INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

LECTUCE 1: INTRODUCTION
Dr. Pham Ho My Phuong
Dept of Oil& Gas Processing Engineering

Room 109B2.

E-mail1: phmphuong@hcmut.edu.vn
 INTRODUCTION

Syllabus: DCMH.CH1001-Introduction to
engineering,
15 lectures including:
7 topics (7 x10% of grade) &
2 meeting orientation days (1 x10% of grade)
5 days of technical products
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The week
Weekly # 1st day of
Topics CONTENT Order in a year the week Grading
Introduction 1 35 26/8
1 Learning skill 2 36 2/9 10%
2 Basic concepts 3,4 37-38 9/9 & 16/9 10%
3 Teamwork 5 39 23/9 10%
4 Technical communication 6,7 40-41 30/9 -7/10 10%

5 Technical Problem Solving 9 & 10 43-44 21/10 - 28/10 10%

Technical design and project
6 management 11 & 12 45-46 4/11 - 11/11 10%
7 Ethics for Engineers 13 & 14 47-48 18/11- 25/11 10%
8 Alumni and Orientation 10%
Meeting 15 49-50 2/12
Faculty members &
Orientation Meeting 16 51 9/12
9 Technical Products 2,3,7,9,12 20%
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 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING

Scientists Technologists
Investigate our Apply science and
natural world math to designs

STEM
Working together
to solve problems
based on societal
needs and wants

Mathematicians Engineers
Use numbers and symbols Create our
to solve problems designed world
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How are they (STEM) all needed to
Create a Product?
Example Science Technology Engineering Math
Pencil Discovery of Creating a Designing a What is the
graphite and writing device device with optimal
the fact that that doesn’t graphite length,
rubber use ink insert, exterior diameter, or
(eraser) will holder, and shape for the
remove attached device?
graphite eraser
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Problems That Solve Our
Needs and Wants
What are our human needs?

PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL

NEEDS: NEEDS: NEEDS:
• Basic shelter • Water • Family
• Basic clothing • Food • Friends
• Can you think • Can you think • Can you think of
of more? of more? more?
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Problems That Solve Our
Needs and Wants
What are our human wants?
PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL
WANTS: WANTS: WANTS:
• Nice house • Fresh water • Talk with family
• Nice car • Fancy food • See friends
• Nice clothes • Healthy living • Entertainment
• Can you think • Can you think • Can you think of
of more? of more? more?
 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING

Engineering

Engineering uses scientific,

technological, and mathematical
knowledge to solve practical problems.
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Engineers Can Do Anything

• Invent – Develop a new product, system, or
process that has never existed before
• Innovate – Improve an existing technological
product, system, or method
Invent
Design Build
Analyze
Orchestrate
Create
Conceive
Improve Evaluate
 Introduction to Chemical Engineering
“Chemical engineers have been responsible for delivering just
about every product we use — from the silicon chips in our
computers, to the paper we write on, to the water we drink.
“Engineering facilitates things that we take for granted in our
daily life,” points out Ralph Larson, staff vice president of
engineering at 3M (St. Paul, MN), who has been with the firm
for 35 years. “Engineers are involved in everything from
product conceptual development on the bench, through
developing a process for that particular innovation, to managing
our factories, to managing the supply chain.”
Source: “Evolution of Chemical Engineering”, Chemical Engineering Progress, Jan. 2002
 Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Other sources of information:

▪ Uche Nnaji. (2019). “Introduction to Chemical
Engineering - For Chemical Engineers and Students”,
Scrivener Publishing
▪ Gavin Towler and R K Sinnott. (2013). “Chemical
Engineering Design: Principles, Practice and Economics of
Plant and Process Design, Second Edition”. Elsevier.
▪ Vivek Utgikar (2016). “Fundamental Concepts and
Computations in Chemical Engineering”, Prentice Hall
 Introduction to Chemical Engineering
Products and Research Subjects of Chemical Engineers
R&D
work
Chemical Engineers Take Chemistry Out
of the Laboratory and Into the World
Products of the Chemical Process Industry
Representative Petrochemical Products
Roles of Chemical Engineers
Roles of Chemical Engineers
Roles of Chemical Engineers
 Three partners involved in creating a chemical
plant, and they all need chemical engineers

Technology Vendors
Operating Companies
• Develop technology
• Own plants
• Produce chemicals • Own patents
• Buy license to use technology • Sell catalysts, enzymes,
from technology vendor proprietary equipment
• Hire Engineering and
(usually, the reactor)
Construction company to build
the plant
Chem. Engineers work as
Chem. Engineers work as researchers / process designers
process engineers
Engineering & Construction Companies
Chem. Engineers work • Detailed design of the plant
as process designers / • Construct the plant on behalf of the operating
project managers company
• Perform equipment purchasing and installation
Chemical engineers design a new chemical process, which is
represented in the form of Process Flow Diagram (PFD) drawing
(This drawing is PFD of the solvent-regeneration section of an
absorption unit in a chemical plant)
Chemical engineers design / prepare the so-called Piping &
Instrumentation Diagrams (P & IDs), which show details of piping,
equipment, instruments, and control system. The P & IDs are used
for construction, equipment installation and subsequent operation
of the chemical process plant
A brief history of Chemical Engineering
A brief history of Chemical Engineering
A brief history of Chemical Engineering
 Chemical Engineering unit operations
Despite the very large number of chemical processes and products,
there are only a modest number of different kinds of chemical
process steps => the field of chemical engineering can be broken
down into manageable segments. These segments are called unit
operations. Individual units belonging to a specific type of unit
operation (for example, distillation units) would be used in varied
types of chemical plants, but they are based on the same scientific
principles. The result: A chemical plant can be considered as a
collection of operations connected by a network of pipes. It requires
a certain amount of thinking in systems to design a process
optimally. The resulting network is represented by the PFD drawing
 Chemical Engineering unit operations

PFD of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit in an oil refinery

 Chemical Engineering unit operations

A chemical process plant: a series of unit operations that are

connected and work together as a complete system
 Chemical Engineering unit operations

Because the unit operations are a branch of engineering, they

are based on both science and experience. Each process step
can be carried out in a variety of equipment types. Theory and
practice must combine to yield designs for equipment that can
be fabricated, assembled, operated and maintained. Usually
the apparatus selected is chosen because it has some
particular advantage in light of the properties of the materials
being processed or the goal of the process step
 What you will study in HCMUT Chemical
Engineering (ChemE) education program?
- The foundations of science and engineering education program
(Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry for engineers)
- Relevant / important types of unit operations commonly found in a
chemical process plant
- System thinking approach to design a chemical plant (how to
select the appropriate types of unit operations and connect them
together, analyze economical, environmental and safety aspects of
chemical processes)
- Theory and practice to design a specific type of chemical process
equipment such as heat exchanger, distillation column
- Process simulation, optimization, data analysis using relevant
software
- Specialized / elective courses that focus on specific topics in
ChemE field of study such as Petroleum Refining Technology,
Surfactant Chemistry and Technology, etc…
 More details on ChemE education program
The training program of the Faculty of Chemistry includes the following areas of
knowledge:
•Chemistry (general chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry)
•Unit Operations (foundations of chemical engineering)
•Reaction Engineering (foundations of chemical engineering)
•Process Control and Operation
•Process Design and Chemical Equipment Design
•Modeling, Optimization, Application of Mathematics and Informatics in Chemical
Engineering
•Process Safety and Environmental Treatment
•Product Development, Analysis, and Evaluation of Product Quality Standards
•Technological Processes and Production Methods for Various Products
•New Technologies in Chemical Engineering
•Fundamentals of Economics and Management, along with other elective knowledge
areas.
 Career Opportunities
Fields/Industries Hiring Chemical Engineers (2013-2014 Graduates, USA)
 Career Opportunities
Salary Comparison for Bachelor's Degree Graduates (2006, USA)