Control valves are a constant in the life of a chemical engineer. As industrial plants get more and more automated, more control valves there are in the field. Thinking about chemical process engineering and plant design, the responsibility of control valve sizing may change from a company to another. I have seen companies where...
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Heat exchange is one of the most common unit operations in industrial plants. It is used to increase stream temperature or to decrease the temperature in order to make have a more efficient process and comply with customer requirements. Aspen Hysys and Unisim Design are useful tools that the chemical process engineer can use...
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If you live on Earth planet, you may be aware of the Coronavirus crisis. It is spreading around the world and each country is taking its precautions to prevent fast contamination into the population. In Brazil, where I live, the local government decided to let most of the people at their homes for the...
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START READING P&ID TODAY Reading the Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) is one of the most BASIC SKILL that every chemical process engineer must have to. It does not matter if you work with the operation, process safety or plant design, If you do not know how to read a P&ID, you are in...
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Booster Your Chemical Engineering Skills with 3 Smartphone APP Your smartphone can be of great help in your job as Chemical Process Engineer. Instead of using the computer to evaluate or solve some issues, you can rely on smartphone APP to get quick answers. Now I will share with you 3 APPs I believe...
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One of the core business of chemical engineering is plant design. However many students of chemical engineering finish their studies without knowing what a chemical process engineer does in plant design. This time you will have the opportunity to know how is the work of a chemical process engineer in plant design. I start...
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You can have a process simulation software to practice process and plant design. I do not have the numbers, but Aspen Hysys is probably the most known process simulation software for chemical engineering. In a poll I did in my Telegram Channel INPROCESS, 88% of people asked for more content about this software. Different...
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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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