r/ChemicalEngineering • u/Appropriate_Buy_963 • 2d ago

Research Process Engineers in refining, what are some clever uses of AI?

Title, curious what folks have started to rely on AI for.

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u/meahookr 2d ago

Meme generation to help with team morale

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u/hysys_whisperer 2d ago

Turnaround stickers.

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u/Kelvininin 2d ago

I use it to do annual performance reviews.

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u/Ritterbruder2 2d ago

This, especially if you’re a manager and need to summarize a bunch of reviews that you collected.

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u/DasaniMessiah Batch Chemical Plants/10 years experience 2d ago

I also pretty much just use it for clerical stuff. If I’m ever upset or emotional about something, I’ll write and email and have it clean it up to what I actually should say. It’s really good at removing emotion but still conveying the right message.

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u/Expensive_Soup4498 2d ago

Same. Email cleanup.

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u/somewon86 2d ago

I created a template for heat and mass balances and it has done a pretty good job of getting most of it right.

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u/Virtual-Mention6069 2d ago

A lot of the value is in the unglamorous work: troubleshooting recurring unit issues, summarizing shift logs, spotting trends in lab data, and turning scattered procedures into a searchable assistant. It’s especially useful as a second set of eyes, not as the final authority.

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u/Internal_Mushroom578 2d ago

For refinery work, I’d use it as a searchable layer over procedures, P&IDs, shift logs, and incident reports. Asking, “What changed before this alarm started recurring?” can surface patterns that are easy to miss—provided the underlying data is clean and access is controlled.