As a chemical process engineering engineer, what should be the key areas of focus for learning in a design institute?

Let me explain it simply to you: 1. Design philosophy: This helps you understand the manufacturing process, including aspects such as safety design, process flow design, and auxiliary process design. 2. Process startup/shutdown and accident handling during normal operation: By examining the designs from these perspectives and communicating with those responsible for the design, you can identify many issues and gain a deeper understanding of the process. 3. Relevant design standards: Learning about such standards will be useful for carrying out process improvements in the future. 4. Advanced process technologies and control concepts: Design firms have their own insights regarding design philosophies and control methods; although they tend to stick to proven technologies, there are still many valuable ideas worth learning. 5. Design thinking: This type of thinking cannot be developed solely through working in production – exposure to it helps you understand different processes better. 6. Operations: After designing a process, there are certain operational aspects that may not be fully understood just by relying on the process documentation; therefore, it’s important to ask questions and communicate more. There’s much more to it… In short, this is a great opportunity, so make the most of it

Learn more about the standards; they will be useful when the factory carries out modifications on its own in the future

It’s indeed a rare opportunity. During the first week, I found it a bit difficult to get started and felt lost; I will try to learn from the perspective of those who are more experienced*. With half a year ahead of me, I hope to live up to this arrangement. Thank you very much to those more experienced colleagues

Some things are not ready yet; the design team is currently only at the stage where overall design and basic design intersect. This project was suspended for a while, and what is available at present is only the basic design from the previous version, along with a small amount of detailed design. Sulfur recovery, in my opinion, is also a very mature technology, while the other aspects hold great practical value for learning. Thank you

I suggest that you might first get to know the work done by previous design institutes, such as overall design and preliminary design; it will also take some time to fully understand all of this. The overall design and preliminary design are very important stages, yet many project owners and managers do not pay them sufficient attention; they demand the final results right away, allocating insufficient resources and giving inadequate focus to these stages. As a result, the depth of consideration in decision-making is lacking, which leads to numerous problems down the road. In particular, process engineers need to pay attention to the overall layout and general process flow in the overall design, as well as the overall material balance, overall steam and electricity balance, and heat balance. The process packages and core reactors should all be determined at this stage; thus, all the actual process-related work is completed before the detailed design begins. That’s what I think; it’s just for reference.

Thank you; all this information is made available to us, and I will study it carefully

You need to understand that you’re not switching to a design firm just to work there; your purpose there is to urge the delivery of drawings, point out the problems in the designs, and push the firm to make corrections. Once these are done, you can discuss the design concepts and intentions with the designer when you have time, but he will only tell you this if you have a good relationship with him. Everyone involved in the design work is very busy and has no time to chat with you

The most important thing is to learn engineering ethics! Be a conscientious and responsible person.