AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

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.

PREREQUISITES

Fundamental principles of: physical chemistry; mass and heat transfer; unit operations; environmental issues and regulations.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

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.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

D.T. Allen and D.R Shonnard: Green Engineering - Environmentally Conscious Design of Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall PTR

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

CAMILLA COSTA (President)

ANDREA REVERBERI

ANTONIO COMITE (President Substitute)

ALBERTO SERVIDA (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

see https://chimica.unige.it/didattica/orari_CTC

Class schedule

MEDICAL PROCESSES AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

ASSESSMENT METHODS

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.

Exam schedule