Q6. Among the principal functions of a chemical process engineer is to generate ideas for the enhancement of the company's production business. In carrying out this function the engineer is required to study various processing routes or changes to existing process routes and configurations. When satisfied that the technical aspect of any proposed changes or additions is feasible and sound, the process engineer must now satisfy the company management that it is economically attractive. The proposal must also be shown to be the best of any possible alternatives that have been studied to achieve the same objective. Process studies are usually initiated after a very precise definition by the company's management for immediate and long-term production objectives. Often such a definition results in changes being required to be made to the process facilities in either the short term or long term to meet these objectives. The company will look to the process engineers to provide definition of these changes and to support the definition(s) with whatever technical and economic data necessary for management to make their "goo go" decisions. List and describe 10 important steps in a typical process study for expansion of an existing process configuration by adding a new group of chemical plants