Training Courses

R&D chemists are very often at a disadvantage when working in process research and development because of their lack of knowledge about the basic principles of chemical engineering.

Most chemical engineering courses aimed at chemists are actually developed and presented by chemical engineers. As a result they tend to be mathematically based and unsuitable or uninteresting for R&D chemists.

This course is different; it has been developed and is presented by a chemist, for chemists. It does not dwell on the derivation of a mathematical formula or equations. Instead, it focuses on what chemists need to know about the information and data that engineers require for design and scale-up.

Chemical engineering without mathematics is impossible and so this course does contain mathematics, but at a level that should not trouble degree-level chemists. Chemists do not need to know how to design plants or equipment and, since most chemists are not interested, this course does not attempt to teach them. A chemist does need to know what information is needed for design, scale-up and commercial plant operation and how the experimental data and information are used.

Who Should Attend?

Chemists who are working, or have recently begun work, on process R&D, pilot plants or production plants.

Course Objectives

Chemists and engineers regularly interact and collaborate in process R&D, and they should each understand the needs and objectives of the other discipline. This course gives chemists an introduction to the main topics in chemical engineering that will help them realise the importance of the subject. It introduces and describes the principles of chemical engineering without resorting to the excessive use of mathematics. The course will help chemists appreciate the role of engineers and assist in understanding their requirements. It will attempt to answer the questions of what data and information are needed, why are they needed and how chemists can provide them.
The course will allow chemists to improve and understand the vital interaction between chemistry and chemical engineering. It will also provide knowledge that can improve both the chemist’s own work in process R&D as well as their own job function and career prospects.

Course Outline