INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL CONCEPTS

INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONCEPTS BEGINNER#1

Good morning #STEEMIT

Today marks the beginning of my first article on the concept of chemical engineering. So to get started it's best we explain what the concept Chemical Engineering is all about...

What is Chemical Engineering?

Chemical Engineering is simply a branch of engineering that applies the aspect of physical science(physics and chemistry) with respect to life science (micro biology and biochemistry) together with applied mathematics and economics, to discover, produce, extract, transform, transport, analyze and properly use chemical materials and energy.

In short, it is the application of chemistry on the engineering concepts of chemical resources..

How is Chemical Engineering relevant to the society?

Specialists in the field of engineering process abundant raw minerals(ores of metals) from the earth crust, to produce relevant chemical products like jewelries, diamonds, gasoline, natural gas, and drugs that provides a high degree of utility in the society at large. These products produced are highly needed in the society and hence if absence, may lead to society break down.

Who are these Engineering Specialists?

These so called specialists are Chemical Engineers that are professionals in the field of chemical engineering and also work in a chemical industry... They survey techniques and methods to tackle down environmental problems and pollution. They also design large scale processes that converts chemicals, raw materials, living cells, Micro organism and energy into useful forms and products.

Chemical Engineers sit in a lab and do scientific experiments just like chemists do; but they also bridge the gap between research and the manufacturing of chemical products and equipment. So they are both chemists as well as engineers.

History of Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering was developed out of those practicing industrial chemistry in the late 19th century. It brought about the production of industrial chemicals and other consumer products such as soap by #batch-processing.

Batch processing is however Labour intensive and by that I mean it's entices the predetermined mixing of relevant amount of ingredients in a vessel, that is pressurized, heated and cooled over a predetermined length in time; which is then isolated, tested and purified to get a saleable product. This process is still performed today on higher value products like pharmaceutical substance like drugs and other products such as paints, and cosmetics.
#Industrial-revolution brought about an complex change in the use of batch process on chemical substance to the use of a continuous manufacturing process due to higher demand of such products in the society. This technique is used to produce advance chemical produces like petroleum, nuclear energy, rocket fuels and fine chemicals.

To cut the story short, the high demands in the quality and quantity of chemical products and substances needed in the society brought about the establishment of chemical engineering as a field to the world.

Some basic #fields Related to chemical engineering

1. Architecture and engineering management
2. Energy engineers

Industrial Engineers

1. #Ceramic-Engineering
2. #Crystal-Engineering
3. #Drilling-Engineering
4. #Materials-Engineering
5. #Paper-Engineering
6. #Petroleum-Engineering
7. #Plastics-Engineering
8. #Process-Engineering
9. #Production-Engineering
10. #Reservoir-Engineering

And that's all for today.

Stay tune for more post on my blog related to this concept:

'chemical engineering'.

Refference:

• Wikipedia
• ALChe
• ALBERTA
• Google

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