Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in business engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Sabine Danthine, Brigitte Evrard, Angélique Léonard, Dominique Toye
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This courses aims to pass on the students the required knowledge in order to understand the main applications of the chemical industry, and to be able so to communicate with specialists.
The course is structured in 9 parts which will be given by lectures coming from ULg or the industry.
1. Structure of the chemical industry
2. Raw materials
3. Energy
4. The "green chemistry" concept
5. The main devices of the chemical industry
6. Oil refining and petrochemistry
7. Production of main mineral chemicals
8. The agro-food industry and green biotechnologies
9. The pharmaceutical industry and red biotechnologies
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student will be able:
- to know the major characteristics of the Belgian and European chemical industry
- to discuss the resources in raw materials and in energy used by the chemical sector
- to explain how are industrially obtained the main products in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector via the traditional processes based on oil resources or more recent processes based on the biomass or biotechnologies
- to explain and illustrate the concept of green chemistry
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course relies on basic knowledge in chemistry, as taught in the course of the bachelor in civil engineering or management engineering.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is based on 'ex-cathedra' lectures and one visit of an industrial site (as possible). Some lectures will be given by specialists coming both from academia and industry.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face lectures.
Recommended or required readings
Slides used during the lectures may be downloaded from eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam (January and September). It contains 5 opened questions on the contents of the theoretical course.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is organised on Monday afternoon during the second quadrimester.
Room: S.34 (B5b)
Schedule: 8h30 - 12h30
Contacts
Prof. Angélique LEONARD Dpt of Chemical Engineering PEPs - Products, Environment, Processes Quartier Agora Institut de Physique, B5a, Bureau 1/51 Tél. 04/366.44.36 A.Leonard@ulg.ac.be