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HOW IMPORTANT IS PROCESS DESIGN IN CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES?
Technology continues to advance daily. This is because problems emerge day in, day out and there is a need to solve them through innovative and creative approaches. Demand for new products to meet these needs is increasing rapidly hence the need for design through the process.
Design is the creation of a plan for the construction process of a system or product to fulfil a particular need, public or commercial use. In the realm of chemical engineering, process design can be defined as the selection and sequential arrangement of unit operations.
CAN CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES SURVIVE WITHOUT PROCESS DESIGN?
Having elucidated the meaning of process design, it is considered necessary to link its importance to chemical and petrochemical industries. Chemical Engineering design involves the selection of process stages, specification and design of equipment required to perform the function of each process stage.
Chemical industries deal with the conversion of raw materials into useful products which is one of the primary aims of process design. They include heavy and fine chemical industries, pharmaceutical industries, fertilizers, cements, food and beverage industries etc.
Petrochemical industries are concerned with the manufacturing of petrochemicals (chemical products derived from refining petroleum). Various unit operations are needed for this purpose. These two fields embodies processes and conversion to products.
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