KMÜ686 - PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY | KMÜ686 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Question and Answer Brain Storming | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Ozge Yuksel Orhan, PhD | |||||
| Course objective | To follow existing and innovative emerging technologies for the production of synthesis gas, olefins, aromatics and their derivatives including industrial polyolefins and polyesters. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Modeling and simulation of ethane steam cracking by MATLAB, Optimization of steam cracker performance, Evaluation of acrylonitrile production from propane (instead of propylene), Waste minimization of acrylonitrile process by process modification using MATLAB, Evaluation of methanol to olefins process, Evaluation of C4 derivatives, Evaluation of dimethylether production, Evaluation of alternative separation technologies for xylenes. | |||||
| References | Text book: Course notes with problems and exercises will be distributed which are based on following references. References: 1.A.ChauvelandGillesLefebvre, PetrochemicalProcesses: Technical and Economic Characteristics, Vol.1 & Vol.2, IFP Publications, Gulf Publishing Co.,TECHNIPS Edn., (1989). 2.Peter Wiseman, Petrochemicals, UMIST Series in Scienceandtechnology, John Wiley&Sons (1986). 3.The Chemistry of Methane, Ethylene, Propylene, C4 Olefins, Benzene, Toluene Xylenes, Workshop Notes, CHEM SYSTEMS (1999). 4.Bilsen Beşergil, Hampetrolden Petrokimyasallara: El Kitabı, TükelmatA.Ş.,İzmir (2007). 5.James H. Gary, Glenn E.Handwerk& Mark J.Kaiser, PetroleumRefining: TechnologyandEconomics, FifthEdn., CRC Press (2007). 6.Henri Ulrich, Introduction to Industrial Polymers, 2nd Edn., SPE Books from Hanser (1993). 7.Gilbert, F.Fromentand K.B.Bischoff, ChemicalReactor Analysis and Design, 2nd Edn., John Wiley&Sons (1990). | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Developments in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Industries |
| Week 2 | Developments in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Industries |
| Week 3 | Steam Cracking and Olefins Production |
| Week 4 | Steam Cracking and Olefins Production |
| Week 5 | Emerging Technologies for olefin production (such as methanoltoolefins (MTO)), partialoxidation, dehydrogenation, metathesis |
| Week 6 | Catalytic Crackingand Aromatics (BTX) Production |
| Week 7 | Catalytic Crackingand Aromatics (BTX) Production |
| Week 8 | Midterm |
| Week 9 | C8 aromatics |
| Week 10 | Aromatics from pyrolysis gasoline and other sources, Aromatics production from lower alkanes (Z-forming) |
| Week 11 | Steam Reforming and related processes |
| Week 12 | Steam Reforming and related processes |
| Week 13 | Ethylene derivatives |
| Week 14 | Propylene and C4 olefins derivatives |
| Week 15 | Benzene, Toluene and, Xylene derivatives |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 5 | 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 10 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 8 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 4 | 48 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Project | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Homework assignment | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 35 | 137 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Evaluating, interpreting, and applying knowledge, as well as the ability gaining access to it, through scientific research utilizing their background on mathematics, science and engineering | X | ||||
| 2. Completion of knowledge using limited data, applying and integrating it with the knowledge out of various disciplines, with the help of scientific methods | X | ||||
| 3. Being aware of, as well as researching and learning, the novel and emerging applications of their profession | X | ||||
| 4. Identifying, developing and implementing innovative methods for the solution of problems related to Chemical Engineering | X | ||||
| 5. Designing and implementing analytical-models and experiment based research through the development of novel and/or unique ideas, as well as interpreting and solving complex issues encountered during this process | X | ||||
| 6. Understanding and contributing to the health, safety, social, and environmental dimensions of Chemical Engineering applications | X | ||||
| 7. Being respectful to social, scientific and ethical values, throughout data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of all professional activities | X | ||||
| 8. Presenting the process and results of studies in written or verbal format, with a systematic and concise manner, in the national and international environments, inside or outside of the chemical engineering field | X | ||||
| 9. Leading disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams, taking initiative and responsibility in team work. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest