Understanding this relationship is the difference between running a safe, efficient plant and operating a blind, dangerous one. In engineering terms, a process is a series of operations or chemical reactions that change a raw material into a finished product.
In the world of industrial processing—whether it’s brewing beer, refining crude oil, or treating wastewater—you can’t manage what you can’t measure.
Whether you are a student learning P&ID symbols or a veteran tuning a PID loop, remember this: