• In a continuous chemical process, there are reactants, products, and inerts.
• These components enter, leave, are formed, or are consumed in the process.
• Each component can be followed through the process.
In Chapter 2, the unit operations from a PFD were classified into one of the six blocks of a generic block flow process diagram. In this chapter, you gain a deeper understanding of a chemical process by learning how to trace the paths taken by chemical species through a chemical process.
In this chapter, guidelines and some useful tactics are provided to help you trace chemicals through a process. Two important ...