OVERVIEW

The processes used for natural gas purification, oil refinement, main petrochemicals and polymers production are described and discussed technically.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The objective is to provide a deep knowledge of the main processes of refinery and petrochemistry, of the solutions adopted to produce the main organic intermediates in agreement with safety and envirobnmental protection requirements. Relations of the processes steps with thermodynamics andvkinetics are underlined.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The objective is to provide a deep knowledge of the main processes of industrial organic chemistry, a critical analysis of the motivation of solutions adopted to manufacture the main organic chemical products, and the criteria for the correct approach to the design of an industrial process in terms of productivity, safety and environmental protection. Relations of the processes steps with thermodynamics and kinetics are underlined. The available options form the point of view of reactor technology and unit operations applicable to each process are critically discussed. 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, numerical exercises, visits to industrial facilities.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Production lines. Thermodynamics, kinetics, economics, environmental protection and safety aspects. Natural gas purification and treatment, manufacture of gasoline, diesel fuel and fuel oil, coke and petcoke, and related industrial and environmental aspects. Refinery, oil fractionation, hydrotreatings, catalytic cracking and reforming, alkylation, oligomerization. Petrochemicals: thermal cracking, industrial chemistry of olefins and aromatics. Partial oxidation. Polymerization  and industrial polymers. . Exercitations are  mainly focused on mass balances of industrial processes.   

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes provided by the teacher,  in english.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GUIDO BUSCA (President)

GABRIELLA GARBARINO

LESSONS

Class schedule

REFINERY AND PETROCHEMISTRY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written and Oral examination, in english.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written exam:

1. understanding the flowsheet of an unknown industrial process.

2. mass balances and calculations on a known industrial process.

Oral examination. Discussion of three sections of industrial processes:  reactors, separation processes, tehrmodynamic and kinetic aspects

Exam schedule