| CODE | 61428 |
|---|---|
| ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
| CREDITS |
|
| SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | CHIM/04 |
| LANGUAGE | Italian |
| TEACHING LOCATION |
|
| SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
| PREREQUISITES |
Prerequisites
You can take the exam for this unit if you passed the following exam(s):
|
| TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
A first knowledge of environmentally preferable approaches to the design and operation of the chemical processes.
A sufficient awareness of the main environmental issues not only within the context of chemical production but also during other stages of a chemical’s life cycle.
Fundamental principles of: physical chemistry; mass and heat transfer; unit operations; environmental issues and regulations.
Lectures
An introduction to environmental issues
The evolution of the approach: from end-of-pipe to pollution prevention
Sustainable development
Green Chemistry and Sustainable Chemistry: definition and aims
Evaluating the environmental impact of a product (structure-properties relationships, environmental persistence, environmental fate, exposure pathways)
Life-cycle assessment (definition, methodology, uses)
Green Chemistry guidelines: feedstocks, solvents, catalysts, synthesis pathways
Designing safer chemicals: (Q)SARs
Unit operations and pollution prevention
Evaluating the environmental performance of a process
Process Intensification.
D.T. Allen and D.R Shonnard: Green Engineering - Environmentally Conscious Design of Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall PTR
Office hours: Contact hours: free, by appointment only (email: camilla.costa@unige.it)
CAMILLA COSTA (President)
ANDREA REVERBERI
ANTONIO COMITE (President Substitute)
ALBERTO SERVIDA (Substitute)
Oral examination
The oral exam is always conducted by two teachers of the School and has a duration of about 1 hour.
The depth and coherence of the knowledge of the most important concepts and equations will be evaluated.
Moreover the ability to apply them to simple specific cases will be assessed.
In case of emergency and only according to specific indications by the University of Genoa, the assessment method for the exam might be changed, including the possibility of an online procedure.