CHEMICAL ENGINEERING is one of the broadest of the engineering fields, focused not only on chemicals- which make up everything- but also on developing and designing plants and processes for manufacturing chemicals.
HISTORY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Men are being lived with
chemical engineering principles for a long period.
- 2000BC Egyptians
develop PAPER
- 3500BC Melting
copper with tin to produce BRONZE
- 5000BC Glass
have been invented
It is difficult to
exactly pinpoint the date when chemical engineering came into existence.
However, the industrial revolution occurred between 1700 to 1800 paves the way
for the application of concepts to develop chemical industries.
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from
hand production methods to machines, the new chemicals manufacturing, and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools, and the rise of factory systems.
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The second industrial revolution, also known as the TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION, was a phase of fast industrialization in the final third of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th. The first industrial revolution, which ended in the early to mid-1800s, was punctuated by a slowdown in macro inventions before the second industrial revolution in 1870. Though a number of its characteristic inventions can be traced to earlier innovations in manufacturing such as Iron, Steel, Papermaking, Petroleum, Chemicals, Rubber, Fertilizer, Turbines, etc.…
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AS A DISCIPLINE
The Chemical Engineering as a discipline that was first developed out of those practicing “industrial chemistry” in the late 19th Century. Chemical Engineering was first established as a profession in the United Kingdom when the first chemical engineering course is provided at the University of Manchester in 1887.
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GEORGE E. DAVIS
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GEORGE E. DAVIS IS AWARDED AS THE WORLD’S FIRST CHEMICAL ENGINEER.
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