The Degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering enables you to practice the profession of Industrial Technical Engineer, and meets the requirements established in Order CIN/351/2009, of February 9, published in the BOE of February 20, 2009, in the No. 44. Sec. l. Page 18146, which establishes the requirements for the verification of official university degrees that qualify for the exercise of the profession of Industrial Technical Engineer, and contemplates the Competencies that students must acquire.



With the development of the Competencies, the Degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering provides the future graduate with the scientific-technical and socio-economic training necessary to carry out activities related to conception, calculation, design, analysis, construction, start-up and operation of equipment and facilities within the field of industry in general and, in particular, the Chemical Industry, in terms of quality, safety, economy, rational, efficient and supportive use of natural resources and conservation of the environment, complying with the code ethics of the profession.





SPECIFIC COMPETENCES



The Specific Competencies are developed through the teaching given in the master classes, and are focused on developing in the students the ability to implement an Environmental Management system or one that can improve the existing one, improving their knowledge about analysis and understanding of the environment and environmental management.



CE 1. Know, understand and apply the principles of material and energy balances, fluid mechanics, heat transmission and mass transfer on which the design and operation of equipment for separation of vapor/liquid and liquid/liquid systems is supported. and solid/fluid separation.



CE 2. Relate criteria, requirements and process/operation specifications with the choice of work variables to be considered, operating ranges, effectiveness, sizing, shape, construction materials, solvents if applicable and auxiliary elements of the equipment for said operation.



CE 3. Relate investment and operation costs of the equipment with operating ranges, efficiency, sizing, shape, construction materials, solvents if applicable, and auxiliary elements of the equipment for said operation.



CE 4. Carry out a preliminary interpretation of equipment operation deviations from the design in terms of effectiveness, costs and process parameters.



CE 5. Specify the necessary characteristics of new equipment in response to a specific process need/situation.



CE 6. Adequately communicate the knowledge, procedures, results, skills and aspects of the field of Industrial Engineering in your specialty, using specific vocabulary and terminology, and appropriate media.





TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES



Transversal Competencies are worked on through the activities planned within the seminars, technical work and oral presentation. These activities are planned so that the student actively participates in class, contributing their point of view on the aspects discussed in class. These types of activities encourage their creativity and increase their interest. In fact, when they explain a topic to their classmates, their effort to understand and comprehend a topic is encouraged, even if it is not in their area of ​​knowledge, to explain it clearly and in an entertaining way. Therefore, interest in the subject is fed back.



Group work is reinforced by debates on environmental issues carried out during the seminars, where there is an exchange of ideas and proposals for improvement arise among colleagues. Delivery deadlines for the different assignments and exercises are established, which are communicated at the beginning of the subject through a schedule, so that the student can plan the execution of each activity. On the other hand, your activity is monitored weekly, which you must explain in class.



CT1/C12/FB10. Adopt a responsible, organized attitude at work and willing to learn considering the challenge of continuous training. (C12), developing resources for autonomous work (FB10).



CT2/FB9. Work effectively in a group integrating skills and knowledge to make decisions in the field of engineering (FB9).



CT3/C4. Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning and to communicate and transmit knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of engineering (C4).



CT4/C7. Ability to analyze and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions (C7).

The program is made up of four fundamental thematic units.



A first introductory block that offers a panoramic view of what the chemical industry, chemical engineering, basic operations, chemical reactors and process plants and the main units of measurement used in the chemical industry are. In this unit, the concepts of Material and Energy Balances are developed, which are one of the most important tools that process engineering has and are used to account for the flows of matter and energy between a certain industrial process or between the different operations that comprise it.



THEMATIC UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND UNIT OPERATIONS



Topic 1. Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Topic 2. Material Balances

Topic 3. Energy Balances



Most of the operations or unit processes of the industry such as distillation, extraction, evaporation, crystallization among others; They are based on natural phenomena related to the transport of heat, mass and momentum. To understand unit operations, you must know about the three transportation phenomena that are developed in the following three thematic units. In fluid transfer, the transport of momentum is studied; in heat transfer, the transport of energy is studied; and in mass transfer, you learn about the transport of matter of various chemical species.



THEMATIC UNIT 2. UNIT OPERATIONS BASED ON THE TRANSFER OF MATTER



Topic 4. Gas Absorption

Topic 5. Distillation

Topic 6. Rectification in Systems by Stages





THEMATIC UNIT 3. UNIT OPERATIONS BASED ON HEAT TRANSMISSION



Topic 7. Heat Exchangers





THEMATIC UNIT 4. UNIT OPERATIONS BASED ON THE TRANSFER OF MOMENTUM OF MOVEMENT



Topic 7. Sedimentation

Topic 8. Filtration

During the face-to-face activity, the teacher will explain the theoretical and practical contents of the subject (lecture) and the students will develop problems and questions cooperatively (classroom practices).



Non-face-to-face activities will include students carrying out problems, questions and short works both individually and cooperatively.



“In the event that health conditions prevent the carrying out of a teaching activity and/or face-to-face evaluation, a non-face-to-face modality will be activated of which the students will be promptly informed.”

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION SYSTEM: A MINIMUM CLASS ATTENDANCE OF 80% IS REQUIRED.



It will consist of two separate evaluations: 1st partial in January and 2nd partial in May.



To eliminate the subject corresponding to each of the midterms it is necessary to obtain a grade equal to or greater than 5.0 points out of 10 in the average grade (exam, work, oral presentation and multiple choice controls).



The student who does not obtain or exceeds the score of 5.0/10 in each partial exam must take the final exam in the extraordinary call with the subject corresponding to the suspended partial exam.



Grades obtained in previous courses will not be saved.



The evaluation will be done in the following way:



70% written exam

5% oral presentation (in group)

15% test type controls (individual)

10% written work (in group)





FINAL EVALUATION SYSTEM: CLASS ATTENDANCE IS NOT REQUIRED.



It will consist of a final exam of the subject taught in class.

Didactic material prepared by the subject teacher and available on the e-Gela platform (theoretical contents, statements of problems to be solved).

Basic bibliography

Geankoplis, J. Procesos de Transporte y Operaciones Unitarias. CECSA, 3ª Ed. 2003.

Henley, E. J; Seader, J. D. Operaciones de Separación por Etapas de Equilibrio en Ingeniería Química. Editorial Reverté, 1988.

Ibarz, A.; Barbosa-Cánovas, G. V. Operaciones Unitarias en la Ingeniería de Alimentos. Mundi-Prensa, 2011.

Izquierdo, J. F.; Costa, J.; Martínez de la Ossa, E.; Rodríguez, J.; Izquierdo, M. Introducción a la Ingeniería Química. Problemas Resueltos de Balances de Materia y Energía. Editorial Reverté, 2015.

Kern, D. Procesos de Transferencia de Calor. Compañía Editorial Continental S.A. de C.V. 31ª Ed., 1999.

King, C. J. Procesos de Separación. Editorial Reverté, 1980.

McCabe, W. L.; Smith, J. C.; Harriot, P. Operaciones Unitarias en Ingeniería Química. McGraw-Hill. Serie: Ingeniería química, 7ª Ed., 2007.

Montes-Sánchez, F. J. Problemas Resueltos de Operaciones de Separación. Ediciones Paraninfo, 2019.

Ollero de Castro, P. Fundamentos de las Operaciones de Separación de Transferencia de Masa. Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2020.

Perry, R.. H.; Green, D. W. Manual del Ingeniero Químico (4 tomos). McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Treybal, R.E. Operaciones de Transferencia de Masa. McGraw-Hill, 2ª Ed., 1990.

In-depth bibliography

Holman, J.P. Transferencia de Calor. McGraw-Hill, 8ª Ed. 1998.
Incropera, A.; Dewitt, D. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. Wiley, 4ª Ed. 1996.
Morán, M. J. Fundamentos de Termodinámica Técnica. Editorial Reverté, 2005.
Treybal, R. Mass Transfer Operations. McGraw-Hill, 3ª Ed., 2000.
Valiente, A. Problemas de Transferencia de Calor. Limusa, 1994.

Journals

Química Industrial
(http://www.quimicaindustrial.com.br/qi/perfil.asp)

Energy & Environmental Science
(https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/energy-environmental-science/)

Chemical Engineering Journal
(https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chemical-engineering-journal)

Chemical Engineering & Technology
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15214125)

Separation and Purification Reviews
(https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/lspr20)

Separation and Purification Technology
(https://www.journals.elsevier.com/separation-and-purification-technology)

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
(https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering)