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Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of large-scale chemical production and the manufacture of products through chemical processes. Today, the field of chemical engineering is a diverse one, covering areas from biotechnology and nanotechnology to mineral processing.

1,464 Questions

What happens when a fuel is ignited below its flash point?

Unburnt fuel fills the chambers and silencer, causing the loud bang of a 'back fire'.

How do you calculate the quantity of N2 gas required to fill a cylindarical tank 60D X 90L to a pressure of 3000 PSI at room temp?

This sounds like a school problem. Do you want the answer in kg or moles? Pv=mRT for kg or Pv=nRT for moles m=Pv/RT or n=Pv/RT P=3000 psi v= (1/4)*D*Pi*L R for Nitrogen = 0.2968 kJ/kg-K for kg. For moles, use the universal gas constant, 8.31451 J/mole-K, and the molecular weight of Nitrogen is 28.01 g/mole Room Temp is 295 K Make sure to keep your units consistent

Was paint made out of yolk eggs in the old days?

Paints were made with egg yolk and a colored pigment as long ago as the first century after Christ and up until the 1500s, when oil paints were invented.

Why did the Romans use limestone to build their aqueducts?

Limestone or, to be more precise, reconstituted limestone is, perhaps, the oldest and technologically very advanced building material. Back nearly 5,000 years it was used by Ancient Egyptians to construct their pyramids (recent studies have shown that the pyramid bricks were made of limestone cement, and not cut as the longstanding belief assumed). The Romans simply took the existing technology and applied it to aqueducts, bridges and other constructions.

What is carbon pool?

  1. A carbon pool is a reservoir with the capacity to store and release carbon, such as soil, terrestrial vegetation, the ocean, and the atmosphere.

If high steam carbon ratio what will effect on reforming?

I'm guessing you mean high carbon to steam ratio. that gives rise to a proportionately greater volume of carbon monoxide being evolved.

if there is a lot of steam and only some carbon, you normally get the more stable CO2 but with insufficient steam, the less stable CO is evolved, ALONG WITH some CO2. =]

In what situation would you use fractional distillation over simple distillation?

You would use simple distillation when the two products you are trying to separate have large difference in boiling points. Fractional distillation is needed when the two products have very close boiling points (like Hexane and toluene).

In petroleum refining, the word "fractionation", not "fractional distillation" is used, often interchangeably with "distillation".

When we have a crude mixture of different compounds which have very minor difference in their boiling points and cannot be separated simple distillation, then fractional distillation is used.

Differenciation of components of petroleum is done by this process

API 5L Vs API X70?

API X70 is one of line pipe grade family define by API 5L specification

What is prandtl number and what is its significance?

Prandtl number is dimensionless number, denoted by Npr.Npr = Cp (viscosity)/(thermal conductivity)

Cp - specific heat, J per ( Kg Kelvin)

viscosity in poise (gm per( cm sec))

thermal conductivity in Watt per (meter kelvin)

Prandtl number is important in heat transfer.

What is head heart and tail in distillation?

The point of distillation (of alcohol) is to separate the ethanol from the other undesired components. The distillation process takes advantage of the different volatilities. In the fermented mash are undesired substances more volatile than ethanol (e.g. methanol) which will distill out first. This is the Heads and is discarded. Once these more volatile compounds are eliminated you have the Heart of the run which is the quality product. Finally if you keep distilling you begin getting some undesirable lower volatility substances, oils and water, the Tails, which is also discarded by stopping the distillation run. The art of the experienced distiller is to know when to draw the lines between Head, Heart, and Tail. The more selective one is, the higher quality (but less quantity) of the produced distillate.

What do countries export?

goods

such as medicines, cloths, grains, other foods, timber, and automobiles

What is ejector's cavitation?

due to pressure loss or sudden change in area the vaccum bubbles formed along with the inner surface of an ejector. it is known as ejectors cavitation.

What is the proportional integral and derivative control system response?

The proportional integral and derivative control system or PID control system consists of proportionsl, derivative and integral elements which gives a very efficient process control.

What is the basic principle of the operation of an eye-bolt?

They are designed to have a rope or cable fed through the ring in order to lift objects. The ring can be drop forged (one single piece, the eye being entirely closed) or bent to form a loop. Bent eye bolts should only be used in light duty applications and should never be used to execute angular lifts.

What is production flow station?

it is the pathway through which liquid products are sent to market or storage tanks.it is usually an assembly of pipes for the transfer of finished products to their target sites.

Chemical engineering and Petro-chemical engineering are same branch or not?

it is a branch of chemical engineering, to become a petrol engineer you will most likely first finish a bachelors in chemical engineering then continue a focus in petrol in graduate school.