Lecturer: Marco Baldi  

Course name: Industrial Chemistry
Course code: 502698
Degree course: Ingegneria Elettrica
Disciplinary field of science: CHIM/07
The course relates to:
University credits: ECTS 6
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The course has two objectives:
1. provide students with the basic knowledge of the main components of the chemical plants;
2. the study of the processes of industrial chemistry involved in the production of fuels or whose raw materials are involved in the production of fuels.

Course programme

• Chemical plants: tanks for liquids and gases, transfer pumps for liquids and gases, the production and the management of heat in chemical plants, reactors, separation techniques: evaporation, drying, distillation.
• Oil industry: characteristics of the oil - desalination - topping - chemical processes on light fractions: polymerization, alkylation, isomerization - Chemical processes on mediam fractions: isomerization, reforming - Chemical processes on the heavy fractions: thermal cracking and catalytic cracking, hydrocracking - Chemical processes of refining : hydrodesulfurization, desulfurization Doctor.
• Industry of sulfur: production of S₈, SO₂, H₂SO₄.
• Production of N₂, O₂, Ar.
• Industry of nitrogen: synthesis of ammonia and nitric acid.

Course entry requirements

Knowledge provided by the Chemistry course

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Course materials provided by the teacher during the course

Testing and exams

Two written test in progress:
(1) point (1) of the course program
(2) points (2), (3), (4), (5) of the course program
As an alternative, oral examination covering the whole course