Essays on Chemical Engineering

Nowadays, as the world continues to embark in the transitioning from the industrial era to the information era, more and more fields of practice and study have emerged to address the different needs of the society. One of the fields that has definitely established its importance in society, is the field of Engineering. Upon hearing the word “Engineering”, it cannot be denied that one of the most common ideas and perceptions that come to mind, is that they are responsible for building things. However, it is important for people to recognize that Engineering is one unique field for it ...

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Application of the nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) processes is applied in the handling of water that is produced raw. The application has been investigated in the current day through various studies (Wang 14). The experiment of the processes of both nanofiltration and ultrafiltration is conducted in the laboratory unit which is operated in a pattern of cross flow (Ashaghi, Ebrahimi, & Czermak, 46). The study that was conducted in Oilfield of North Sea using the process of membranes of ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) indicated that the content of hydrocarbon decreased from 50 mg/l to 2 mg/l which recorded ...

One of the grand challenges being faced by many people in the world today is access to clean water. The shortage of clean drinking water is, for sure a huge issue, however, with advances in technology and better affordability of this technology, this crisis can be averted. As far as a background know how of the situation is concerned, there is an abundance of water in countries such as Canada or the States, where it provides in excess for the amount of people inhabiting the countries. On the other hand, there are the Middle Eastern and North African countries, ...

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The experiment was done to investigate the relative roughness of pipe three though a plot of the friction factor verses the Reynolds number. A comparison of the obtain results was made against a Moody diagram. Also, additional comparison of the experimental results obtained from pipe 1 and 2 were made against theoretical values obtained through Prandtl and Blasius equations. This process entailed plotting the theoretical and the experimental values on the same comparative roughness against Reynolds number chart. Additional results of different types of flow, exhibited by the flowing fluid, was done and represented in a graph of head ...

Introduction

Occupational health and safety are associated with the safety, health, and welfare of employees who are engaged in work. It plays an important role in managing the company’s operations. The report addresses workplace hazards and provides information about the accidents and injuries occurred in the engineering industry. One of the main aims of the report is to indicate ways of mitigating the risk of loss. The purpose of this technical report is to demonstrate that the author has engineering knowledge, professional competence, and technical ability to carry out the essential research in detail about the health and safety ...

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Various safety models have been developed for use in understanding aspects of safety. These models include the Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) model, Construction Accident Causation model, and Accident Causation Management model. Each model focuses on a specific aspect of the safety process. The STAMP model focus on the interactions between system components while Accident Causation Management model focuses on the source of human errors. On the other hand, Construction Accident Causation model focus on the predictability of incidence occurrence. None of this can be used to understand and address all safety concerns. This essay will begin by ...

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Boots UK Limited was formerly known as Boots the Chemists Limited. During those times it was trading as Boots. Boots was a pharmacy chain which had its roots in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Boots UK, has decided to motivate and coach reps by the use of results-driven metrics. This methods includes motivating and coaching their sales team straight within the Salesforce. The business functions efficiently as a whole as a result of improvement in the operations through enhancing a sequential flow in the products and services of the company and minimizing the extent to which activities are delayed ...

Introduction

Freezing temperatures during winter months greatly contributes to hazardous conditions on American roadways. According to the Salt Institute (2012) 70% of roadways in the United States experience congestion due to winter weather. Icy roadways greatly contribute to hazardous winter conditions and can increase the chances of personal injury or accidental death for motorists. Currently, across the nation, icy roadways are addressed with the application of sodium chloride (salt) to deice icy roadways and to prevent the formation of ice on dry roadways.

The mechanism by which salt causes ice to melt and prevents ice from forming has been ...

Part 1: Roles of an engineer

1. A project engineer is in charge of managing projects and supervising staff by providing administration support. Engineers are usually involved in projects and therefore they play an active role in the management of a project. This is achieved by ensuring that the project is within its scope, schedule, and budget. Engineers also offer administration support during project and can be in charge of managing the staff working on the project [].

2. The main role carried out by engineers is analyzing engineering problems that arise. Engineers are constantly faced by problems that they need to solve through the development of ...

Quality, I believe, is far much better than quantity. This has always been my policy since I was a child. Further, I have faith that the among the most prized investments one can undertake is not only education and training, but also investing in humanity. This drives me into realizing my long-term dream of the need to ensure proper use of water in my country. Further, it would be my joy to free water from contamination and hence safe for drinking among other uses. To make all these a reality, education and training have become indispensable in my life. I strongly ...

I have always had an interest to pursue a career in the engineering field. From an early age, I knew that the field of engineering would be the perfect choice for my future studies. However, due to the fact that engineering is a wide field, I was often undecided on the branch of engineering that I wanted to pursue. As a child, I enjoyed dismantling my toys in an attempt to discover what they were made of. I would then try to re-assemble the parts. Later, in my teens, I discovered that I had a strong passion for maths and chemistry. These subjects were ...

Introduction

The object of the paper is to analyze the above relationship over a range of pressures extending above and below atmospheric pressure. Data were obtained for the pressure and temperature of a saturated steam-water mixture in equilibrium over a wide range of pressures and temperatures. The “raw” experimental data are given at the end of this document and the apparatus used are described below.

The object of this exercise is to:

a) Use the raw data to produce a table of absolute pressure .v. absolute (thermodynamic) saturation temperature over the whole range of the data provided. b) Compare this data to equivalent data taken from steam tables. c) Use ...

Overview: This document provides guidance to help ensure that your written work produced for this organization meets professional and corporate standards, relevant to the field of chemical engineering. A study of over 100 major U.S. companies employing a total of 8 million people indicated that it is more important today to be skilled in writing than ever before (Markel, 2012, Ch.1 p.3). Audience and Purpose: Technical communication (documents such as letters, reports, memos, etc) that you produce in the workplace each have an intended audience. Your audience may be your colleagues and/or management, or people outside of our organization. ...

If people look at my educational background and compare it to the program I am currently applying for, they have the tendency to look at my paper twice and wonder whether I am applying for the right program. You see, I have an undergraduate degree, a double major to be exact, in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. To make things even odd, I even pursued graduate studies for Chemistry. I was a promising young chemist who was fortunate to have published two researcher papers because of this I received a number of Ph.D offers. It was as if my future was laid down ...

Admission Essay – Birmingham Foundation Academy

My decision to choose the University of Birmingham as the headquarters for my future education comes from a variety of factors. Having grown up in Nigeria, I have experienced a number of difficulties throughout my life, all seen through the lens of a young country that is still struggling to find its place in the world. The primary source of wealth in the Nigerian government today is oil, a substance which has caused quite a bit of strife and corruption in my country – the way it is refined, distributed and taxed still suffers from quite a few problems. To that end, I want to make a ...

Preferred Program of Study: Global MBA Program (Innovation and Technology Management

Telefax: My Personal Statement for Global MBA Program (Innovation and Technology Management) The world of technology constantly evolves and it needs MBA graduates from top management schools, such as from the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF). With the challenges facing us on a global scale, there is a greater need for companies and organizations to integrate technical and business skills to solve difficult problems concerning strategic management, finance, operation, and marketing. With a background in engineering and a minor economics, I felt that this MBA program will give me a competitive advantage. It will expand my knowledge and skills ...

Chemical engineering, which gained popularity after 1890, is a branch of mainstream engineering that applies experimental/ natural sciences (physics and chemistry) and life sciences (biology and biochemistry) together with economics and mathematics to produce, transform, transport and properly use materials, chemicals and energy. Much of chemical engineer’s work involves modeling processes and analyzing how they take place in the preliminary report or on the computer (Zydney, Matsoukas, and Bainbridge 22-23; The Princeton Review n. pag). Some of the career options that somebody with a chemical engineering masters or bachelors’ degree can get are chemical plant engineer, an aerospace engineer, computer ...

Admission Essay

My Self Having been born in Saudi Arabia, I have very close ties with my home culture, and to that end I wanted to work as much as I could at home, while also learning about English and the West. To that end, I chose to dedicate myself to a challenging field that would enable me to conduct a great deal of international business, such as chemical engineering. I majored in English at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah City, graduating in 2008/2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering; while my GPA was at 2.33, this was due to a ...

Introduction to Engineering Technology

The career that one takes in life is a very crucial thing in life. It is important to choose a career that you were comfortable with since it determines what you will do for the rest of your life. The career that one takes is mostly determined by the passion that you have for a particular kind of work. The job market also determined your career that one takes. For instance, course like engineering and medicine are considered more lucrative. Biotechnology is basically a science based course that deals with the microorganism. The microorganism is used to perform different process to yield a product. ...

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I am writing to request the removal of my current suspension status, and ultimately to apologize for the course of my decisions that led to my current situation. I have come to realize that my first choice of academic interest was actually in contrast to my area of academic strength. I genuinely regret that my prior decision to take Chemical Engineering has to be abandoned. This is due to the fact that I am not academically inclined ...

Arguably, chemical engineers are one of the universal engineers in the globe. In fact, they are universal engineers because they use biology, mathematics, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, as well as microbiology to design machines, processes and programs that convert raw materials into valuable finished products. The products produced by chemical engineers is very useful to humans, environment and economy. Chemical engineers play tremendous roles in the modern society, since most of the products are directly useful. Chemical engineers need to obtain fundamental knowledge on substance, and using such knowledge to produce solutions to crucial mechanical, societal or medical need In ...

Engineering that is applied to chemical industry is known as Chemical Engineering. Chemical engineering can be applied to physics, biology, microbiology, chemistry and biochemistry. The chemical engineers play an important role in designing and inventing new processes, planning and operating amenities. Mechanical Engineering applies the laws of motion, material science and physics and mostly deals with the machines. The mechanical engineers create machines, new technologies to make the life easier for everyone. The large industries that employ mechanical engineering are the manufacturing industries, automotive, aerospace, fabricated metal products any industries that involved machinery, sheet metal and molds. Chemical engineers ...

Chemistry

Thermodynamics of Refrigeration

In the olden days winter was the best time of the year for cold drinks, sorbets and ice creams because ice was readily available. Without a thorough understanding of thermodynamics our communities might have to be brought their ice in an ice wagon just like in the olden days. The laws of thermodynamics were developed by scientists and used when processes of the Industrial Revolution were developed. The physics of heat transfer are applied in order to transfer heat away from the portion of a refrigerator or air conditioning that needs to continually cool the air. Now the ...

An overview of green recycling

The importance of green recycling of computer components with regard to chemical engineering An insight in to the various forms of recycling The types of computer hardware recycled Findings of previous research Green companies that produce computers Companies that first embraced the idea Companies currently using the idea Who is doing green recycling? The firms undertaking green computing Green recycling and computing in Saudi Arabia Why the practice is not yet well established in the country.

Introduction

Green recycling of computer components also referred to as green computing refers to ...

CHAPTER 1

1.0 Introduction The purpose of this study will be to investigate the impact of teamwork in Chemical Engineering Department in the Federal University of Technology, Niger State, Nigeria. In order to be sure of getting assistance in the course of the study, I contacted the Head of this department who gave me an assurance of help of any kind of information as well as resource that I may need during the study. In this particular study, both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used. Debatably, overall performance of an organization depends on various factors which include; employee ...

The problem of chemical waste disposal has for a long time been a dilemma for the industrial sector. In ancient times, small industries, such as smelting and cloth making, had some wastes to dispose, and this was also a problem (Martin and Schinzinger 54). In modern industries, chemical engineering is a vital sector of each and every industry dealing with any chemical, either as a raw material, a byproduct, a product, or another item used in the production process.

Although several advances have been reached to improve chemical engineering in all industries, and laws are established to guide the processes of waste disposal, it is debatable ...