[ Process Engineering ]

Being a civil engineer in the energy pipelines game makes me a bit of an anomaly.  I’m mostly surrounded by people with degrees in mechanical or process/chemical engineering.

So, while my university education about properties and thermodynamics of hydrocarbons was minor, it’s still very important that I know a bit about them.  And, in these transition times, we might see other fluids and gases in the pipelines. Understanding the chemical and process behaviour of those, too, is becoming very important.

The characteristics around density, viscosity, vapour pressure, dispersion, and flammability limits are all part of being an energy pipeline engineer.

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PECS GE005 Process engineering, # 10 of 35 core competencies.