Why do I care about phase diagrams?

Written on June 1, 2005 at 11:55 am, by

In facilities operations the understanding of where the process is on a phase diagram can often help the engineer and operator avoid extremely embarrassing design and operating mistakes. The oil and gas industry is full of many “war stories” about “phase diagram disasters.” Most instances are never related back to the phase diagram misunderstanding.  InContinue Reading