In project management scheduling is the listing of activities and milestones for a project from start date to finish date. Moreover, this listing is based on logical and sequential manner. A project schedule can be at a very top level showing some main activities and milestones. This high-level project schedule is prepared for the top […]
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In an organization we all are involved in some kind of project at any point of time. However, this project can be a big one having 1-2 years or larger duration. On other side it can be a very small, where required completion duration can be around a week of time or lesser. In any
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As a chemical engineer there are situations, where we need to evaluate various investment options for purchasing a machine or going for a new plant project. So, to select the best option among available alternatives we use project investment appraisal methods or techniques. There are many Investment appraisal techniques like payback period, return on investment,
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In my last article on fundamentals of project management I had mentioned that project charter is the important document at the end of project Initiating Phase. This document is very critical for the successful, within budget and timely completion of your project. In other words, we can say this is just like a foundation of
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As a chemical engineer we are involved in number of small or big projects. Where we initiate the project and perform number of activities, to meet end results within a pre-defined time frame. In our plants, these small projects can be like, plant maintenance activities, equipment replacement work, running a product campaign, plant performance improvement
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In our Chemical Process Industries, we use centrifugal pumps most commonly. And, for the selection of a proper centrifugal pump we need to provide its technical specification correctly and completely. So, we can see the various important parameters which require in pump process data sheet are available NPSH, flow rate, head, fluid properties, temperature, etc.
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Inside every chemical plant we can find compressors very easily. These rotating devises we use to compress and pump or transfer the compressible fluids like air, ammonia, natural gas, refrigerant, carbon dioxide, etc. from one point to another. These equipment are power guzzlers and consumes major part of total electricity bill inside the plant. There
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The chilled water and chilled brine are cold utilities, which we use to remove heat at lower temperature levels than cooling water. We use these utilities in our chemical process industries (CPI) to remove heat from air-conditioning system, process equipment and fluid streams. From cooling water at supply temperature 32 0C, we can achieve cooling
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In Chemical Process Industries (CPI) we use continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) or mixed flow reactors for various product manufacturing. For instance, we can use these reactors for liquid-liquid, liquid-gas, liquid-liquid-solid and liquid-gas-solid phase reactions. Moreover, a fluidized bed reactor is also a CSTR where gas-solid phase reaction occurs. In this article we will develop
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In process calculations of vapour-liquid equilibrium system there are two phases. One is vapour phase and second is liquid phase and this system can be multi-components. So, to carry out the process calculation of the unit operations involving vapour-liquid phases, we need to understand the distribution of these components between the phases. Moreover, the design
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