PPE Flashcards
is a method of altering a compound.
Chemical processing
done to change the chemical structure of raw (bulk) materials in order to obtain
products that are valuable to other industries/daily life.
Chemical processing
is defined as a process that does not involve any
chemical reactions.
unit operation
involves a chemical reaction resulting in the
transformation of substances into new chemical compounds.
a unit process
unit operations are classified in the following manner:
Fluid flow operations:
Mechanical operations:
Mass transfer:
Size reduction, size enlargement, mixing,
agitation, blending, filtration, classification-separation, etc.
Mechanical operations:
Pumping, compression, and fluidization.
Fluid flow operations:
Distillation, evaporation, crystallization, leaching,
absorption, adsorption, extraction, etc.
Mass transfer:
are devices that are used
to increase the static pressure of
liquids by converting mechanical
energy to a high-pressure liquid
flow.
Pumps
involves exerting work on a compressible
fluid (gases) for the purpose of increasing its pressure.
compressor
is the unit operation
by which fine solids are
transformed into a fluid-like state
through contact with a gas.
Fluidization
are designed to rapidly blend
two or more components together,
regardless of whether they are of the
same or different phases (e.g., solid-
liquid, liquid-liquid, gas-liquid).
Mixers
are equipment used to
homogenize media inside a tank.
Agitators
are
used to maintain homogeneity and
equilibrium within an existing mixture.
agitators
is a unit operation
that separates a liquid from solids
by means of heat transfer via
boiling.
Evaporation