Chemical Engineering

Towers represent a major component in most refining and petrochemical processes. In any major plant, you can see one tower or more. An efficient operation of a tower is a bit complicated and depends on many factors. If you’d like to see the content of this article as a video, you can check out our […]

Process control is essential in any plant to ensure that the operating parameters are within their acceptable limits. When we open a process flow diagram (PFD), we can see different control loops controlling various equipment in any plant. In all these various industries, process control schemes are considered, whether we are talking about oil and […]

Separation is an essential process that is carried out in any plant, whether it was an oil facility, a gas plant, a refinery or a petrochemical complex, or in any other chemical processing plant. There are many separation methods depending on the fluid physical properties, whether it was the difference in boiling points as in […]

So we have a fluid that we need to be cooled down? Which piece of equipment shall we use? Shall we use a heat exchanger which is in most cases a shell and tube exchanger, cooling with water or another fluid? Or shall we use an air-cooled heat exchanger, cooling with air fans? This depends […]

Control Valve failure is a very famous issue while operating a process plant, whether this was in refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals, water treatment, or other chemical industries. This is because a control valve is an essential component that exists abundantly in any process plant. Its failure shall have negative consequences on the operability and safety […]

So how do the changes in gas conditions or physical properties affect the performance of a compressor? You can check out this video or otherwise continue below: To understand this point, let’s plot the performance curve or Q-H curve of a centrifugal compressor, and the performance curve of a reciprocating compressor. As we see, Q […]

Suppose we have a pump that draws some fluid from a vessel. The pump flow is controlled on the discharge line and there is a minimum flow controller. So we need to determine the pump specifications to perform the required operation. In order to specify a pump correctly, we need to carry out several calculations. […]

In any plant, we find lots of piping with different sizes to transport different fluids between equipment. We see how a piping engineer considers complex connections between lines based on the requirements of a process engineer. Here comes the important role of pipe sizing activity, which is a major activity within process design. Role of […]

Digital technology has been growing so fast. With the new technologies introduced today, we now have many options that will make our life much easier. This means much better productivity, fewer errors, easier access to data, and better communication means. All this shall lead to reducing fixed and operating costs, and achieving the target in […]