{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp09_archetype_breadth150_20260804","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp09_light_prior_art_20260804","cell_id":"bulkhead_isolation__chemistry_materials","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["parallel reactor system common cooling loop exotherm shared vent header isolation","parallel chemical reactors separate cooling loops separate vent lines isolation","parallel reactor fault isolation coolant vent header pod"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":"No retained source directly documented a single-vessel upset propagating through both a shared coolant return and shared vent header in a laboratory parallel-polymerization station."},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["reaction calorimetry parallel reactors independent temperature control safety exotherm","chemical reactor relief systems common header backpressure cross contamination guidance","parallel pressure reactor individual temperature control independent cooling product"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["parallel reactor independent cooling vessels product polymerization screening","parallel pressure reactor individual temperature control independent cooling product","high throughput polymerization reactor safety independent temperature zones"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"component_combination":{"queries":["parallel reactor system separate condenser vent gas outlet each reactor","modular parallel reactors independent cooling circuit individual vent capture","polymerization screening reactors common cooling bath thermal crosstalk"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":"The search found independent reactor temperature zones and general vent-system isolation/capacity guidance, but not the complete combination of bounded per-pod coolant inventories and pumps, thermal barriers, one-way pod-specific vent capture, and continued healthy-pod operation during an upset."}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"Relief systems / vent systems","publisher":"UK Health and Safety Executive","url":"https://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/techmeasventsyst.htm","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Excess chemical reaction and utility failure are recognized overpressure causes.","When several vessels use one relief system, capacity must account for simultaneous vent loading.","Backpressure can affect relief-valve opening, stability, and capacity.","Relief discharge may be routed to capture equipment such as dump tanks, quench vessels, knockout drums, or scrubbers.","Complex relief applications involving polymerisers are not specifically resolved by the cited general guidance."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"What does \"relief system design basis\" mean?","publisher":"United States Environmental Protection Agency","url":"https://www.epa.gov/rmp/what-does-relief-system-design-basis-mean","source_type":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Relief systems include relief headers and relief drums as well as valves and rupture disks.","Documented design bases must address system loads, sizes, overpressure scenarios, and applicable codes.","Cooling-water failure, overheating, and power loss are scenarios that may need consideration.","Pressure-vessel relief devices must conform to applicable ASME codes."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"PPR Parallel Pressure Reactor","publisher":"Büchiglasuster","url":"https://www.buchiglas.com/en-us/pressure-reactors-stirred-autoclaves/ppr-parallel-pressure-reactor.html","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["A commercial parallel screening system supports two to six pressurized reactors with individual heating/cooling blocks and individual temperature control.","The platform permits individual or parallel reactor settings and monitors reactor pressure, temperature, flows, and safety limits.","Each described reactor includes a safety rupture disk, but the page does not establish separate coolant reservoirs, pumps, or vent-capture domains."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"PolyBLOCK","publisher":"H.E.L Group","url":"https://helgroup.com/products/parallel-reactors/polyblock/","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["A commercial parallel synthesis platform provides four or eight independently controlled reaction zones.","Individual mantles allow substantial temperature differences, while low-temperature operation is circulator-dependent.","The platform supports pressure sensing, condensing, inerting, configurable reaction detection, shutdown procedures, and fail-safes.","The page does not describe physically independent coolant inventories and pumps or separate one-way vent capture for each pod."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED","finding":"The underlying mechanisms are visible: official guidance recognizes excess reaction and cooling-water or utility failure as pressure scenarios, warns that common relief systems must accommodate combined loading, and notes that backpressure changes valve behavior and capacity. Commercial parallel reactors also establish the relevant multi-vessel setting. However, the retained sources do not directly measure the proposal's full claimed sequence—one laboratory vessel warming a shared coolant return or pressurizing a shared vent path and thereby perturbing neighboring experiments—so the exact problem manifestation remains only partly supported.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"Büchiglasuster PPR Parallel Pressure Reactor","source_ids":["SRC3"],"overlap":"Commercial modular parallel reactors with individual heating/cooling blocks, individual temperature control, per-reactor monitoring, safety limits, and rupture disks.","remaining_difference":"The opened page does not show capacity-bounded independent coolant reservoirs and pumps, thermal bulkheads, separate one-way vent paths and capture vessels, or demonstrated continuation of unaffected reactor pods during a local upset."},{"name":"H.E.L PolyBLOCK","source_ids":["SRC4"],"overlap":"Four- or eight-zone parallel synthesis with independent control, individual mantles, optional cooling, pressure sensing, condensation/inerting, reaction detection, and shutdown safeguards.","remaining_difference":"Cooling is described as circulator-dependent rather than as physically noncommunicating, capacity-bounded pod circuits; separate vent-capture domains and upset-containment performance are not disclosed."},{"name":"Relief-system segregation, sizing, and safe-discharge practice","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"overlap":"Official practice treats cooling failure and excess reaction as design cases, recognizes relief headers as coupled systems, requires capacity/load analysis, and permits discharge to dedicated capture equipment.","remaining_difference":"This is general pressure-relief practice, not an integrated parallel-screening architecture that partitions both normal cooling service and vent handling into locally recoverable pods while preserving healthy experiments."}],"prior_art_disposition":"ADJACENT_PRIOR_ART","contrastive_claim_remaining":"Relative to independently controlled reactor zones and conventional relief design, physically noncommunicating and capacity-bounded coolant reservoirs/pumps combined with pod-specific one-way vent capture will reduce cross-pod temperature, pressure, flow, and tracer transmission during a standardized single-pod disturbance while unaffected pods retain circulation, sensing, and temperature control.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The claim is falsified if an opened, verifiable earlier system already combines those coolant and vent fault domains with continued unaffected-pod operation, or if the proposed two-configuration mock-up shows no predefined reduction in cross-boundary temperature, pressure, flow, or tracer response, or any healthy pod loses its required local control function.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Four search lanes covered direct phrasing, thermal-runaway and relief-header terminology, commercial parallel-reactor products, and component combinations. Exactly four opened sources from four publishers were retained, including two official guidance sources and two first-party product sources.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The problem is partly supported: official sources establish the cooling-failure, excess-reaction, common-relief-load, and backpressure mechanisms, while first-party sources establish the parallel-reactor context. Direct laboratory evidence of neighbor perturbation was not found.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The remaining claim is narrower than independent temperature control or ordinary shutdown: it requires simultaneous physical partitioning of coolant and vent-service capacity and measurable preservation of healthy-pod control during an upset.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC3","SRC4"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"A two-pod nonreactive comparison using rated dummy vessels, electrical heat, water-glycol coolant, and a harmless contained tracer can directly compare cross-boundary responses and minimum viable control without making claims about reactive chemistry.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"No categorical stop is apparent for the specified nonreactive mock-up if the principal investigator, process-safety officer, and qualified facilities or pressure personnel approve it. Existing relief, ventilation, sensing, ratings, and emergency safeguards must remain intact; live polymerization or pressure-system modification requires a separate hazard and engineering review.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"]}},"screen_survival":true,"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found adjacent products and practices but no opened source disclosing the complete proposed combination. It does not establish world novelty, patentability, market size, expert acceptance, realized value, or absence from patents, paywalled literature, proprietary installations, custom reactor configurations, or unindexed standards."}