Engineering experiment design problem

The process engineer must design a plant for the current process solely on the basis of published information. After he has completed his study no one will perform experiments to verify his assumptions, since the company does not plan to use that process. He is on his own. This type of problem is excellent for chemical engineering design classes. Some of best sources of material for such exercises are given at the end of this chapter. 

Creativity is a major issue in process design. This is not a matter only of engineering experience, but above all of adopting the approach of process systems. This consists of a systemic viewpoint in problem analysis supported by systematic methods in process design. 

The principal objective of the BR-5/BR-10 reactor was to gain practical experience of operation of sodium cooled fast reactor and find optimum solutions of engineering and technological problems arising in SFR operation, which can be used in the future power reactor designs. 

Most of the theories used in our foundation design tend to be those that have been developed based on the experience of construction on temperate zone soils, which mostly consist of transported (sedimentary) type of soils. But in tropical countries where soils can be literally classified as tropical soils, the mode of formation and hence the physical properties of the soils somewhat differ. This would inevitably affect the way we design and construct our foundation. This is because a key to successful foundation engineering is to understand the mix between rationalism and empiricism, the strengths and limitations of each, and how to apply them to practical design problems. 

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