CHE 361 INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY

3 Hours/week, 3.0 Credits

1. Introduction: Fundamental considerations in the development of chemical industry,
feasibility survey of a chemical process,
2. Unit operation and unit processes: Definition, principles of unit process and operations,
relevant equipment and examples of their uses in common industries,
3. Cement Industry: Raw materials, Portland cement manufacture, types of Portland
cement, theory of setting and hardening of cement, different types of cement, characteristic
of good cement, cement factory in Bangladesh.
4. Ceramic Industry: Definition, types of ceramic products, basic raw materials, white
wares, manufactures of porcelain, chemical conversion including basic ceramic industry,
heavy clay products, manufacture of refractory, enamels, ceramic industries in Bangladesh.
5. Glass industry: Raw materials, methods of manufacture, properties and uses of different
types of glasses, special glasses.
6. Fertilizer industries: Definition, plant nutrients and their functions, nitrogen fixation,
manufacture of ammonium nitrate, calcium phosphate, ammonium phosphate, normal super
phosphate (NSP), triple super phosphate (TSP), potassium compounds, manufacture of urea
from natural gas, mixed fertilizer, fertilizer industries in Bangladesh.
7. Food Processing Industries: Food classification, Basic principle of food processing,
Milk and dairy products, Fruits and vegetables, Confectionary, Beverages, Meat & fish
processing etc.; Food additives, food color, flavor, preservatives, stabilizer, thickener, etc,
Safety consideration of food additives & Environmental aspects, Food adulteration & its
toxic effect, Basic instrumentation in food processing industries.
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8. Soap and Detergents and Cosmetics: Raw materials, fat splitting, manufacturing of laundry and toilet
soaps, recovery and refining of glycerin, composition of different types of soaps. Detergents: definition,
classification and their manufacture, builders, additives, biodegradability of detergents, comparison of soap
and detergents, cleaning action of soap and detergent.
9. Pulp, Paper and Rayon Industries: Natural source of cellulose, different process for the manufacture of
pulp, recovery of chemicals from waste cooking liquor, manufacture of paper board, rayon, cellulose acetate
and cellulose nitrate. Pulp and paper industries in Bangladesh.
10. Sugar Industries: Manufacture of cane sugar, refining of raw sugar, production of sugar from sugar
beet, and sugar industry in Bangladesh.
11. Paints and Varnishes: Constituents of paints, varnishes, lacquers and enamels and their functions,
factors influencing satisfactory performance of surface coating, properties of pigments, manufacture of
paints and varnish, difference between paints and varnishes.
12. Petroleum Industry: Definition, origin, composition and classification, refining and distillation of
petroleum, cracking of petroleum, motor and aviation fuels, natural gasoline, aviation gasoline, octane
number, cetane number, production of high octane, alkylation, polymerization, isomerization and reforming.
13. Oils, Fats and Waxes: Sources of fats, oils and waxes, extraction, refining, bleaching, decolorization of
fats and oil, production of vegetable oil (vanaspati), essential oil and their uses, saponication number and
iodine value.
Books Recommended:
•Shreve, Chemical Process Industries.
•Roger’s, Manual for Industrial Chemistry.
•J.A. Kent, Regels’ Hand Book of Industrial Chemistry.
•Liegue, Engineering materials.
•Martins, Industrial Chemistry (Vol. I, II & III)
•R. K. Das, Industrial Chemistry (Part I & II).
•Othmer and Klerk, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology