Plant Facility Modules With Inter-Module Pipe And Passage Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for constructing plant facilities using modules do not adequately consider the arrangement of pipe spaces and passages between modules, leading to narrower unit interiors and reduced freedom in arranging plant elements, requiring separate installation steps.
Innovation Solution
A construction method involving plant configuring modules with frame bodies and column members that project out from the frame members, allowing for easy assembly by stacking and connecting flange plates or connecting beams to create pass-through regions for piping and passages without overlapping frame bodies, ensuring pipe and passage spaces are formed during assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If passages are incorporated in the unit (module), then the passage arrangement is integrated, but the inside of the unit becomes narrower and the degree of freedom in arranging plant elements lowers
Solution Approach 1:
The passage arrangement is segmented from the main unit body and placed in the space between stacked modules. The connecting beam creates a separate passage structure that does not encroach on the internal space of individual modules, allowing plant elements to be arranged freely within each module while passages are formed in the inter-module spaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pipe space and passage are provided separately, then the arrangement freedom is maintained, but an additional construction step is required
Solution Approach 1:
The module stacking process and passage formation process are merged into a single operation. By stacking modules with projecting column portions and connecting them with connecting beams, both the structural assembly and passage creation are accomplished simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate passage construction steps.
3Productivity
If modules are stacked vertically, then rapid construction is achieved, but pipe space between modules must be arranged
Solution Approach 1:
The projecting column portions are prepared in advance on the modules during manufacturing. These pre-prepared structural features enable automatic formation of passage spaces when modules are stacked, so the pipe space arrangement is effectively prepared beforehand rather than requiring complex on-site work after stacking.
4Device complexity
If frame bodies are overlapped directly, then structural simplicity is maintained, but waste or roughness occurs in molding
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting beam acts as an intermediary element between stacked frame bodies. Instead of direct overlap which causes molding waste, the connecting beam mediates the connection while creating necessary passage spaces, eliminating direct contact between frame bodies and preventing molding roughness or waste.
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AI summary
To ensure a pipe space and an arrangement space for a passage by simply assembling a plant configuring module at a plant construction place without affecting the arrangement of plant elements arranged in the plant configuring module. A plant configuring module is created that includes a frame body having a lower frame member of a rectangular shape, an upper frame member having the same shape as the lower frame member, and a column member that couples the upper frame member and the lower frame member, and a plant element arranged inside the frame body, the column member being formed with a projecting column portion that projects out from one side or both sides of the lower frame member and the upper frame member, and a flange plate for bonding being arranged at a distal end portion of the projecting column portion; the plant configuring modules are stacked by a predetermined number of stages at a plant construction place; two overlapping flange portions of the overlapped plant configuring modules are coupled; and the plant configuring modules adjacent in a horizontal direction are coupled with a connecting beam.