- Docente: Paolo Zani
- Credits: 3
- SSD: CHIM/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LS) in Industrial Molecular Biotechnologies (cod. 0444)
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes : some general informations concerning the chemical industry, as these can be useful to the graduate with the title "Laurea Specialistica in Biotecnologie "; the chemicl industry is to be considered in terms of industrial entities ( individual corporations), with their origin, development, main industrial productions ando organisation; some more specific points will address to peculiar aspects of the chemical industry ( comparison between catalyzed and uncatalyzed processes, since this could be particularly relevant for application of biotechnological technologies,and more examples of this kind).
Conoscenze da conseguire : una serie di informazioni generali, quali possono essere utili ad un laureato con laurea specialistica di tipo biotecnologico , concernenti l'industria chimica, in termini delle sue realtà industriali, del loro sviluppo, delle produzioni, della logica della sua organizzazione; alcune informazioni di tipo più specifico su aspetti particolari dell'industria chimica ( es. confronto fra processi catalizzati e non, in quanto ciò può essere di particolare rilievo nell'ambito delle applicazioni biotecnologiche).
Course contents
a) The Chemical Industry : definition, main productions, historical outlook ( both international and italian happenings through XIX century to today).
b) Main world corporations, both of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical sectors, ranked through sales and profit margin.
c)Primary feedstocks for the chemical industry : coal, oil, natural gas, biomasses, minerals: their processing to base products.
d) Organisation of the chemical industry through segment : base, primary, intermediate, derived, secondary chemistry; specialty chemicals; integration of the various sectors( horizontal integration, vertical integration).
e) Some elements of budget practice in industry; few outlines about patents.
f) Technological aspects of chemical industrial processes : selection through catalysis and catalysts, process definition and scale-up, ecological sustainability ( concepts about "Green chemistry") with some examples taken both by inorganic and organic industrial chemistry.
g) Considerations concerning the impact ot the industrial activity on ecosystems.
Readings/Bibliography
Alan Heaton :
An Introduction to Industrial Chemistry '3 ed.
Blackie Academic and Professional London 1996.
with the docent).
Teaching methods
Traditional classroom lesson with the aid of transparencies.
Assessment methods
Final exam (Oral) concerning the content of the course; at choice, it could be complemented by a short oral presentation by the student about a topic related to the course ( chosen in accordance with the docent).
Teaching tools
Photocopies of the transparencies used by the docent will be available to the students.
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Zani