WEEK COURSE OUTLINE

1 I. Chemical processing and work of the chemical engineers

2-3 II. Portland Cement, Ceramic and Glass Industries
A. Cement
1. Portland Cement
2. Cement Manufacture
3. Lime and gypsum manufacture
4. Miscellaneous calcium compounds
B. Ceramic Industry
1. Chemical Conversions
2. Structural Refractories
3. Enamel and enameled metal products
4. Specialized ceramic products
C. Glass Industry
1. Glass manufacture
2. Methods of manufacture
3. Manufacture of special glasses
3-4 III. Food, Sugar and Starch Industries
A. Food Industry
1. Food processing
2. Milk processing
3. Food by-products processing
B. Sugar and Starch Industry
1. Manufacture of sugar
2. Starches and related products manufacturing process
QUIZ 1
5 IV. Agrichemical Industries
A. Insecticides
B. Fungicides
C. Herbicides
D. Fertilizers
E. Plant nutrients and Regulators
6 V. Fragrances, Flavours, and Food Additives
A. Condensation Process
B. Grignard Process
C. Perfume Formulation
D. Natural Fruit Concentrates
E. Flavor-essence Formulation
7-8 VI. Soap, Detergents, Oild, Fats, and Waxes
A. Soap and Detergents
1. Manufacture of detergents
2. Biodegradability of surfactants
3. Fatty acids and Fatty alcohols
B. Oils, Fats, and Waxes
1. Cottonseed and Soybean Oil by Solvent Extraction
2. Processing of animal fats and oils
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10 VII. Fermentation Industries
A. Industrial Alcohols
B. Beers, wines and liquors manufacturing process
C. Citric acid process
D. Acetic acid manufacturing
11-12 VIII. Polymer Products
A. Pulp and Paper Industry
1. Manufacture of Paper
 2. Structural boards
3. Sulfite and Sulfate manufacture
B. Plastic Industries
1. Resin manufacture process
2. Manufacture of laminates and other types
C. Rubber Industries
1. Monomer production
2. Rubber processing chemicals
12-13 IX. Petrochemicals and Petroleum Industry
A. Petrochemicals
1. Physical separations
2. Chemical conversions
B. Petroleum refining industries
1. Constituents of petroleum
2. Products of refining
C. Coal Chemicals
1. Destructive distillation of coal
2. Coking of coal
3. Distillation of coal tar
14 X. Pharmaceutical Industry
A. Manufacture of pharmaceutical products
B. Life processing of antibiotics and vitamins
QUIZ 4
15 XI. Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid Production
A. Mining and manufacture of Sulfur
B. Manufacture of Graphite and Carbon
16 XII. Industrial Gases
A. Activated Carbon Processing
B. Manufacture of Graphite and Carbon
QUIZ 5
17 Project Presentation
18 FINALS