Process design or system design: how to choose? My major is chemical engineering
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Process design or system design: how to choose? My major is chemical engineering, and I am quite familiar with all the aspects of chemical processing; I also have one year of production experience.
It’s more or less the same; I do process design now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
They’re more or less the same; it depends on your interests. After all, it’s easier to commit to a job that you’re interested in
Process design is better. System design mainly involves working with flowcharts, and detailed design is also quite demanding.
Could you give a brief introduction to the main aspects of process design and system design? Thank you……
The main tasks of process design include material balance, energy balance, and equipment calculation; its primary responsibility is to ensure the advancement and reliability of process technology； The main tasks of system design include fluid dynamics calculations, pipe friction losses, safety valves, etc., with the primary responsibility being the safety and operability of the process.
What about water supply and drainage, thermal engineering, storage, and computing? How is the field in which I have acquired my skills developing?
Chemical process design essentially involves PFDs, as well as material and heat balance calculations. The system is a PID-based integration of chemical processes, which certainly includes control strategies, process safety, and reliable operation. There may be some differences among various departments.
Can processes and systems be simply and mechanically separated? Without understanding process calculations, how can one design? Without knowing the system, how can one understand the reality?
Based on this, what I should be doing now is system design. There is little process design.
Generally speaking, domestic design institutes do not separate these two specialties; only some larger institutions do so. This is mainly because domestic design institutes primarily purchase foreign process packages rather than developing their own； In foreign design firms, process and system areas are kept separate.