Chemical Engineering

QUALITY OPTION: QUALITY LABORATORY 2

General Data

Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 5.00
Status: Optional
Type: Course
Academic Year:
Term:
Languages: English, Portuguese
Available for Mobility Students: No
Restricted to alliance: No
Code: Sin codigo

Coordination

Description

Laboratory
4

Instructors

Maria João Ramalhosa


 

Contents

CP1 - Preparation, assembly and execution of two experimental works with the objective of producing a product
CP1.1 - Description of the various stages of the process and identification of the analytical parameters to be monitored in the raw materials and in the product
CP1.2 - Study of the influence of some parameters on the production process
CP1.3 - Selection of procedures and standards according to the previously proposed objective
CP1.4 - Analysis of the results obtained, comparing with the values set in the legislation, if applicable

CP2 - Preparation, for each of the works performed, of a technical-scientific report and its oral presentation

Learning Outcomes

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills of planning and carrying out integrative experimental work, involving several steps of a complex chemical process with different unit operations and chemical reactions, through the following objectives:
OBJ1 - Understand the importance of Quality Control
OBJ2 - Develop the capacity to outline the entire experimental plan, describing the various steps of the process and identifying the analytical parameters to be monitored
OBJ3 - Select the procedures and standards according to the previously proposed objective
OBJ4 - Be able to implement an analysis method, using either classical or instrumental methods of analysis
OBJ5 - Develop the ability to analyse and criticize the results obtained
OBJ6 - Knowing how to prepare a technical-scientific report and the respective presentation