This module aims at providing students with fundamental knowledge about chemical industry and quality control. Its main purposes are to bring alive the concepts forming the basis of the Chemical Process Industry and to give a solid background for innovative process development. This module discusses actual industrial processes that all present fascinating challenges chemical engineers had to face and deal with during the development of these processes. Often these processes still exhibit open challenges. Our goal is to help students and professionals in developing a vision on chemical processes taking into account the microscale ((bio)chemistry, physics), the mesoscale (reactor, separation units), and the macroscale (the process)
This module will focus on Inorganic Bulk Chemicals (Production of acids, Production of fertilizers, Production of chlorine), Processes in oil refineries (Physical processes, Thermal processes and Chemical processes), Processes of light alkenes and monomers, Production of synthesis gases, Production of fine chemicals ( dyes, solvents,..) basic notion on Metallurgy , Biotechnology (principle of fermentation, cell biomass, enzymes and environmental applications) and various applied process such brewing and cement production