Recently came across Mihir’s “Hand book of Chemical Process Engineering”. It is refreshing to note that a practicing Chemical Engineer with vast Process Design and Engineering experience has written a very useful and easy to understand book on Process Engineering. Fresh Chemical Engineering graduates or Chemical Engineers working in manufacturing units, have limited exposure and… Continue reading Book Review: Mihir’s Chemical Process Engineering Handbook.
Author: Mohan Vaze
Professional Chemical Engineer, working for Process Safety and Process Engineering
SILcet 5.2 Pro Plus tool for SIL Verification
SIL verification is one of the important activities of functional safety life cycle. For a Safety instrumented function (SIF), appropriate hardware (Sensors, logic solver and final elements) is selected and configured to meet safety requirement specification (SRS) of the SIF. SIF loop configuration needs to be evaluated to check and ensure that it meets the… Continue reading SILcet 5.2 Pro Plus tool for SIL Verification
Challenges in relocating chemical manufacturing plant
There is a trend of relocating working/mothballed chemical manufacturing facilities from one location to other location. The reason for this relocation is primarily commercial or local legislation. The trend is to shift manufacturing units from Europe/north America to Asia or Africa. Since new location conditions have a great influence on the performance of the plant,… Continue reading Challenges in relocating chemical manufacturing plant
Utilities and Offsite: Importance and challenges
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Pexels.com Utilities and Offsite (U&O) are backbone of any processing facility. A robust, reliable and efficient U&O is essential for any process plant to operate in a safe and efficient manner. Generally U&O are centralized units and utilities are distributed to various process plants through distribution network at a processing… Continue reading Utilities and Offsite: Importance and challenges
Process Safety in Design:
Considering Process Safety during early stage of design and engineering of a chemical process can help in minimizing re-engineering and delays after HAZOP study. While developing process design following points may be kept in mind: Operating conditions: Operating conditions closer to atmospheric conditions are generally relatively safe. Try to optimize operating conditions closer to atmospheric… Continue reading Process Safety in Design:
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