14HPI418 - Polymer Processing and Recycling
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| Course title | Polymer Processing and Recycling | |||
| Acronym | 14HPI418 | |||
| Study programme | Chemical Engineering | |||
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| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 4.0 | Status | ||
| Condition | passed Fundamentals of Polymer Engineering | Облик условљености | ||
| The goal | Basic knowledge on the selection of appropriate processing techniques for individual polymer materials. Knowledge on specific processing techniques. ; Training the student to independently recognize the possibilities of recycling polymers. | |||
| The outcome | Students are able to predict and evaluate the type and capacity of equipment for processing polymer materials. ; Students are able to select appropriate technologies for polymer recycling. ; Students develop the capability to approach problem solving in a comptetent and organized fashion. Students acquire knowledge that enables them to work in industrial practice. | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | 1. Introduction. The significance and volume of polymer processing and recycling at the global and domestic level. ; 2. Discussion of polymer properties relevant for their processing. Specificities of processing individual polymer materials. Auxiliary raw materials (additives, plasticizers, fillers). ; 3. Basics of processing polymer materials. ; 4. Polymer processing techniques. Mixing. Calandering. Lamination. Extrusion. Thermoforming. Rotational forming. Compression moulding. Injection moulding. Reaction injection moulding. Blow moulding. Polymer foam production. Paper production. ; 5. Processing and manufacturing of composite polymer materials. Processing polymer blends. ; 6. Principles of polymer reycling. Classification of polymer recycling technologies. ; 7. Recycling of polyolefins, poly(vinyl chloride), polystyrene, poy(methyl methacrylate), polycarbonate, ABS, polyamides, poly(ethylene terephthalate). ; 8. Recycling of tyres and other rubber products. ; 9. Recycling of paper and paperboard. ; 10. Life cycle assessment of polymer products. ; | |||
| Contents of exercises | 1. Recipe composition and dosage of auxiliary raw materials. ; 2. Calculation of technological parameters of extruders and other equipment. ; 3. Modelling of the operation of extruders and other equipment. ; 4. Case study: Life cycle assessment of selected polymer products. | |||
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| Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
| Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
| 3 | 1 | |||
| Methods of teaching | The course consists of lectures, calculation sessions and laboratory exercises. | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | Test paper | |||
| Practical lessons | Oral examination | 60 | ||
| Projects | ||||
| Colloquia | 30 | |||
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