Some of the most basic skill for every chemical process engineer is the development of block flow diagram (BFD), Process Flow Diagram (PFD) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID). Although the draft can be done manually, CAD software is used for drawing and issue of engineering drawings. I learned to use Autocad during my...
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No One Wants a Fresher Engineer as an Employee. Truth or Myth? Eventually, people ask me about how to get a job position been a fresh engineer once no one wants/hire fresh engineers in their Company. This is a very difficult question, and to be sincere, I do not have the magic formula to...
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ASU is a great place to start your chemical process engineering career Air separation units (ASU) are responsible for producing oxygen, nitrogen and argon at large scale. Not known by some chemical process engineer, ASU is responsible for supporting many processes as raw material or utility supplier. It is a great place to develop...
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The fastest way to increase a skill is by learning from someone else. Reading books is for sure one of the most accessible ways to do that. As many people ask me about which book I recommend for an engineer who wants to work with process design, below I have listed 3 books I...
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Oxygen is essential to life. However, the presence of oxygen-enriched atmospheres, i.e., air and gas mixtures in which the oxygen concentration by volume exceeds 23.5% at sea level or whose partial pressure of oxygen exceeds 0.23 bar, can lead to accidents. Not flammable in itself, oxygen supports and accelerates combustion. The potential fire risk...
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10”-HC-22A-025-Bc-PP. My home, my rules. What I am talking about? The piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) has info available for process design. Understand what each number and letter mean in this drawing save time and give you a map of the process. Reading pipe identification is one of the most basic skills chemical process...
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Every project rises to solve at least one problem. It can be as big as the installation of a new petrochemical facility and associated utilities, or the installation of a new pump in an existing facility. In any case, chemical process engineers who work with plant design need to be aware not only to...
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Not only chemical engineers but also any engineer has a lot of options to focus their career. I have friends from College times, all chemical engineers, that nowadays work with banks, human resource, marketing, sellings etc, just to name a few areas outside the main core of chemical engineering. In my point of view,...
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Pressure monitoring and control is very important in plant design and operation. This variable influences reactions, fluid flow, separation process, fluid properties and so on. Based on that, let’s see some issues that chemical process engineers must be aware of during the piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) development. PS. If you have any issue...
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Understand what chemical engineers do is not an easy task before entering the job market. Publicity tends to romance the chemical process engineer roles and tasks and it does not help students and fresh engineers to get what is the real-life of a chemical engineer. My name is Jeferson Costa and I have been...
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