6 replies to this topic

[Kelechi]

I am really blessed to be a member of such a prestigious community.

 

Actually, I feel inadequate as a chemical engineer. In fact I do not think myself as a chemical engineer even though I graduated with very good grades from the university with B.Eng Chemical Engineering. I do not want to go into bashing my school now, because I am supposed to be responsible for my own life, but school for all of us (my classmates) back then was a scrambling for the grades. I basically crammed my way through school, memorizing all I needed to pass my exams. So school was a big struggle for me. Fortunately, I have always known that there was more to chemical engineering, which I why I decided to try learning the HYSYS software.

 

I felt that it would perhaps make chemicals engineering (some aspects of it) come clear and (maybe) near practical to me, but a shaky grasp of my fundamentals has become my greatest undoing. I studied in Nigeria, but I also believe that can all be professionals and practical chemical engineers irrespective of where (the school or country) we studied. I do not mean to bug this community, but I shall be very grateful if you could direct me to any material in chemical engineering that treat its basics or fundamentals, Please any ebook no matter how childish will be appreciated - in fact I would love something really simple and basic. I really believe in simple solutions to problems. I hate when things are intentionally made to look complex. Help me. I want to really know chemical engineering. Please do not be surprised that a dummy like me is a graduate of chemical eng.g and do not run away from me. I feel inadequate as a chemical engineering student and I want to start again. Does any one please know any books I could use to get my chemical engineering fundamentals right?

 

Thanks to you all.

[katmar]

Kelechi, I believe that it is a good thing that you feel that way.  It is the over-confident graduates who believe they know it all that come unstuck.  When you first graduate and your brain is full of seemingly disconnected facts it all seems overwhelming.  The only way to see how it all fits together is to do it yourself (starting slowly of course).  If I can make an analogy to learning a foreign language, what you have learnt at college is like learning all the vocabulary and now on the job you will learn the "grammar" and how to put sentences together.     

 

Perhaps the most important lesson a young engineer can learn is to never be afraid to ask questions.  People love showing how much they know and giving you help.  But you must learn to be discerning about who you can take advice from.  You will quickly learn who you can trust and who you cannot.  If you do not understand something do not be afraid to ask.  We were all there once and in my experience senior engineers are always happy to help someone who is keen to learn.  Of course if you make too much of a nuisance of yourself and you expect the seniors to actually do your work they will quickly abandon you.  It has to be a 2 way street.

hey kelechi

it's nice to post and i am very glad to know that you start again.keep it up.

[kabtik]

Do you have the software or how do you intend learning it. Even after learning HYSYS, you will need to understand the basics of chemical engineering to interpret your results.  If you stick to this forum and take your time to read through people's posts and ask questions there is so much that you can learn. 

[processengbd]

I think it is good opportunity to share what we studied in our undergraduate course. That will help all of us & of course  Kelechi.

 

I want to share my basic chemical engineering course and which book I studied.

 

Heat & Mass Balance

Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes Richard M. Felder , Ronald W. Rousseau

 

Heat Transfer

Process Heat Transfer  D. Q. Kern

Introduction To Heat Transfer  Frank P. Incropera , David P. DeWitt 

 

Mass Transfer 

1. Separation Process Engineering (2nd Edition) Phillip C. Wankat

2. Distillation Design Henry Kister

 

Thermodynamics

1. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics :J. M. Smith, H. C. Van Ness , M. M. Abbott

2. Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach Yunus A. Cengel , Michael A. Boles

 

Fluid Mechanics

1.Fluid Mechanics With Engineering Applications  E. Finnemore , Joseph Franzini

 

Unit Operation

1. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering Warren McCabe, Julian Smith , Peter Harriott

2. Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering Vol 1-5

 

Process Control

 

1. Process Dynamics and Control Dale E. Seborg, Duncan A. Mellichamp, Thomas F. Edgar, Francis J. Doyle III

 

Process Design

1.Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers Max Peters , Klaus Timmerhaus, Ronald West , Max Peters

 

Transport Phenomena

1.Transport Phenomena, R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot

 

 

Very Useful Links to buildup your basics

http://www.learncheme.com/

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado

 

Chemical Engineering Design

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For HYSYS And it basics

 

In my view it is impossible to learn all the thing if want to study by yourself. University setting all of us to lear fast.

 

As you possess a BSc. degree. think it will be best if you can join in a process industry or some research farm. and study what you get there. We learn when we do some work. It is hard to learn by oneself.

 

Processengbd

[Ajay S. Satpute]

Dear Kelechi,

 

In addition to above suggestions by other members, please look into below links;

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http://www.docslide....uit-hydraulics/#
http://www.checalc.com/
http://chemicalfiles.blogspot.in/
http://www.calculator.org/default.aspx

 

YOUTUBE is very useful for learning, re-learning or un-learning the concepts. 

 

All the best.

 

Regards.

 

Ajay

Edited by Ajay S. Satpute, 07 May 2013 - 04:48 AM.

[Ajay S. Satpute]

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