Apuntes del tema 1 de la asignatura fundamentos de procesos químicos. Incluye teoría sobre procesos químicos, operaciones unitarias, conceptos básicos, instrumentos de proceso y control y diagramas.
In 1887 George E. Davis, an
inspector of industrial plants, and George E. Davis
(1850-1906)
considered the father of Chemical
Engineering, offers 12 courses on
the operation of chemical processes
and calls for the formation of a new
profession: Chemical Engineering, at
the University of Manchester,
England.
In 1901 he wrote the
"Handbook of Chemical
Engineering" considered the
first text of the profession.
Universidad de Manchester,
Inglaterra
1887 1888 1901
Lewis M. Norton, in 1888, offers the
first 4‐year Chemical Engineering
course program at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) USA.
First group of
chemical engineers,
course X, MIT
The year 1888 is universally MIT
considered as the year of the
founding of Chemical
Engineering.
Lewis M. Norton
(1855-1893)
, Chemical Engineering and Chemical Engineers
1908
In 1908, Walker founded the AIChE, the cornerstone on which the
profession was established, in order to promote, support and
facilitate communication among chemical engineers, contributing
decisively to the development of Chemical Engineering in the
United States.
Universidad de Manchester,
Inglaterra
The definition that currently appears in the Constitution of the
AIChE, and which is universally accepted, is:
Chemical Engineering is the profession in which the knowledge
of mathematics, chemistry and other basic sciences, obtained
through study, experience and practice, is applied judiciously to
develop economic routes in the use of materials and energy, for
the benefit of humanity.
, 1. Chemical process
A chemical process is an orderly succession of interconnected chemical
and/or physical operations in which initial materials are transformed into
different final products.
1. Chemical process
•There might be several manufacturing processes for the same chemical
product. The final choice will depend on several factors.
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