Enum: ProcessEquipmentType

Physical equipment / asset types used in process plants. These correspond to the nodes of a process flowsheet and complement UnitOperationType (which describes the function performed). Grouped via the equipment_class annotation.

URI: valuesets:ProcessEquipmentType

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Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description	Equipment Class	Subtypes
STORAGE_TANK			Atmospheric or low-pressure vessel for holding liquids or solids	VESSEL
PRESSURE_VESSEL			Vessel designed to hold contents at elevated pressure	VESSEL
HOPPER			Funnel-shaped vessel for storing and discharging bulk solids	VESSEL
FLASH_DRUM			Vessel for separating vapor and liquid produced by a pressure let-down	VESSEL
KNOCKOUT_DRUM			Vessel that removes entrained liquid from a gas stream	VESSEL
REACTOR			Vessel in which chemical reactions are carried out	REACTOR	CSTR, plug-flow, batch, fixed-bed, fluidized-bed
BIOREACTOR	bioreactor	OBI:0001046	Vessel for culturing cells or carrying out enzymatic reactions	REACTOR
FERMENTER			Bioreactor configured for microbial fermentation	REACTOR
DISTILLATION_COLUMN			Column with trays or packing for vapor-liquid separation by distillation	COLUMN
ABSORPTION_COLUMN			Column for gas absorption into a liquid solvent	COLUMN
STRIPPING_COLUMN			Column for stripping volatile components from a liquid	COLUMN
EXTRACTION_COLUMN			Column for liquid-liquid extraction	COLUMN
CHROMATOGRAPHY_COLUMN	chromatography column	OBI:0000038	Column packed with a stationary phase for chromatographic separation	COLUMN
SCRUBBER			Contactor for removing pollutants or particulates from a gas using a liquid	COLUMN
HEAT_EXCHANGER			Equipment that transfers heat between two fluid streams	HEAT_TRANSFER	shell-and-tube, plate, air-cooled
CONDENSER			Heat exchanger that condenses a vapor to liquid	HEAT_TRANSFER
REBOILER			Heat exchanger that supplies boilup at the base of a distillation column	HEAT_TRANSFER
EVAPORATOR			Equipment that concentrates a solution by vaporizing solvent	HEAT_TRANSFER
FURNACE			Fired heater that raises stream temperature by combustion	HEAT_TRANSFER
BOILER			Equipment that generates steam by transferring combustion heat to water	HEAT_TRANSFER
COOLING_TOWER			Equipment that rejects process heat to the atmosphere by evaporative cooling	HEAT_TRANSFER
DRYER			Equipment for removing liquid from solids by vaporization	HEAT_TRANSFER
CRYSTALLIZER			Equipment for producing crystalline solids from solution or melt	HEAT_TRANSFER
PUMP			Machine that moves or pressurizes a liquid	FLUID_MOVER
COMPRESSOR			Machine that raises the pressure of a gas	FLUID_MOVER
BLOWER			Machine that moves gas at a low pressure rise	FLUID_MOVER
FAN			Machine that moves large gas volumes at very low pressure rise	FLUID_MOVER
VALVE			Device that regulates, directs, or controls stream flow	FLUID_MOVER
CENTRIFUGE	centrifuge	OBI:0400106	Equipment that separates phases by density under centrifugal force	SEPARATION
FILTER			Equipment that separates solids from a fluid using a porous medium	SEPARATION
DECANTER			Equipment that separates immiscible liquids or settled solids by gravity	SEPARATION
CLARIFIER			Settling tank that removes suspended solids from a liquid	SEPARATION
CYCLONE			Device that separates particles from a fluid by centrifugal action	SEPARATION
HYDROCYCLONE			Cyclone that separates solids or immiscible liquids from a liquid stream	SEPARATION
MEMBRANE_MODULE			Housing containing membrane elements for a membrane separation	SEPARATION
SETTLER			Vessel allowing phases to separate by gravity settling	SEPARATION
MIXER			Equipment for blending streams or materials	SOLIDS_HANDLING
AGITATOR			Impeller-driven device that mixes vessel contents	SOLIDS_HANDLING
MILL			Equipment that reduces particle size by grinding or crushing	SOLIDS_HANDLING
CRUSHER			Equipment that reduces large solids by mechanical force	SOLIDS_HANDLING
SCREEN			Equipment that classifies particulate solids by size	SOLIDS_HANDLING
CONVEYOR			Equipment that transports bulk solids between locations	SOLIDS_HANDLING

Slots

Name	Description
process_equipment_type	The type of physical equipment implementing a process step

Identifier and Mapping Information

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• from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

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name: ProcessEquipmentType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Physical equipment / asset types used in process plants. These correspond
  to the nodes of a process flowsheet and complement UnitOperationType (which describes
  the function performed). Grouped via the equipment_class annotation.
title: Process Equipment Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  STORAGE_TANK:
    text: STORAGE_TANK
    description: Atmospheric or low-pressure vessel for holding liquids or solids
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: VESSEL
  PRESSURE_VESSEL:
    text: PRESSURE_VESSEL
    description: Vessel designed to hold contents at elevated pressure
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: VESSEL
  HOPPER:
    text: HOPPER
    description: Funnel-shaped vessel for storing and discharging bulk solids
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: VESSEL
  FLASH_DRUM:
    text: FLASH_DRUM
    description: Vessel for separating vapor and liquid produced by a pressure let-down
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: VESSEL
  KNOCKOUT_DRUM:
    text: KNOCKOUT_DRUM
    description: Vessel that removes entrained liquid from a gas stream
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: VESSEL
  REACTOR:
    text: REACTOR
    description: Vessel in which chemical reactions are carried out
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: REACTOR
      subtypes:
        tag: subtypes
        value: CSTR, plug-flow, batch, fixed-bed, fluidized-bed
  BIOREACTOR:
    text: BIOREACTOR
    description: Vessel for culturing cells or carrying out enzymatic reactions
    meaning: OBI:0001046
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: REACTOR
    title: bioreactor
  FERMENTER:
    text: FERMENTER
    description: Bioreactor configured for microbial fermentation
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: REACTOR
  DISTILLATION_COLUMN:
    text: DISTILLATION_COLUMN
    description: Column with trays or packing for vapor-liquid separation by distillation
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: COLUMN
  ABSORPTION_COLUMN:
    text: ABSORPTION_COLUMN
    description: Column for gas absorption into a liquid solvent
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: COLUMN
  STRIPPING_COLUMN:
    text: STRIPPING_COLUMN
    description: Column for stripping volatile components from a liquid
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: COLUMN
  EXTRACTION_COLUMN:
    text: EXTRACTION_COLUMN
    description: Column for liquid-liquid extraction
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: COLUMN
  CHROMATOGRAPHY_COLUMN:
    text: CHROMATOGRAPHY_COLUMN
    description: Column packed with a stationary phase for chromatographic separation
    meaning: OBI:0000038
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: COLUMN
    title: chromatography column
  SCRUBBER:
    text: SCRUBBER
    description: Contactor for removing pollutants or particulates from a gas using
      a liquid
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: COLUMN
  HEAT_EXCHANGER:
    text: HEAT_EXCHANGER
    description: Equipment that transfers heat between two fluid streams
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
      subtypes:
        tag: subtypes
        value: shell-and-tube, plate, air-cooled
  CONDENSER:
    text: CONDENSER
    description: Heat exchanger that condenses a vapor to liquid
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  REBOILER:
    text: REBOILER
    description: Heat exchanger that supplies boilup at the base of a distillation
      column
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  EVAPORATOR:
    text: EVAPORATOR
    description: Equipment that concentrates a solution by vaporizing solvent
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  FURNACE:
    text: FURNACE
    description: Fired heater that raises stream temperature by combustion
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  BOILER:
    text: BOILER
    description: Equipment that generates steam by transferring combustion heat to
      water
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  COOLING_TOWER:
    text: COOLING_TOWER
    description: Equipment that rejects process heat to the atmosphere by evaporative
      cooling
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  DRYER:
    text: DRYER
    description: Equipment for removing liquid from solids by vaporization
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  CRYSTALLIZER:
    text: CRYSTALLIZER
    description: Equipment for producing crystalline solids from solution or melt
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: HEAT_TRANSFER
  PUMP:
    text: PUMP
    description: Machine that moves or pressurizes a liquid
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: FLUID_MOVER
  COMPRESSOR:
    text: COMPRESSOR
    description: Machine that raises the pressure of a gas
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: FLUID_MOVER
  BLOWER:
    text: BLOWER
    description: Machine that moves gas at a low pressure rise
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: FLUID_MOVER
  FAN:
    text: FAN
    description: Machine that moves large gas volumes at very low pressure rise
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: FLUID_MOVER
  VALVE:
    text: VALVE
    description: Device that regulates, directs, or controls stream flow
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: FLUID_MOVER
  CENTRIFUGE:
    text: CENTRIFUGE
    description: Equipment that separates phases by density under centrifugal force
    meaning: OBI:0400106
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
    title: centrifuge
  FILTER:
    text: FILTER
    description: Equipment that separates solids from a fluid using a porous medium
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  DECANTER:
    text: DECANTER
    description: Equipment that separates immiscible liquids or settled solids by
      gravity
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  CLARIFIER:
    text: CLARIFIER
    description: Settling tank that removes suspended solids from a liquid
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  CYCLONE:
    text: CYCLONE
    description: Device that separates particles from a fluid by centrifugal action
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  HYDROCYCLONE:
    text: HYDROCYCLONE
    description: Cyclone that separates solids or immiscible liquids from a liquid
      stream
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  MEMBRANE_MODULE:
    text: MEMBRANE_MODULE
    description: Housing containing membrane elements for a membrane separation
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  SETTLER:
    text: SETTLER
    description: Vessel allowing phases to separate by gravity settling
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SEPARATION
  MIXER:
    text: MIXER
    description: Equipment for blending streams or materials
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SOLIDS_HANDLING
  AGITATOR:
    text: AGITATOR
    description: Impeller-driven device that mixes vessel contents
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SOLIDS_HANDLING
  MILL:
    text: MILL
    description: Equipment that reduces particle size by grinding or crushing
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SOLIDS_HANDLING
  CRUSHER:
    text: CRUSHER
    description: Equipment that reduces large solids by mechanical force
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SOLIDS_HANDLING
  SCREEN:
    text: SCREEN
    description: Equipment that classifies particulate solids by size
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SOLIDS_HANDLING
  CONVEYOR:
    text: CONVEYOR
    description: Equipment that transports bulk solids between locations
    annotations:
      equipment_class:
        tag: equipment_class
        value: SOLIDS_HANDLING