Answer to Question #226976 in Chemical Engineering for Lokika

Question

Define the term unit operation & unit process?

Answer 1

Unit operation is a basic step in a process that involves physical change or chemical transformation during the process like polymerization separation, evaporation crystallization, filtration, isomerization, and other reactions. 

The unit process is a process in which chemical changes take place to the material present in the reaction and result in the chemical reaction is known as the Unit process. This basically consists of a reaction between two or more chemical which results in another chemical can also be defined as unit process. Sulphonation, nitration, oxidation, halogenation, and many more.