Course code:
501S2		 Course name:
Industrial Chemistry - Best Available Techniques

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

102S2 + 201A2

ECTS:

7

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 3. year, summer semester, compulsory course

Teacher:

Goran M. Rogliæ, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Ksenija A. Stojanoviæ, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: four hours of lectures + three hours of labwork (4+0+3)

Goals:

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the most important industrial processes, their impact and the best available techniques for reducing their harmful impact on the environment.

Outcome:

The student is able to analyze chemical industry based on its impact on the environment.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, progress tests, experimental work, practical professional training (it has to be completed before the final paper), field trip (not mandatory).

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  1. D. Vitorović: Hemijska tehnologija, Naučna knjiga, Beograd, 1990. (449 pages) ISBN 86-23-22021-2
  2. G. Roglić: Interne skripte, 2005.
  3. Martin B. Hocking: Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2006.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  1. P. Pfendt, K. Stojanović, A. Mihajlidi-Zelić, D. Relić: Praktikum iz industrijske hemije sa radnom sveskom, Hemijski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, 2012. (140 pages) ISBN 978-86-7220-047-8.
  2. http://eippcb.jrc.es/pages/FActivities.htm

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

5 points (4 hours a week)

Labwork:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Production of elements.
  2. Production of alloys.
  3. Production of glass.
  4. Production of pigments.
  5. Production and testing of plastic masses.
  6. Granulometric analysis.
  7. Determination of water hardness and water softening.
  8. Determination of the chemical oxygen demand.
  9. Determination of the softening point using the ring and ball method.
  10. Determination of fat content using the Soxhlet method.
  11. Determination of the iodine number.
  12. Determination of water content using the Dean-Stark method of distillation.
  13. Analysis of liquid lubricants and oils: ignition point and viscosity.
  14. Analysis of fuels using the Engler distillation.
  15. Determination of the group composition and gas chromatographic analysis of n-alkanes in petroleum, diesel fuel, mineral motor oils and fuel oils.

Colloquia:

20 points

Oral exam:

65 points