INDUSTRIAL CHEMESTRY AND TECHNOLOGIES
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: CONCETTO PUGLISIExpected Learning Outcomes
The course provides students with the fundamental concepts for understanding industrial chemical processes paying attention to the catalytic processes involved, including material and energy balances. At the end of the course the student will have acquired criteria for the classification of the chemical industry in terms of products, raw materials and types of chemical transformations and the function of catalysts in chemical processes; He will be able to evaluate the effects of any variation of operational parameters on industrial chemical processes.
Course Structure
Lectures and classroom exercises.
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Introduction to industrial chemistry. Industrial chemical processes for oil refining. Petrochemistry and preparation of basic organic products. Production of synthesis gas and products derived from it. Catalysts and catalytic processes in heterogeneous and homogeneous phase. Industrial chemistry of inorganic products (Sulfur, Nitrogen and chlorine). Industrial production of polymers. Degradation and stabilization of polymeric materials.
Textbook Information
1. J.A. Moulijn, M. Makkee and A. Van Diepen, Chemical process technology, 2nd Edition; Wiley, 2013.
2. Jens Hagen, Industrial Catalysis: A Practical Approach, third Edition, Wiley-VCH 2015.
3. Lectures notes and additional supplementary didactic materials will be available on Studium.
4. Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. Bullard, Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, 4th Edition, Wiley 2016
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to industrial chemistry | 1, 3 |
| 2 | Industrial chemical processes in oil refining | 1,3 |
| 3 | Petrochemistry and preparation of basic organic products | 1,3 |
| 4 | Production of synthesis gas and products derived from it | 1,3 |
| 5 | Catalysts and catalytic processes in heterogeneous and homogeneous phase | 1, 2, 3 |
| 6 | Industrial chemistry of inorganic products (Sulfur, Nitrogen and Chlorine) | 1,3 |
| 7 | Industrial production of polymers | 3 |
| 8 | Degradation and stabilization of polymeric materials | 3 |
| 9 | Materials and Energy Balance | 3, 4 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
An oral presentation of 20 minutes on one of the topics covered during the course and an oral interview on the other remaining topics.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.