Factory layout, P3D 3D modeling, CAD standards and best practices
Process engineers in China’s lithium battery and environmental sectors are seeing salary growth that outpaces almost every other engineering discipline. […]
A well-written equipment specification is the difference between getting exactly what your process needs and spending 18 months in disputes
Every process plant needs cooling water. Yet cooling system design is one of the most frequently underestimated disciplines in plant
Choosing the wrong plant design software costs more than license fees. It costs rework, schedule delays, and — in the
Distillation is the workhorse of chemical separation — and the single biggest energy consumer in most process plants. A poorly
I’ve designed tank farms for chemical plants, refineries, and battery factories. The principles are the same across industries, but the
A pressure safety valve (PSV) is the last line of defense between normal operation and catastrophic failure. When everything else
After 13 years in process engineering, I’ve participated in over 50 HAZOP studies. I’ve seen HAZOPs that caught near-misses before
> 最近一个感悟：AI把所有人的技术门槛拉平了。但这恰恰让另一种能力变得异常稀缺。 — 上个月我帮一个客户审核了一份设备报价。 过程很简单：把3份供应商的报价单扔给Claude，让它提取技术参数做对比表，标注价格虚高的项目，然后用英文写审核报告。 4小时搞定。收了3,000块。 客户很满意。朋友知道后说：”你这钱也太好赚了吧？不就是把文档扔给AI吗？” 我说：”那你试试。” 他试了。结果： 第一版：AI把涂布机的烘箱温度和热辊温度搞混了 第二版：对比表格式混乱，关键参数漏了三项 第三版：审核报告像大学论文——全是理论，没有一句能用的采购建议 他花了一整个周末，改了5版，客户依然不满意。 区别在哪？ 不是他不会用AI。是他不知道什么是一份好的报价审核报告。 — AI时代的悖论 有了AI，写报告的成本趋近于零。但判断一份报告好不好，成本反而更高了。 为什么？ 因为以前没有人会写质量差的报告——写得差的人根本写不出来。现在AI让任何人能生成”看起来很专业”的东西。结果就是：
The pipe isometric (iso) is the one drawing that follows a pipe from engineering office to fabrication shop to construction
The process datasheet is where engineering intent becomes procurement reality. It’s the document that tells a vendor “build me this
Every process plant starts as a P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) — a 2D schematic that says what the plant