22NHT49 - Technology of acids, alkalies and mineral fertilizers

Course specification
Course title		Technology of acids, alkalies and mineral fertilizers
Acronym		22NHT49
Study programme
Module
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		5.0	Status
Condition		Inorganic Chemical Technology	Облик условљености
The goal		Application of knowledge attained in previous courses on understanding and solving the practical problems in technolology of acids, alkalies and fertilizers. The course implies the fundamentals of procedures, apparatus, technological regimes and their influences on material and energy balances.
The outcome		Students learn about industrial production of the sulfuric, nitric and phosphoric acids, synthetic ammonia, soda and caustic soda, and the mineral fertilizers: phosphoric, nitrogenous, potassic fertilizers, carbamide, complex and mixed fertilizers.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Introduction: development of technology of acids, alkalies and fertilizers, current state and tendencies Production of sulfuric acid by contact process Production of nitric acid by ammonia oxidation Production of phosphoric acid by electrothermal and dihydratation process Ammonia synthesis Sodium carbonate and caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) technology Phosphoric fertilizers Nitrogenous and potassic fertilizers Carbamide Complex fertilizers and new types of mineral fertilizers.
Contents of exercises		Material and energy balance of production of acids (sulphuric and nitric) alkalies (ammonia) and fertilizers (ammonium nitrate); determination of sulfur (IV) oxide content in the gas mixture; determination of the total alkalinity in soda; determination of the sodium-hydroxide content in the caustic soda; analysis of the single and triple superphosphate: determination of the phosphor (V) oxide content dissolved in water; analysis of the nitrogenous fertilizers
Literature
O. T. Fasullo “Sulfuric Acid, Use and Handling”, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 1965. W. W. Duecker, J. R. West “The Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid”, Reinhold Inc., New York, 1959. F. D. Miles “Nitric acid-Manufacture and Uses”, Oxford University Press, London, 1961. I. Moldovan, N. Popovici, G. Chivu “The Technology of Mineral Fertilizers”, The British Sulphur Corp. Lim., London, 1969. Lectures material
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures combined with numerical examples and laboratory work
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper
Practical lessons		10	Oral examination	50
Projects
Colloquia		40
Seminars