which leads to the air supply unit 3 '. leads. Furthermore, a separate channel connection 84 goes off from the air supply unit 3 'which extends to the second catalyst unit 12.
  • a second containment 9 'with further catalyst unit 14 installed in between is connected to the first containment 9.
  • the first containment 9, which is intended to carry out a decontamination process with decontamination agent to be introduced, has in its housing 90 an opening 94.
  • the further catalyst unit 14 is arranged, which opens here into the second containment 9 '.
  • the further catalyst unit 14 could also open into the area 5 or into the free atmosphere 69.
  • the further catalyst unit 14 is assigned on the side of the first containment 9 and on the side of the second containment W in each case a further filter 114 '.
  • the structure of further catalyst unit 14 and the further filters 1 4 ' has the shape of a door 95 which can be opened for the purpose of transfer of material to be treated between the first containment 9 and the second containment 9'.
  • the principle of operation also applies here, according to which, at least during the period in which a critical concentration of the decontamination agent in the first con- is tainment 9, the first containment 9 through the further catalyst unit 14 through constantly to the second containment 9 * gas permeable.
  • the decontaminant in the in the area (5; 51-53) or the second containment (9 ') or in the free atmosphere (69) entering gas medium has an uncritical concentration of undegraded decontaminant less than 0.5 ppm, while a concentration greater 1.0 ppm is considered critically defined; preferably:
  • the uncritical concentration of undecomposed decontaminant obtained is at most 0.1 ppm.
  • a carrier material formed from aluminum ceramics or activated carbon; and b) a catalytically active component in the form of nanoparticles, formed from silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide, applied to the carrier material by means of chemical plating.
  • the catalytically active component on at least one catalyst element is in the range of 0.05 percent by weight to 0.5 percent by weight, preferably 0.1 percent by weight, relative to the carrier material.
  • the at least one catalyst element has a catalytically active surface in the range of up to 320m 2 per gram of inserted material, as a combination of carrier material plus applied catalytically active component on.
  • the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the material used - as a combination of support material plus applied catalytically active component - does not decrease by the applied nanoparticles, in relation to the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the support material alone, before the order of the nanoparticles.
  • the at least first catalyst unit 11 - and in each case preferably also the second, third and further catalyst unit 12, 13, 14 - has at least two different catalyst elements, the catalyst elements being such that their respective highest efficiency in the splitting of the decontaminant enters different concentration ranges of the decontaminant.
  • the at least two different catalyst elements of the catalyst unit 11-14 are formed by:
  • a first catalyst element of the at least two different catalyst elements has aluminum ceramics or activated charcoal as carrier material, and manganese oxide or prussian blue [iron (III) hexacyanidoferrate (II / lill)] in the form of nanoparticles is applied to the carrier material as the catalytically active component.
  • a second catalyst element of the at least two different catalyst elements has aluminum ceramics or activated carbon as the carrier material, and silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide in the form of nanoparticles is applied to the carrier material as the catalytically active component.
  • the catalytically active component is present on the respective catalyst element in relation to the support material in the range of 0.05 weight percent to 0.5 weight percent, preferably 0.1 weight percent.
  • the respective catalyst element has a catalytically active surface in the range of up to 320m 2 per gram of inserted material, as a combination of carrier material plus applied catalytically active component on.
  • the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the material used does not decrease - as a combination of carrier material plus applied catalytically active component - by the applied nanoparticles, in relation to the specific surface mass [m 2 per gram] of the support material alone, before the application of the nanoparticles.
  • Manganese oxide or Prussian blue [iron (111) hexacyanidoferrate (II / III)] is used as a catalytically active component for a first catalyst element for reducing decontamination agent in the region of a first concentration.
  • silver or silver oxide or a mixture of silver and silver oxide is used as the catalytically active component for a second catalyst element for decomposing decontamination agent in the range of a second concentration, which is lower than the first concentration.

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Dans le dispositif de mise en œuvre d'un procédé de décontamination au moyen d'un agent de décontamination introduit dans une première enceinte confinement, la première enceinte de confinement (9) est entourée par un boîtier (90) quicomporte une entrée primaire (92) destinée à l'entrée d'un milieu gazeux dans la première enceinte de confinement (9) et une sortie primaire (91) destinée à la sortie du milieu gazeux de la première enceinte de confinement (9). La sortie primaire (91) de la première enceinte de confinement (9) mène à une zone (5; 51 à 53) située à l'extérieur de la première enceinte de confinement (9) ou dans l'atmosphère libre (69) ou à une seconde enceinte de confinement (9'). Au moins la sortie primaire (91) comporte une liaison de gaz technique à une première unité de catalyseur traversée par le milieu gazeux (11). Au moyen de l'au moins une première de unité catalyseur (11), l'agent de décontamination, qui a été amené au cours du processus de décontamination dans la première enceinte de confinement (9) et qui pénètre avec le milieu gazeux dans la zone (5; 51 à 53) ou l'atmosphère libre (69) ou une seconde enceinte de confinement (9'), peut être divisé en composants non critiques et dégradé jusqu'à une concentration résiduelle non critique. Selon l'invention, au moins pendant la durée pendant laquelle une concentration critique de l'agent de décontamination se trouve dans la première enceinte de confinement (9), la première enceinte de confinement (9) est perméable aux gaz de façon continue vers la zone (5; 51 à 53) ou l'atmosphère libre (69) ou la seconde enceinte de confinement (9') par l'intermédiaire de l'au moins une première unité de catalyseur (11). L'invention concerne en outre des caractéristiques spécifiques des unités de catalyseur (11 à 14) qui forment l'équipement principal du dispositif. L'invention permet dans l'ensemble un fonctionnement économique des enceintes de confinement et également une dépense réduite en vannes d'arrêt pour la fermeture étanche aux gaz des enceintes de confinement et des moyens de commande de la mise en œuvre des processus.
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