Chapter 2 The Structure and Synthesis of Process Flow Diagrams
When looking at a process flow diagram (PFD) for the first time, it is easy to be confused or overwhelmed by the complexity of the diagram. The purpose of this chapter is to show that the evolution of every process follows a similar path. The resulting processes will often be quite different, but the series of steps that have been followed to produce the final processes are similar. Once the path or evolution of the structure of processes has been explained and understood, the procedure for understanding existing PFDs is also made simpler. Another important benefit of this chapter is to provide a framework to generate alternative PFDs for a given process.
2.1 Hierarchy of ...
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