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Equipment Module

Welcome to the ProcessPI Equipment Module.

The Equipment module provides comprehensive engineering calculations, sizing methods, design utilities, and performance evaluation tools for a wide range of process equipment used throughout the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, and energy industries.

Designed with practicing engineers and students in mind, the module combines engineering fundamentals with practical design methods to deliver reliable calculations while maintaining a simple and intuitive Python interface.

Current Development

The Equipment module is under active development. Upcoming releases will progressively introduce support for major categories of process equipment, including:

Heat Exchangers

  • Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
  • Double Pipe Heat Exchangers
  • Plate Heat Exchangers
  • Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
  • Condensers
  • Reboilers
  • Evaporators

Separation Equipment

  • Flash Drums
  • Knock-Out Drums
  • Separators
  • Decanters
  • Cyclone Separators

Rotating Equipment

  • Pumps
  • Compressors
  • Blowers
  • Fans
  • Turbines

Mass Transfer Equipment

  • Distillation Columns
  • Absorption Columns
  • Stripping Columns
  • Packed Columns
  • Tray Columns

Mixing & Agitation

  • Agitated Tanks
  • Mixing Power Calculations
  • Impeller Selection
  • Agitator Design Utilities

Process Equipment Utilities

  • Equipment Rating
  • Performance Analysis
  • Thermal Design
  • Hydraulic Design
  • Mechanical Design Helpers
  • Operating Reports
  • Engineering Validation Tools

Design Philosophy

The Equipment module is built around the following principles:

  • Engineering-focused implementation
  • Standard SI and Imperial unit support
  • Automatic unit conversion
  • Modular and extensible architecture
  • Transparent engineering calculations
  • Detailed calculation reports
  • Production-ready Python API

Each equipment class is designed to support both quick engineering estimates and detailed calculations suitable for design studies and operational troubleshooting.

Future Roadmap

Future releases will introduce:

  • Equipment selection utilities
  • Economic evaluation tools
  • Cost estimation methods
  • Material selection guidance
  • Pressure drop estimation
  • Heat transfer correlations
  • Design code integrations
  • Equipment optimization algorithms
  • Process simulation interfaces
  • Interactive equipment reports

Community Contributions

ProcessPI is an open-source project, and community contributions are always welcome.

Whether you would like to:

  • Add new equipment models
  • Improve existing correlations
  • Enhance documentation
  • Report issues
  • Suggest new features

your contributions help make ProcessPI a better engineering toolkit for everyone.

Stay Updated

  • GitHub: https://github.com/varma666/ProcessPi
  • Official Website: https://processpi.org

The Equipment module is continuously expanding, with new equipment classes and engineering capabilities added in every release.