Industrial Processes and Materials (5 cr)

Objective

After completing the course, students are able to describe the reactions, activities and production technology of the most common chemical and physical manufacturing processes from raw material to product. He also identifies key waste and emission sources in processes and understands the demands of sustainable development for the process industry.

He is able to name unit operations and unit processes of industrial processes and read process diagrams.

The student recognizes the materials commonly used in the process industry, their properties and the conditions that processes put for materials. He or she can explain how the composition, structure and manufacturing methods of the materials affect their properties.

The student identifies the possibilities of renewable raw materials and their utilization in a circular economy.

Content

1. The operating environment of the process industry and process diagrams
2. Industrial processes and manufacturing processes
3. Unit Operations and Unit Processes
4. Most common material types, their properties and selection criteria
5. Laboratory work dealing with different unit operations, for instance the following:
- drug (=medicament) synthesis
- vaporization and condensation
- extraction
- crystallization
- distillation or vacuum distillation
- ion exchange / reverse osmosis
- material identification

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1. Define or describe concepts and phenomena related to the topic
2. Can name the most common industrial processes and the unit operations included and identify them from process diagrams
3. Can classify materials and explain their performance in the process environment
4. Can identify the laboratory, the actions and can report them

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1. The student is able to apply and select related concepts and phenomena in his reporting and calculate related quantitative basic calculations
2. Can explain the operation of the most common industrial processes and the unit operations included, and use and make simple process diagrams
3. Can classify and select materials for a process environment
4. Can use the laboratory as instructed and can report the results

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1. The student is able to explain qualitatively the concepts and phenomena related to the subject and calculate the related quantitative issues
2. Can explain the operation of the most common industrial processes and the unit operations they use, and use and change process diagrams
3. Can evaluate the suitability of different materials in the process environment
4. Can use the laboratory, interpret results and report them

Qualifications

Laboratory safety as a part of orientation studies.

Further information

The course includes work in a laboratory.

Further information

The course includes work in a laboratory.

Qualifications

Laboratory safety as a part of orientation studies.