Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502444 Chemistry | OT | 4 | 0 |
- It is recomended to have passed the subject "Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds"
- Although the classes are in catalan, much of the material that the student will have to work, as well as the main bibliographical sources are written in English. Therefore a suficient knowledge of this lenguage is recomended
Goals
In the course "Industrial Organic Chemistry" the processes for obtaining the main organic products of industrial use are studied. A "downstream" approach starting from the raw materials: oil, natural gas, coal, and renewable feedstocks, is used.
The specific objectives of the subject are:
- To introduce the student to the characteristics and peculiarities of the "Organic Chemistry Industry" of large and medium tonnage from the technological and economic point of view.
- To know the production routes of the main organic chemicals of first and second generation and some important others of later generations.
- To know the properties and applications of the main industrial organic chemicals, as well as the environmental impact of their production and use.
- To familiarize the student with the common characteristics and differences of the main industrial chemical sectors.
Contents:
1.- Introduction. The chemical industry
2.- Chemical products derived from natural gas and oil
3.- Chemical products and polymers derived from ethylene (C2) and their applications
4.- Chemical products and polymers derived from propylene (C3) and their applications
5.- Chemical products and polymers derived from fractions C4 and C5 and their applications.
6.- Chemical products derived from benzene and their applications.
7.- Chemical products derived from toluene and xilenes and their applications.
8.- Chemical products derived from C1 compounds and their applications. Synthesis gas
9.- Chemical products derived from coal and their applications.
10.- Fats and natural oils as raw materials.
11.- Carbohydrates as raw materials. Fermentation and biotechnology in the chemical industry
12.- Main industrial manufacturing sectors: Polymers, detergents, dyes, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives
13.- Green chemistry in the chemical industry
Methodology:
Students must develop various types of activity throughout this subject:
a) Directed activities: In the classroom master classes will be held on the contens of the subject. Some of these classes will be dedicated to the discussion of topics of current interest. In addition, problems will be analyzed and solved once the subject has advanced sufficiently to take advantage of them. The student will consolidate the knowledge acquired in theory and problem classes by preparing a specific report on a particular topic related with the subject that will be presented and defended in public in front of the class as a seminar.
b) Supervised activities: Tutorials will be conducted to monitor the performance of the work that the student must present in public and also to solve any doubt that arises through the development of the course
c) Autonomous activities: Students must study the contents of the subject, prepare the topics for the discussions, solve the problems, and prepare the report and seminar to be presented in public.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Autonomous work | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 13, 14, 17, 19, 23, 27, 24 |
Master classes | 35 | 1.4 | 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 8, 18, 17, 27, 25 |
Problem solving classes | 9 | 0.36 | 6, 8, 18, 17, 19 |
Seminars | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 11, 4, 20, 21, 12, 13, 10, 3, 22, 14, 15, 16, 23, 26, 24, 25 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 4 | 0.16 | 11, 20, 21, 22, 15, 16, 19 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Problem solving | 14 | 0.56 | 11, 13, 16, 19 |
Study | 45 | 1.8 | 11, 7, 12, 13, 8, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24 |
Text reading | 12 | 0.48 | 11, 14, 23 |
Writting of a bibliographic memory and preparation of its public presentation | 21 | 0.84 | 2, 11, 4, 20, 21, 12, 13, 10, 22, 14, 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 26, 24, 25 |
Evaluation
There will be a continuous evaluation of the competences that will include a written bibliography work (presented in a seminar) and two exams.
The evaluation system is organized into modules, each with a specific weight in the final grade:
Seminar module: The ability to search information on a topic related to a type of industrial product or regarding a type of chemical industry as well as the ability to synthesize the information obtained and the presentation and defense in public will be evaluated. This module will have a global weight of 20% in the final grade, but its completion is mandatory to pass the subject.
Module of written exams: It will consist of two partial exams with a weight of 40% each in the final grade
The subject will be considered passed when the average of the qualifications of the modules is equal or superior to 5 points out of 10, provided that a minimum of 3.5 points out of 10 has been obtained for each of the two written partial exams, and the oral presentation of the the work of the seminar module has been done. Students that do not pass the minimum score in the first and/or in the second written exam, and those with an average of less than 5 points will be able to take a global recovery exam. Students that want to improve their grade can also take this recovery exam, but in any case, the realization of the recovery exam implies giving up the qualification obtained in the partial exams
According to regulations, "in order to be allowed to attend the recovery exam, the student has had to have been previously evaluated continuous assessment activities equivalent to 2/3 of the final grade." Therefore, in the specific case of this subject this implies that that having done all the activities of continuous evaluation is an indispensable condittion to be allowed to assist to the recovery exam. When the number of evaluation activities performed is less than 50% of those scheduled for the subject (the work and the two written exams) the grade will be "Not Presented"
Racall that the UAB regulations establish:
"10. In case the student performs any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation of the grade of an evaluation act, this evaluation will be scored with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that can be instructed. In case several irregularities are produced, the final grade of this subject will be 0."
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Module of written tests | 80% | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 11, 4, 5, 21, 6, 7, 13, 9, 8, 3, 22, 14, 15, 18, 17, 19, 23, 27, 24, 25 |
Seminar module | 20% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 11, 4, 20, 21, 12, 13, 9, 10, 22, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 27, 26, 24 |
Bibliography:
Industrial Organic Chemicals, H. A. Wittcoff, B. G. Reuben, J. S. Plotkin, 3rd Edition. Wiley 2012 (electronic version of 2013)
Industrial Organic Chemistry, H. J. Arpe, 5th Edition. Verlag Chemie 2010 (there is an electronic version of the 4th edition, 2008)