What is chemical engineering all about? – by Vicente E. Garcia

Are you having a hard time with picking a college course? If you are, well you are not alone because the majority of students these days are troubled with the course they will be taking as they are fully aware of the fact that their chosen course will greatly affect their future so they have to pick the one that will never regret when they got older.

Some would choose easier courses but according to statistics, easier courses have a smaller room for personal improvement and job search. With these courses being widely in demand with the young generation, they are instances where they are having a hard time looking for a job because of their co-graduates who are looking on the same field.

They can still prevent this future problem if they are open their minds on the idea of taking tough courses such as Chemical Engineering. They should not be frightened if they heard that this course is one of the hardest courses available today. As they read this article, they will be enlightened on the fact that although the course is hard it has numerous benefits they cannot attain with other courses.

Let us now discuss, what is chemical engineering all about?

Chemical Engineering is basically is a stem in applied chemistry. It is one of the branches of engineering which is created to concentrate with the designs, construction and operations of machinery and plants that are performing different chemical reactions in solving practical problems or creating some useful products.

Like other engineering courses, Chemical Engineering also revolves in math, physics and economics for them to solve technical problems. Its only difference with other engineering courses is that it implies the knowledge of chemistry in addition to other engineering disciplines. This is the reason on why Chemical Engineers are often called as “universal engineers” because of their broad knowledge in science and technology.

To know more about Chemical Engineering here are some of the concepts Chemical Engineers are focus on:

Construction and Design of Plant Chemical Engineers are the one who plot the

plan, specification and the economic analysis of the plant to be modified, pilot plant or for new plants. Processing of Designs and Analysis

Chemical Engineers are trained for unit operations which are a physical step in an individual chemical process. The unit operation is composed of filtration, crystallization, evaporation and drying which are used in preparation for purifying and separating products and controlling of energy transfer in reactors.

Transporting of PhenomenaThis mostly occurs on industrial problems which

include fluid dynamics, mass transfer and heat transfer. These industrial problems are mainly concerned with energy transfer, momentum transfer and the transport of chemical species. Chemical Reaction

Chemical Engineering manages plant processes and its condition to attain optimum plant operation. Chemical Reaction Engineers are constructing different models for “reactor analysis” and designs. To do so, they have been using laboratory data’s and physical parameters to be able to solve problems and in predicting reactor performance.

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