The following
outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chemical engineering:
Chemical engineering – deals with the application of
physical science (e.g.,
chemistry
Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...
and
physics), and life sciences (e.g.,
biology,
microbiology
Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...
and
biochemistry) with
mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
and
economics, to the process of converting raw materials or
chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. In addition to producing useful materials, modern chemical engineering is also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and techniques – such as
nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...
,
fuel cells
A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen fuel, hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. Fuel cells are different from most bat ...
and
biomedical engineering.
[From Petroleum to Penicillin. The First Hundred Years of Modern Chemical Engineering: 1859–1959. – Burnett, J. N.]
Essence of chemical engineering
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Math
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
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Chemistry
Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...
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Physics
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Fluid Mechanics
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Chemical Reaction Engineering
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Thermodynamics
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Chemical Thermodynamics
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Engineering Mechanics
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Fluid Dynamics
In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids— liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ''aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) an ...
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Heat Transfer
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Mass Transfer
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Transport Phenomena
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Green Chemistry and Sustainability
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Process Control
An industrial process control in continuous production processes is a discipline that uses industrial control systems to achieve a production level of consistency, economy and safety which could not be achieved purely by human manual control. I ...
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Process Instrumentation
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Process Safety
Process safety focuses on preventing fires, explosions and chemical accidents in chemical process facilities or other facilities dealing with hazardous materials such as refineries, and oil and gas ( onshore and offshore) production installations ...
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Unit Operation
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Process Design
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Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation
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Engineering Economics
Branches of chemical engineering
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Biochemical engineering
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Biomedical engineering
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Biotechnology
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Ceramics
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Chemical process modeling
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Chemical Technologist
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Chemical reactor
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Chemical reaction engineering
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Distillation Design
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Electrochemistry
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Fluid dynamics
In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids— liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ''aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) an ...
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Food engineering
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Heat transfer
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Mass transfer
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Materials science
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Microfluidics
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Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal o ...
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Natural environment
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Plastics engineering
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Polymer engineering
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Process control
An industrial process control in continuous production processes is a discipline that uses industrial control systems to achieve a production level of consistency, economy and safety which could not be achieved purely by human manual control. I ...
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Process design (chemical engineering)
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Separation processes (see also:
separation of mixture
A separation process is a method that converts a mixture or a solution of chemical substances into two or more distinct product mixtures, a scientific process of separating two or more substance in order to obtain purity. At least one product m ...
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Crystallization processes
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Distillation processes
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Membrane processes
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Semiconductors
A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical resistivity and conductivity, electrical conductivity value falling between that of a electrical conductor, conductor, such as copper, and an insulator (electricity), insulator, such as glas ...
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Thermodynamics
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Transport phenomena
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Unit operations
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Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering
History of chemical engineering
History of chemical engineering
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Batch production
General chemical engineering concepts
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Chemical engineer
In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is a professional, equipped with the knowledge of chemical engineering, who works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products and deals with the ...
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Chemical reaction
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Distillation Design
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Fluid mechanics
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Heat transfer
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Mass transfer and equilibrium stages
* Operations involving
particulate solids.
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Process design
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Transport Phenomena
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Unit operations
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Polymerization
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3D Plant Design
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FEED
Leaders in chemical engineering
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List of chemical engineers
See also
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Outline of chemistry
References
External links
Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering Education (CACHE)Engineering Learning Resources WikiChemical Engineers' Resource PageAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers (USA)Institution of Chemical Engineers (UK)Brazilian Association of Chemical Engineering (BRA)Engineers Australia (AUS)Chemical Engineering Information -Turkey (TR)Chemical Engineering Information Exchange)*
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