CODE 90665 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 3 INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DI PROCESSO 10375 (L-9) - GENOVA 5 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DI PROCESSO 10376 (LM-22) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/25 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORIES TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The aim of the course consists of describing and demonstrating by means of experimental laboratory tests some of the main industrial processes of chemical engineering. Student will acquire the fundamentals to work in a chemical and process laboratory. At the end of the course, it is expected that students will be able to: produce laboratory reports on the practical course experiences; design, set up and supervise easy experiments using lab-scale plants; obtain significant measures using the most appropriate technique for the evaluation of the experiments; understand and contextualize experimental data; apply the safety and good laboratory practices. TEACHING METHODS The course consists of lessons held in classroom with the help of slides, aimed to correctly perform the following laboratory experiments ( 25 hours) and of practical experiences that will be carried out by the students (25 hours). Students will work on team and individually, this way they will acquire transversal skills in terms of independent judgment and cooperation. SYLLABUS/CONTENT The syllabus of the course consists of: introduction to the good laboratory practices and safety in chemical laboratories (5 hours); description of the activities that will be performed in laboratory and related references to the theory on unit operations (milling, sieving, bioreactors, settlers, filtration plants and distillation columns) (15 hours); experiments on milling and solid particle sieving (5 hours); experiments on batch-mode settlers and membrane filtration (5 hours); experiments on the start-up and management of a bioreactor and following analysis on biomass and products (5 hours); experiments on biodiesel production and chemo-physical characterization of the biofuel (5 hours); start-up and management of a lab-scale distillation column (5 hours). RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY All the material shown during the lessons is given to the students. In general, the notes of each lesson and the slides are sufficient to study and to have success in examinations. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD PATRIZIA PEREGO Ricevimento: Students could discuss with the teachers by fixing an appointment. ALESSANDRO ALBERTO CASAZZA Exam Board PAOLA COSTAMAGNA (President) PATRIZIA PEREGO (President) ALESSANDRO ALBERTO CASAZZA LESSONS LESSONS START Lessons will start on second semester, according to the Polytechnique School’s program. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam consists in the production of periodical laboratory reports on all the experiences carried out in the laboratory and in an interview on the contents of the reported experiences. There will be 3 exams during the winter session and 4 exams during the summer session. ASSESSMENT METHODS Student’s preparation will be verified by a written and an oral examination. The former, will be useful to evaluate the student skill in writing scientific report, while the second will give information on the student knowledge of the topics of the course. Moreover, The quality of the exposition, the correct use of technical terminology and critical reasoning ability will also be assessed. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 10/01/2019 15:00 GENOVA Orale 27/06/2019 14:00 GENOVA Orale 19/07/2019 14:00 GENOVA Orale 26/07/2019 15:00 GENOVA Orale 19/09/2019 15:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION During the practical laboratory lessons, students will be divided into two groups. The frequency is strongly recommended and will be verified for the laboratory activities ( 70% of laboratory exercitations is needed to pass the exam) For specific needs, students can talk to the professor before the starting of the course. Student workers have to contact the professor before starting the course. Student must have a personal cotton lab coat, while the personal protective equipment will be furnished by the laboratory.