With the increased cost of research and the improvements in instrumentation and analytical devices, the size of pilot plants has decreased significantly over the past several decades. The smaller the pilot plant, the less costly it is to construct and operate, and the faster it is to build, start up, and commission reducing the lead time to productive results. It is now common to have pilot plants small enough to fit in a standard laboratory, even in a fume hood. This is desirable as it often reduces staffing requirements, shrinks the building footprint, and reduces facility operating costs. Shared equipment and resources are more feasible. Staffing often is more flexible. Overall, it seems to be a very good idea particularly for a newer organization without the deep pockets to afford a larger and more expensive facility. Placing pilot plants inside a research laboratory, however, creates some issues unfamiliar to many laboratory designers and raises issues that pilot plant designers may not recognize exist. First and foremost is code compliance without which you cannot get a permit to construct the lab. This paper will try and discuss some of the implications of designing a laboratory which will have pilot plants incorporated in its use to meet these code requirements. The paper will try to address the issues that need to be evaluated and addressed in the overall design of the laboratory to ensure that installing pilot plants is done safely and in compliance with the code. While this is very feasible, it does require the laboratory designer to address several aspects of the codes that can significantly affect either the design of the laboratory or how to best design the pilot plants to fit safely into an existing laboratory.

中文翻译：

---

实验室设计的代码注意事项，也可以容纳试验工厂

随着研究成本的增加以及仪器和分析设备的改进，中试工厂的规模在过去几十年中已大大减少。中试工厂越小，其建造和运营的成本就越低，而其建造，启动和调试的速度就越快，从而缩短了交付生产成果的前置时间。现在常见的是，中试工厂要足够小以适合标准实验室，甚至是通风橱。这是理想的，因为它通常会减少人员需求，缩小建筑物占地面积并降低设施运营成本。共享设备和资源更为可行。人员配备通常更为灵活。总体而言，这似乎是一个非常好的主意，特别是对于没有足够资金来提供更大，更昂贵的设备的新组织。但是，将中试工厂放置在研究实验室中会产生许多实验室设计人员不熟悉的问题，并引起中试工厂设计人员可能不认识的问题。首先是代码合规性，否则您将无法获得构建实验室的许可。本文将尝试并讨论设计实验室的一些含义，该实验室将结合使用中试工厂以满足这些法规要求。本文将尝试解决实验室整体设计中需要评估和解决的问题，以确保安全地安装中试工厂并遵守法规。虽然这很可行，