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Program Overview
INORGANIC INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
Course Overview
The course describes and discusses the processes used for the manufacture of the main inorganic compounds, focusing on technical and environmental impact aspects.
Aims and Content
Learning Outcomes
The course aims to provide in-depth knowledge and critical analysis of the main processes of inorganic industrial chemistry and the criteria for a correct approach to the design of a chemical process.
Aims and Learning Outcomes
The objective is to provide the student with the knowledge necessary to evaluate the possible and the best solutions for the choice of reactors, unit operations, and process configurations applicable for the production of inorganic chemical intermediates. The student will acquire the ability to evaluate, in practical terms, the reasons for the technical choices of existing processes and to design processes and innovative technologies.
Prerequisites
A relatively deep knowledge of basic chemistry and of the fundamentals of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics is required. Furthermore, a more than basic knowledge of mathematics and physics is required.
Teaching Methods
- Lectures in the Italian language
- Visits to industrial facilities
- An experimental laboratory lasting 4 hours is also planned
Syllabus/Content
- Production lines
- Thermodynamics, kinetics, economics, environmental protection, and safety aspects
- Separation of air components (nitrogen, oxygen, argon)
- Production of syngas and hydrogen
- Industrial production of hydrogen: steam reforming of natural gas and syngas treatments, partial oxidation processes, coal gasification, biomass gasification, water electrolysis
- Separation of CO2
- Ammonia and methanol syntheses
- Green ammonia and green methanol production
- Manufacture of nitric acid, sulphur, sulphur dioxide, sulphuric acid
- Chloralkali electrochemical processes
- Production of sodium hypochlorite and hydrogen chloride
- Solvay process for sodium carbonate and bicarbonate manufacture
- Production of phosphorus, phosphoric anhydride, and phosphoric acids
- Fertilizer industry
Recommended Reading/Bibliography
- Teaching book in the Italian language, provided by the teacher
- Teaching material in the English language is also available
Teachers and Exam Board
Teacher
- Guido Busca
Exam Board
- Guido Busca (President)
- Gabriella Garbarino (President)
- Paola Riani
- Elena Spennati
Lessons
Lessons Start
The timetable for this course is available on the Portale EasyAcademy.
Exams
Exam Description
The oral examination will consist of three topics to be discussed, among those discussed during the course.
Assessment Methods
Through the critical discussion of the industrial processes covered in the course and of the individual plants and reactors used, it will be possible to evaluate the student's knowledge and depth of understanding on chemical thermodynamics, kinetic aspects, the nature of unit operations, and the equipment used in industrial chemistry, as well as the management aspects of a complex process, aspects of an economic nature, and related to respect for the environment.
Exam Schedule
- 14/01/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
- 10/02/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
- 08/06/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
- 24/06/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
- 07/07/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
- 21/07/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
- 08/09/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Oral
