Chemical Engineering

Full course description

Many daily used products contain materials produced in industrial chemical plants. ‘Chemical
engineering’ studies the development, design, operation and improvement of these chemical
plants, the chemical and physical processes and their safety, sustainability and economic
feasibility.

This course will introduce students to the challenges of the modern chemical engineer, in which
basic chemical and physical concepts, like material and energy balances, process design and
typical unit operations, will be combined with discussions on sustainability/circularity and the
business consequences.

The example of industrial fertiliser production, one of the most important chemical processes in
modern societies, will be used to exercise with these topics complimentary to lectures and
tutorials. By continually building on prior knowledge, you learn about designing chemical processes
while developing a deeper understanding of chemical engineering fundamentals.