Chemistry and 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.