Solution 1

Fill in the blanks, to complete the following statements:

Based on the output of the process, industrial processes are classified as ______ process, ____ process or __________ process.
Economy of scale, as a key to the success in business in chemical/process industries has led to the focus on designing and developing __________ processes.
Manufacturing of fine and specialty chemicals with the increased emphasis on high quality and customer requirements led to the focus on _________ processes.
Based on structure, batch processes are classified as ________, _________ and ___________.
A multi-grade batch plant produces products that are similar but not ___________.

Identify the following processes as either batch process, continuous process or discrete process:

1.	Assembly of watches	[	]
2.	Soap manufacturing	[	]
3.	Beer brewing	[	]
4.	Cement manufacturing	[	]
5.	Manufacture of anti-tuberculosis drug	[	]
6.	Production of cars	[	]
7.	Manufacturing toothpaste	[	]
8.	Electricity generation	[	]
9.	Paper manufacturing	[	]
10.	Assembly of television sets	[	]

List three batch processes (other than listed above):

State these statements as either TRUE or FALSE:

1.	Batch manufacturing plants are comparatively more robust than a continuous plant.	[	]
2.	Batch process manufacturing facility is easy to scale up depending on market demand and requirements.	[	]
3.	In a continuous process, each equipment operates in a single steady state and performs a specific processing function.	[	]
4.	Batch process plants can be made flexible...

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