Midterms Flashcards
Process and procedures in a large scale that involve chemical or mechanical steps aiding them in manifacture of a specific item or items is known as
Industrial process
Key components of heavy industries
Industrial process
Companies that extract, transport, and process raw materials to manufacture semi-finished or high quality end products by means of physical, mechanical and/or chemical process are classified as
Process Industries
Characterized by flowing materials or media
Production Process
examples of process Industries
1.food and beverages
2.chemicals
3. Pharmaceuticals
4.Petroleum
5.ceramics
6. Plastic and rubber
7. Tabacco
8.Paper and pulp
9. Etc.
Input ➡️ processes➡️ output
In process Industries, example:
Raw materials ➡️ Factory ➡️ Manufactured goods
Several components can define an industrial system
1.Raw materials
2. Energy(electricity)
3. Labour(skilled/unskilled)
4. Land
5. Transport
6. Communication links
7. Capital (including government grants)
Refers to the **methods, **techniques, and operations carried out to convert input into outputs
Processes
This encompasses all the products or by products generated by the system
Output
Would be goods but there might be waste
Primary output
Give one benefits of industrial processes
Contribute to the conversion of a rare and costly material into a commodity cheaper in price.
The result of industrial processes
May produce a desired product or creates certain unnecessary by products which maybe toxic, hazardous and hard to manage with
Types of industrial processes
1.General processes
2.Chemical processes
3. Heat processes
4. Physical processes
5.Distillation processes
Used by large in almost all the heavy industries
General processes
Used for easy transportation between one part to the other.
Liquefaction
Removal of excess liquid
Freeze drying or superficial drying
Used for removing pollutants from the exhaust gas that is created
Scrubber
Involve methods that result in the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.
Chemical processes
Can be used to modify or produce various materials
Chemical processes
Chemical processes example; process used to extract a metal from its ore, often involving the use of heat and reducing agents
Smelting
Refers to the elimination of pathogens and other harmful microorganisms, usually by chemical means
Disinfection
Process in which heat is used to chemically combine the materials
Pyro-processing
One of the materials that are combined by means of pyro-processing methods
Cement
Heat or direct current is used in the production of materials
Heat processes