Standard syllabus
Industrial chemistry · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Industrial chemistry syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Chemical industry overview
- Major industrial chemical sectors and value chains — Major industrial chemical sectors and value chains
- Commodity vs specialty vs fine chemicals — Commodity vs specialty vs fine chemicals
- Feedstocks: petroleum, natural gas, biomass, minerals — Feedstocks: petroleum, natural gas, biomass, minerals
- Chemical plant organization: unit operations and processes — Chemical plant organization: unit operations and processes
- Economics: fixed vs variable costs, economies of scale — Economics: fixed vs variable costs, economies of scale
Unit operations and reactors
- Material and energy balances — Material and energy balances
- Reaction kinetics in reactor design — Reaction kinetics in reactor design
- Batch, continuous stirred-tank, and plug-flow reactors — Batch, continuous stirred-tank, and plug-flow reactors
- Heat exchangers and energy integration — Heat exchangers and energy integration
- Distillation, absorption, and extraction — Distillation, absorption, and extraction
Key industrial processes
- Haber–Bosch ammonia synthesis — Haber–Bosch ammonia synthesis
- Contact process for sulfuric acid — Contact process for sulfuric acid
- Chlor-alkali process: brine electrolysis — Chlor-alkali process: brine electrolysis
- Steam cracking of hydrocarbons — Steam cracking of hydrocarbons
- Catalytic reforming and alkylation in refining — Catalytic reforming and alkylation in refining
Process safety and environmental management
- Hazard identification: HAZOP, FMEA — Hazard identification: HAZOP, FMEA
- Flammability limits and explosion prevention — Flammability limits and explosion prevention
- Toxic release modeling and emergency response — Toxic release modeling and emergency response
- Waste minimization and treatment — Waste minimization and treatment
- Effluent standards and wastewater treatment — Effluent standards and wastewater treatment
What each unit includes
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- Multi-Unit Problems
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Study units
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- Chemical industry overview
Major industrial chemical sectors and value chains
Coming soon - Unit operations and reactors
Material and energy balances
Coming soon - Key industrial processes
Haber–Bosch ammonia synthesis
Coming soon - Process safety and environmental management
Hazard identification: HAZOP, FMEA
Coming soon
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