Technology & Engineering
Processing
Processing refers to the manipulation, transformation, or analysis of data, signals, or materials using technology or machinery. In the context of technology and engineering, processing often involves converting raw inputs into usable outputs through various methods such as computation, manufacturing, or refining. This can include tasks like data processing, signal processing, or material processing.
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eBook - PDFDesign Engineering
A Manual for Enhanced Creativity
- W. Ernst Eder, Stanislav Hosnedl(Authors)
- 2007(Publication Date)
- CRC Press(Publisher)
For instance, medical operations—surgery, for example, amputation—may be regarded as “Processing,” fitting of prostheses as “manufacturing.” 5.3.8 T RENDS IN D EVELOPMENTS IN T IME OF T ECHNICAL P ROCESSES Developments of the technological sphere are accompanied by developments of a large variety of processes and technical means. In this technical and societal devel-opment of human cultures, the means to cause deliberate change, the human was pro-gressively supported (e.g., initially by draft animals and their harnesses) or replaced in various functions as a result of technological developments (see Section I.10). The indicated directions of development, namely instrumentation, mechani-zation, automation, and computerization (and its extensions) are historically and currently important. They influence some stages of the engineering design process TrfS, Including Trf P, TP, and TS 285 (designing the desired or proposed TP / TS) in which decisions are made about the scope of the TP within the general Trf P, and distributing the functions of exerting energy (propulsion, drive) and control between man and machine. According to the distribution of effects (actions) between the human beings and the TS (means), we can distinguish: 1. Manual processes (e.g., craft operations, use of tools) with a preponderance of human (and animal) action for both energy and control effects. 2. Mechanized processes (machine operations) in which the TS takes over the effects of supplying energy. 3. Automated processes in which the TS takes over most of the control effects. 4. Computerized (computer-automated) processes in which routine decisions are made by the TS (includes mechatronics).
eBook - PDFIntroduction to Chemical Engineering
Tools for Today and Tomorrow
- Kenneth A. Solen, John N. Harb(Authors)
- 2011(Publication Date)
- Wiley(Publisher)
Chapter 2 The Role of Chemical Processing The terms “chemical process” and “chemical Processing” are very common in chemi- cal engineering and, in fact, are at the heart of most of what chemical engineers do. There- fore, this chapter addresses the following question: 2.1 WHAT IS A CHEMICAL PROCESS? Definition of a Chemical Process A chemical process is a combination of steps in which starting materials are con- verted into desired products using equipment and conditions that facilitate that con- version. To explain this answer, let’s go back to your experience with chemistry. You will remember that chemistry involves the use of chemical reactions to make a desired product. For example, we may be interested in making product “C” from chemicals “A” and “B” via the reaction A + B → C (2.1) In a laboratory, you may have produced this reaction by pouring chemical A into a test tube and chemical B into another test tube (Figure 2.1). You may have then heated each test tube over a laboratory burner or heater to increase the temperatures of those two materials. The next step might have been to mix the two chemicals together so that they would react to form chemical C. Finally, because other chemicals were present along with the C in the product mixture, you probably needed to separate C from the mixture by boiling it off from the mixture, by allowing it to settle to the bottom of a flask, or by some other means. These manual steps are illustrated in Figure 2.1. One of the things that chemical engineers do is to build upon laboratory-type manual processes to create useful automated processes. They may create new processes to make new products or to utilize better strategies for making existing products through increased efficiency and the use of environmentally friendly methods. Or they may improve existing chemical processes in order to increase production rate and product quality.
eBook - PDFInformation Technology
Made Simple
- Roger Carter(Author)
- 2013(Publication Date)
- Made Simple(Publisher)
9 Data Processing 9.1 What is data Processing? Data Processing, as distinct from text (word) Processing, image Processing, or speech or music Processing, refers to the use of the computer to record, store, retrieve, analyse, and communicate data. That data will often be in numerical form, but will include textual data such as names, addresses, product codes, and so on. Data Processing (DP) may include scientific and engineer-ing 'number crunching' applications, but it mainly refers to the Processing of business transactions, such as sales and purchases. The term transaction Processing is sometimes used to distinguish the latter from scientific number crunch-ing, and it is with transaction Processing that we are primar-ily concerned in this chapter. In small businesses, data (transaction) Processing will normally be carried out on PCs, using off-the-shelf applica-tions packages such as database packages and accounts packages. I dealt with this type of package in Chapter 6. In larger businesses, mainframe or minicomputers will be used, and software may be specially written by staff in a data Processing department. This chapter is mainly concerned with DP procedures and organization in larger businesses. 9.2 Plan of this chapter This chapter begins by introducing DP operations and procedures, and the advantages and disadvantages of using a computer for these. Then it examines DP issues regarding the collection of data, the input of data, and the storage and Data Processing 193 Processing of data. Finally, it examines the role of the DP department, and the work of systems analysts in desinging data Processing systems. 9.3 Data Processing operations The basic DP operations are those outlined in Chapter 1: recording data, storing and retrieving data, calculating/ analysing data, and communicating the results.
eBook - PDF- Charles Thomas(Author)
- 2015(Publication Date)
- Cengage Learning EMEA(Publisher)
Process technicians typically have college degrees and can be found operating and troubleshooting the complex systems found in the chemical Processing industry. Copyright 2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 45 Key Terms Process Technology —as defined in the regionally accredited process curriculum, a field of study offered at community colleges or universities that prepares students to take entry-level positions as technicians in the chemical Processing industry. The curriculum can be catego-rized as the study and application of the scientific principles (math, physics, chemistry) asso-ciated with the operation and maintenance (safety, quality, instruments, equipment, systems, operations, unit operations, troubleshooting) of the chemical Processing industry. Process Technology 1—Equipment —instruction in the use of common process equipment, including basic components and related scientific principles. Includes a study of valves, pipes and tanks, pumps, compressors, motors and turbines, heat exchangers, cooling towers, boilers, furnaces, distillation columns, reactors, and separators. Process Technology 2—Systems —study of common process systems found in the chemical Processing industry, including related scientific principles. Includes study of pump and com-pressor systems, heat exchangers and cooling tower systems, boilers and furnace systems, distillation systems, reaction systems, utility system, separation systems, plastics systems, instrument systems, water treatment, and extraction systems.
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