Functions
- Design & setting up of large scale production plants to process naturally occurring raw materials into a variety of useful products such as pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, synthetic fibres, paper, plastics, rubber, paints, oils, foods etc.
- To look after the pollution control requirements for waste disposal.
- To manufacture various chemical products from raw materials.
- To work on Air, water and steam plant utilities for running the various process equipment efficiently
- To work with heat transfer equipments such as heat exchanges, condensers, boilers, evaporators, furnaces, etc .
Main subjects in diploma curricula
- Basic Chemical Engineering
- Applied Chemistry
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Engineering Material
- Mechanical Operations
- Fluid Flow
- Thermodynamics
- Environmental Engg.
- Industrial Management
- Heat Transfer
- Chemical Technology
- Mass Transfer
- Processing Instrumentation
- Safety & Chemical Hazar
Higher Study
- Degree through A.I.I.A.
- Degree through A.M.I.E.
- Certain Universities admit diploma students in to 2nd year degree course
- One can also diversify into the field of biotechnology, bio medical engineering, micro- electronics or materials science, food engineering and mineral engineering.
Employment Opportunities
- Chemical engineers may work in companies involved in the production of such things as food, plastics, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, metals and glass.
- Many chemical engineers also find employment in environment protection and the reclamation or cleanup of contaminated sites, or in research laboratories, chemical plants and petroleum refineries.
- Other major employers of chemical engineers include manufacturers of basic iron and steel products, Textiles and Adhesives Industry, organic industrial chemicals and the mining industry.
- Engineers working in this field may specialize as combustion engineers, petroleum engineers, principal chemical engineers, smelting engineers, water treatment engineers or environmental engineers.
- Teaching and Research in various firm
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