2019 was an amazing year for me. I increased my LinkedIn connection, I released my book The Chemical Process Engineer and LinkedIn, I started my Telegram. Not to mention the first steps of my YouTube Channel and the birth of my mentoring program. All of these actions allow me to reach and help more...
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Although it seems a dumb subject, the main objective of this article is to show you how to build a technical argument. In your career, people will question your work eventually. In order to not get embarrassed with your answer, read carefully to these works. I do not intend to solve the discussion between...
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And if I do not know what MDMT is? As chemical process engineers, you need to understand some definition to keep our process in a safe condition. MDMT is an acronym to Metal Design Minimum Temperature and mean the lowest permissible metal temperature for a given material at a specified thickness based on its...
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During the initial phase of a project, you will develop or be involved with at least three documents; process flow diagram (PFD), piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) and Plant Layout. Process Flow Diagram is a deliverable developed by the chemical process engineer. It is the representation of heat and material balance in a drawing....
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With fluid data and knowing how to use equations, pressure drop calculation is not a big deal. However, be aware of the plant battery limit and contract of supply. Battery limits (BL) is the interface where responsibility goes to another hand. For instance, once the postman lets the letter at the mailbox, his/her responsibility...
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How can you help LinkedIn help you get a job? Although do that is very simple, people insist to ignore this: add a proper qualification description. I mean, choose correctly your job title or the job title they are looking for. If you do not know what I am talking about, be aware that...
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Ingress Protection is something chemical process engineers usually do not worry about. However, in small companies, we may need to use different hats to do our job. For that reason, it is interesting to know what IP means and how to use that. Ingress protection (IP) is used to specify the extent of protection...
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We are so busy thinking about mathematics during College that we do not get prepared to the job market. In my point of view a career should be built considering there (3) basis: inner skills, technical skills and external skills. INNER SKILLS They are related to how do we see ourselves and how much...
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In our role as a chemical process engineer, we need to follow up on raw material into products. How it takes will depend on a bunch of assumptions. In any case, to that come true, an industrial plant will have operating units, operation process or a mix of them. A simple way to differentiate...
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That is a trick question and the first answer should be: It depends on. First, as a Chemical Process Engineer, you need to know that in general terms there are two kinds of pumps: dynamics and positive displacement type. A positive displacement pump moves a fluid by repeatedly enclosing a fixed volume and moving...
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