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Process
Core concepts of industrial process engineering.
3 lessons · 18 min
- 1 Discovery 6 min The four process variables: pressure, temperature, flow and level Almost any continuous process is run by measuring and controlling four physical variables. Knowing them is the quickest way to understand what a plant's instrumentation actually does.
- 2 Discovery 6 min Unit operations: the building blocks of any process Any transformation process, however complex, breaks down into a small number of standard steps: heat, separate, react, move. Recognising them lets you read any plant.
- 3 Practitioner 6 min Reading a P&ID: the piping and instrumentation diagram The P&ID is the reference drawing of a process plant: equipment, piping, instruments and control loops. Reading it is a core skill in automation as much as in operations.