Specialized in thermal power engineering, focusing on boilers and steam turbines. I didn’t expect that the turbines at the Petrochemical Design Institute are designed in terms of piping systems, without any involvement from the thermal engineering team – isn’t that absurd?…

Nonsense, do you even understand design? It’s only been a few days!

It’s clearly the case that this is how it is; my master said it’s divided by region, but how could someone who studies chemical engineering understand steam turbines?

It’s you who doesn’t understand it: in a chemical engineering design institute, the pipeline design for steam turbines involves simply drawing the pipelines; after that, stress analysis is conducted on the pipe ends to determine their final layout. The entire process does not require expertise in thermal engineering. As for saying one doesn’t understand steam turbines, is that necessary? The manufacturer is responsible for production, while the design institute provides the corresponding technical requirements. Only the pipes on the steam turbine are required; as long as the final analysis results meet standards such as NEMA SM23, that is sufficient. This is also why small and medium-sized petrochemical design institutes have little demand for specialized fields such as thermal water supply and drainage. Piping can handle all pipeline design tasks in petrochemical projects.

Don’t forget that the undergraduate major for pipeline work is Chemical Engineering and Technology; you think they don’t even know what a steam turbine is

Is the undergraduate major for piping chemical engineering and technology? I can’t help but laugh – there’s no specific major related to piping in universities. There are plenty of people in mechanical and materials engineering fields who work on piping tasks. Besides, if one’s only responsible for piping, is it really necessary to understand turbines?

The reasons why the Petrochemical Design Institute has established this specialty are mainly these. The first reason is that the compound aims for comprehensive professionalism; it prefers not to have certain capabilities rather than having fewer of them. Reason two: if it is a design institute affiliated with a large-scale chemical plant, since such plants already have boilers and steam systems, work can start right away once there are any related modifications to be made. Third, the main business is related to this area, so thermal engineering is required. However, in most petrochemical design institutes, the thermal engineering discipline plays the role of a minor discipline or an auxiliary one; in some cases, such a role is even not necessary. The Petrochemical Design Institute has process engineering as its core specialty, with all other specialties serving that purpose