CE2-10-1 Industrial Chemistry

Course Aims
Industrial Chemistry is a course designed to provide Chemical Engineering Students with the
essential chemical background of current industrial processes. This course encompasses
fundamentals of organometallic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis applied to industrial processes,
surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis, and a survey of oil refinery processes and relevant
industrial catalytic processes.

Course Syllabus
The course consists of the following 3 modules:

1. Fundamentals of Organometallic Chemistry & Homogeneous Catalysis (6 hours)

o Fundamentals of organometallic chemistry

o Typical reactions involved in elementary steps of homogenous catalysis

o Catalytic cycles

2. Surface Chemistry and Heterogeneous Catalysis (6 hours)

o Surface chemistry

o Gas adsorption at solid Surfaces

o Heterogeneous catalysis and kinetics

3. Survey of industrial chemical processes (10 hours)

o Refinery and petroleum products technology

o Homogeneous/heterogeneous catalysed processes to produce basic chemicals

o Polymers

Pre-Requisites

This course is built upon concepts from the first year Properties of Matter and Chemistry courses
(Molecular Orbital Theory, Kinetics, Chemical Thermodynamics and Organic Chemistry).
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course students should be able to understand the chemical foundations and
mechanisms underpinning of chemical industrial processes from molecular, nano- to macroscales. In
addition, students should be able to comprehend the network of process chains involved in the
chemical industry. Finally, the students should be able to apply concepts of Green Chemistry and
Green Chemical Engineering, identifying the bottlenecks facing the Sustainable Chemical
Engineering.

Teaching Methods
All lectures will be recorded which the students will have access to so that they can be reviewed in
their own time. Theoretical aspects and factual knowledge will be presented in the form of lectures.
Alongside the lecture course, online discussion forum will be available in the Blackboard. In addition,
regular office hours will be offered upon appointment. The main purpose of these office hours is to
answer any questions students have after reviewing lectures and class problems.

Revision lectures will be planned in the summer term where students can raise queries and work on
mock exam papers in preparation for the end of year exam.

Assessment
The course is assessed through an exam paper in the summer term and through one coursework
assignment assignments. The exam counts for 90% and the assignment contributes to the overall
course mark 10% (PASS/FAIL). Coursework assignment is designed to cover each of the three main
course modules and are typically due within three weeks of the assignment.

Reading List
The topics of this course are covered in greater detail in several different textbooks, all of which can
be found in the library. Students will be referred to the reading list in the lecture notes.

1. Robert H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, 6th Edition (2014),
Wiley.

2. Jens Hagen, Industrial Catalysis: A Practical Approach, 2nd edition (2006), Wiley-VCH

3. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry,

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/14356007