Sometimes seemingly mundane tasks can be deceptively complex. For example, many individuals may perceive the pouring of a liquid as a simple concept that should require very little thought or planning. If your task is to pour a liquid, you would probably not stop to plan out how you will do so. While pouring from a cup can be explained in a very basic way, there are more complex versions of liquid transfer as well. Furthermore, if you are not pouring water but a more valuable resource instead, It becomes obvious that a deeper look is needed to prevent waste. This is where the job begins for the chemical engineer. Often times a chemical engineer may oversee the construction of a small scale chemical mixing unit, pipeline, or other means of
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Often, an experienced chemical engineer can qualify for many positions that are not directly related to the specific parameters of chemical engineering due to the idea that the degree itself shows an ability to learn quickly and complete complex tasks. A search on an employment website such as Indeed shows high end chemical engineering jobs may include a plant manager who supervises at the highest level a factory, or a senior research and development engineer who will use the scientific process to find cheaper, more efficient ways to produce an item, or entirely new designs and products themselves. The variety of positions available shows the dynamic nature of chemical engineering and how it can apply to many different fields. In most of these fields, there seems to be at least one thing in common, a strong ability to solve …show more content…
Take for instance a red plastic cup that is full of liquid. Now consider removing a circle of plastic from the bottom of the cup with the diameter of a regular pencil. How long will it take to drain all of the water? How much liquid is falling from the cup each second? Because of the work that has been done in fluid dynamics, we have a simple formula to help us answer these questions. Q=aC2gh In which Q represents the flow rate, a represents the cross sectional area of the hole, C is a coefficient in regards to the efficiency of liquid flow through the hole where 0>C>1, g is the force of gravity, and h is the height of the liquid between its surface and the middle of the hole.(LMNO) For instance, consider a cup filled to 15 cm, a hole with an area of 1 cm, and a coefficient C of 1. The flowrate Q would be Q=(.01)(1)2(9.8)(.1468), which comes to about 1.7cm³ of fluid per second. All of that and we didn’t even need a cup. I however would ask, how can we be sure this is correct if we do not truly understand what we are
Often, an experienced chemical engineer can qualify for many positions that are not directly related to the specific parameters of chemical engineering due to the idea that the degree itself shows an ability to learn quickly and complete complex tasks. A search on an employment website such as Indeed shows high end chemical engineering jobs may include a plant manager who supervises at the highest level a factory, or a senior research and development engineer who will use the scientific process to find cheaper, more efficient ways to produce an item, or entirely new designs and products themselves. The variety of positions available shows the dynamic nature of chemical engineering and how it can apply to many different fields. In most of these fields, there seems to be at least one thing in common, a strong ability to solve …show more content…
Take for instance a red plastic cup that is full of liquid. Now consider removing a circle of plastic from the bottom of the cup with the diameter of a regular pencil. How long will it take to drain all of the water? How much liquid is falling from the cup each second? Because of the work that has been done in fluid dynamics, we have a simple formula to help us answer these questions. Q=aC2gh In which Q represents the flow rate, a represents the cross sectional area of the hole, C is a coefficient in regards to the efficiency of liquid flow through the hole where 0>C>1, g is the force of gravity, and h is the height of the liquid between its surface and the middle of the hole.(LMNO) For instance, consider a cup filled to 15 cm, a hole with an area of 1 cm, and a coefficient C of 1. The flowrate Q would be Q=(.01)(1)2(9.8)(.1468), which comes to about 1.7cm³ of fluid per second. All of that and we didn’t even need a cup. I however would ask, how can we be sure this is correct if we do not truly understand what we are