Flowsheets-Types

The flowsheet is the road-map of a process, and

serves to identi9 and focus the scope of the process for all
interested and associated functions of the project. As a
project progresses, the various engineering disciplines
read their portions of responsibility from the flowsheet,
although they may not understand the process or other
details relative to some of the other phases of engineering.
Here is where the process and/or project engineer
serves to tie together these necessary segments of work.
This often involves explanations sufficiently clear to
enable these other groups to obtain a good picture of the
objective and the problems associated with attaining it.
The flowsheet also describes the process to management
as well as those concerned with preparing economic
studies for process evaluation.
A good process flowsheet pictorially and graphically
identifies the chemical process steps in proper sequence.
It is done in such a manner and with sufficient detail to
present to others a proper mechanical interpretation of
the chemical requirements.
There are several types of flowsheets: