Introduction To Chemical Engineering: - Che Problem and Profession
Introduction To Chemical Engineering: - Che Problem and Profession
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
-CHE PROBLEM AND PROFESSION-
SISWO SUMARDIONO
Raw materials
Chemical process
Engineering
Problem
Engineering Problem
1. What type reactor should be used ?
A long pipe ? A large tank ? Several smaller tanks ?
How large ?
Made of what ?
Does it have to be heated ? If so, how much and how ?
With an electrical heater inside or outside the reactor ?
By passing a hot fluid through a heating coil in the reactor ?
Does the reaction supply its own heat, so that heating is needed
only for startup ? If so, can the reactor “run away” and possibly
explode ? Should control measures be introduced to prevent this ?
What kind ?
Engineering Problem
2. Where should be reactants be obtained ?
Buy them, or make them ?
In what proportions should they be fed to the reactor ?
In what condition should they be fed to the reactor ?
Phase
Pressure
Temperature
Engineering Problem
3. Product from reactor that contain unconverted reactant
Be sold as is, or should the product be separated from the
reactants and the latter be sent back to the reactor ?
If separation is desirable, how can it be accomplished ?
Heat the mixture ?
Cool the mixture ? What kind of
Add another substances ? equipment
What size
What material
Are controls needed
Manual or automatic
Engineering Problem
4. Sistem transportasi
Gravity
Pump
Blower
What kind of
Compressor equipment
Conveyor What size
What material
Are controls needed
Manual or automatic
Engineering Problem
Engineering Problem
TOP 10 Chemical Engineering Contribution
to Society
- Water purification
- Water desalination
- GMO foods
- Green productions
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TOP 10 Chemical Engineering Contribution
to Society
1. Energy
2. Environment
3. Material Sciences
4. Semiconductor Manufacturing
5. Bio-medic
6. Food
Jobs Opportunity for ChE
ChE Salaries Survey (by AIChE in 2013)
• Salaries vary with experience ($67,000 for chemical
engineers with fewer than six years of experience to about
$140,000 for those with more than 30 years).