Sustainable chemicals manufacture: concepts/tools

Summary

This course introduces tools to design and evaluate sustainable routes for chemicals and materials manufacture. You will understand approaches to process design and optimization, from the molecular to the planet level, and learn the fundamentals of sustainable chemistry.

Content

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Keywords

Sustainable Chemistry

Sustainability metrics

Alternative carbon sources

Recycling

Chemical manufacture

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

No special knowledge beyond the undergraduate curriculum in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. Students wishing to attend the course from other backgrounds should contact the lecturers to discuss the fit.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Assess / Evaluate sustainable routes for chemicals and materials manufacture
• Analyze approaches to process design and optimization, from the molecular to the planet level
• Integrate the fundamentals of sustainable chemistry in process design

Assessment methods

Session examination

Oral, 30 minutes

The exam will account for 70% of the grade. The exercise will account for the remainder of the grade. Completion of the exercise is required to attend the exam.

Calculators are permitted

Resources

Bibliography

Klöpffer, W., Grahl, B. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Guide to Best Practice, Wiley (2014)

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Klöpffer, W., Grahl, B. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Guide to Best Practice, Wiley (2014)

Notes/Handbook

Course content based on slides

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/CH-480