This course provides a strong
fundamental and practical (laboratory experimentation) concept of petrochemical
industry stressing on raw materials, processes and technologies. The following
topics are covered:
PART I –POLYMERS
Definitions, structure and MW
distribution of polymers; polymer chemistry (polymerization reactions and
polymerization techniques); processing of polymers (compounding and processing
of plastics).
PART II- PETROCHEMICALS AND DOWN
STREAM INDUSTRY
Olefins (production and downstream
industry based on, ethylene, propylene, butenes and pentenes); Aromatics
(production of BTX and downstream units based on benzene, toluene, and
xylenes); Natural gas (production and downstream unit based on, ammonia,
methanol and urea); Synthetic Gases, (production and utilization of hydrogen,
oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and C2H2); Salt and
chloroal- kali; fertilizers; cement industries.
PART III- LABORATORY
Preparation; casting; testing and
processing of some polymers (such as polystyrene, nylon 6.6, polyvinyl alcohol
and polyamide).
