The MOST Important Subject in ChemE & How to Survive it

[@jonathankabamba833]

A few tips I found helpful whilst learning Material balances: - Material balance is not stoichiometry although we use the latter as a tool. - When solving problems, draw clear diagrams before jumping into calculations. Make sure you have identified all streams with the components present. - Practice a lot of examples in which no diagrams are given i.e. you have to come up with the diagram from a statement. - When chemical reactions are involved, remember that Mass is always conserved, this is not the case with moles. - There are no formulas per se. You develop your own equations and come up with solutions. Thumbs up for the video. I really enjoyed it :)

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Exactly, drawing clear diagrams with RELEVANT data is a game changer... And yes, it is almost a skill to convert words into process flow diagrams

[@bh-rf9dd]

People also don’t really understand that material and energy balances are essential for everything in the hard sciences. Whether you are doing fluid mechanics, mass and heat transport, you will be using differential momentum, mass, and energy balances. The same is for physics. in quantum mechanics the schrodinger equation is developed by applying an energy balance to a wave equation. In ChemE we also do mole balances for chemical kinetics which is also used in quantitative chemistry. In finance, they will use principles of chemical kinetic equations which is rate based balance of in and out coming flows of money. Essentially these skills are super useful and can be used to solved lots of important problems!

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Exactly! My professor always used that example of banking and finance with respect to the general mass balance equation XD

[@basilscriblerusclub]

We are honestly inclined to agree. Material and Energy Balance (or Chemical Process Principles if you're one of those schools) is essentially Process Design stripped down at its basic levels. You are introduced to topics like Real Gases, Separation Units, Reactors, Fluid Behavior, and Heat Transfer, but you will not get into those topics until you take Thermodynamics, Mass Transfer, Reactor Design, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer. You can play a drinking game over how many times we say "you'll hear more about this later" when teaching this.

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Hahaha yeah! I love the subject because of this, lots of ChemE topics being bursted at ya

[@Multijoe84]

When I was at university this class was called Process Analysis. Mass and energy balances. I agree it’s the most fundamental. Which I had this channel when I was a student !

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Me too XD

[@TruongNguyen-bl4vd]

Just graduated, don't wanna look back at this lol

[@Drie237]

😂 same

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

send me your e-mail so I can send you 20 Material balances due to friday

[@TruongNguyen-bl4vd]

@@ChemicalEngineeringGuy I'm very tempted to give you my real email address. Why don't you just add them to the comment section and let everyone suffer with me?

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

@@TruongNguyen-bl4vd XD, it is in the description of every video, but it is [e-mail]

[@aldoalexisorozcomendoza2854]

I am actually in seventh semester, in my university, the signature is seen in third semester, and i felt very good in that moment, cause, i really understood all, and due to my teacher that was a very good one, i could learn the basis of that important subject, BUT, i have never seen anything of that till this moment, i saw only a little bit in heat transfer when i reached the topic of evaporators, but that´s it, i hope to see more of this in separation process, and practice more. The pandemic made me lose the level that i had, and cause of the depression that i suffered, but i´m ready to go in charge again, thanks a lot bro, for all the work that you do, saludos desde México, i hope to end the career being a good engineer.

[@CarlosHernandez-nn3ll]

Brother i'm from Mexico too. Your history help me, to never give up , because I learning subject about ChemE.

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

You might end up using it til your work days!

[@kabelomoleme]

Much love from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks a lot Kabelo, love from MX as well!

[@ayandatemela2523]

Wassup bro, I'm from South Africa too

[@kabelomoleme]

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[@eaguado1990]

Excelent content! Love the approach to chem e

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks bro, looking forward for you to be in Monterrey soon!

[@fatilukeman1578]

Thank you so much.you are my second reaction engineering lecturer.Keep up.May God bless you

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

thanks my friend! Im glad you are enjoying the course so far!

[@davidevicenzi2071]

I think your tips are amazing and i would like to be a student right now to be able to apply them! Unfortunately my time has passed, but i can say that, now that i'm working, i can easily observe what you're saying, so, to strengthen the concept for new students, be aware and be interested in Material Balance topic and go deep in learning it, it will be useful in your future job!!

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks Davide! Indeed, we are now old wolves, but still can recommend to other younger generations how to survive Mass Balance XD

[@dietermarroquin6386]

Comparto contigo tus ideas Emmanuel. Excelente video!

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Tenemos una platica pendiente! Un saludo!

[@asim.r]

Awesome video, buddy. Also, I love the camera quality 👍

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks a ton! I had a lots of shots til I got this one!

[@tgeraldakan9181]

Your fan from Uganda 🇺🇬

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Wow! Thanks! Love from MX!

[@sadafshaikh1250]

Thankyou so much! It helped a lot

[@kuotkuot2141]

I'm from South Sudan 🇸🇸🇸🇸 I love to become chemical engineer in my hometown but I need the best university in Africa

[@TheUn-CoolKid]

Bro m a chemical engineer I could tell u if u pioneer the subject u can lead a very good life.... Maby better then the coders.

[@kuotkuot2141]

@@TheUn-CoolKid could you tell me more about it I have a passion of this career

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Enroll to ChemE, if you stop enjoying it, then change :)

[@barbara19_73]

great vid! I’m an incoming Chem-E Junior, do you have any recommendation of books entitled to help you with certain courses and content? not necessarily the course textbook. Thank you!

[@BMGAZD]

Name your course and I can provide some book titles for you

[@barbara19_73]

@@BMGAZD Thermodynamics

[@koky208]

Excelente video, hora de afinar los conocimientos practicando más en Hysis😁. Saludos desde Perú.

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

indeed! abrazos desde mx

[@rhamadannyomar2850]

Hi Ortega, let me thank you for the knowldge that you are sharing with us, I real appreciate it. I made my Proceess Engineering Bsc. Degree here in Mozambique Africa. Here in Africa, process simulator are so expensive and isn't easy to get one. How ever, I dowloaded COCO and started to simulate process with it. Hence, I would like to know with you, someone who is using COCO to simulate process will be capble to use Software like Aspen Plus or Hysis?

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

thanks for commenting! Yes, unfortunately, process simulators are crazy expensive, mostly available for high income companies. COCO is a great simulator overall, but lacks lots of tools. Personally, I know more peopl going for DWSIM, there are lots of ppl working on it in a daily basis, check them out in linkedin communities

[@roma3s]

Nice vid

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

thanks bro

[@francissankahjr6053]

Great video quality and video content

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thank friend, I'm doing my best, really nice to see that you like it and notice it xD

[@maruwanalmabrouk7284]

thanks alot, it was really helpful. also a little question sir, what courses do you suggest for process engineer dealing with a Hysys software? 🇱🇾

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks a lot!... I would recommend going for the Free course I recommended of HYSYS. It is pretty basic. If you are already familiar, you can get a more advanced course. I have one on Petroleum Assays and Crude Oil Manager. Then you can continue with more advanced courses such as Oil & Gas Refineries or so... what are you into?

[@agung.borneo.pramono.7663]

Thank you very much bro for sharing

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks to you! what other video topics would you love to see?

[@abeshchatterjee6954]

I watched your video after a long days. Its make pleasure and gives information as it did in old days. thanks you so much.. I have 2 questions: 1. Can you kindly clarify the difference betwwen Aspen, Aspen Plaus and Hysis? 2. Selecting proper Thermodynamic Models are one of the major issues in Simulation ASPEN. Can you make a seperate video regarding this?

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Sure! I have a blog post on that! Aspen Plus is mostly for Chemical Industry, HYSYS for Oil&Gas (very roughly)

[@abeshchatterjee6954]

@@ChemicalEngineeringGuy thanks a lot...

[@aadityamohan9962]

👍👍👍 Thanks a lot for this video

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

thanks to you too!

[@stilusforfun]

I will never understand, why people don't prepare an Excel sheet to calcolate the material balance, and with a small algorithm with matlab is really simple

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Yeah, that is another way to do so... The problem is typically to set up the equations :P

[@stilusforfun]

@@ChemicalEngineeringGuy I would say, unless you are at university, more or less you work on the same processes, just prepare a stock of equations on an excel sheet, you make the link between pages. I don’t think you have 20 process to produce methane 🤷🏻‍♂️. It is a fact nowadays that you are submersed by softwares, it is rare to stay with paper and pen calculating all the materials balance for the entire process.

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

@@stilusforfun that is true... I was focusing my attention in problem solving at university level, but true, at work processes are not going to be changed, or at least not so drastically so making a spreadsheet will work most of the times :) Im with you that it is very rare that you are going to actually work on paper as an engineer with material balances

[@stilusforfun]

@@ChemicalEngineeringGuy No your channel is divulgative and needs to stimulate critical thinking. I love your channel and I like the way you explain concept. I am learning a lot

[@chemuhammadfarisbinchemohd2641]

Hello sir can you teach us how to use Aspen Plus Simulation..Thank you! Because it is related to chemical engineering

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Yes, sure... Actually you can enroll for free into 2 of my courses =)

[@chemuhammadfarisbinchemohd2641]

@@ChemicalEngineeringGuy ok thank you sir 😄

[@KarySierra]

Why am I watching this after passing but barely understanding Mass & Energy Balance? 🙃

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

welcome to the club XD

[@rayyanlahloub2767]

What courses do u suggest for New graduated

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Anything related to your industry. If you are not in the industry, I'll go for Oil&Gas or Project Management Skills

[@nahumarmas]

Good video!

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Thanks my friend, I hope to make it to Vegas with you soon

[@pratikvichare7928]

hello, please upload videos on HTRI software or create new course on udemy.lots of chemical engineers wants to learn HTRI.i have completed basic process modeling course on udemy(now m able to understand to handle errors in aspen hysys). thank you

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Unfortunately, I do not have the software! But I will check if there is anything near my university lab!

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

BTW, congrats in your Basic course! I'm glad you get value from my content!

[@PanxoSow]

gracias por compartir

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

a ti por venir a saludar!

[@aadityamohan9962]

Luckily I had a great professor for teaching Material Balance. I found it to be really interesting. But I'm not very good at it only because I was lazy at practicing it😅😅.

[@ChemicalEngineeringGuy]

Yeah, the thing is you need both, great theory and lots of practice XD

[@adlenekharef9043]

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