UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA 1. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

1. Basic concepts in chemical industry
2. - Characteristics of the chemical industry
3. Evolution of chemical products and manufacturing processes
4. Characteristic examples of the chemical industry
5. Energy in the chemical industry
6. - Fossil fuels
7. - Alternative energies
8. - Nuclear fission energy
9. - Chemical recycling of plastic waste and concept of circular economy
10. Design of chemical reactors
11. - Design of ideal reactors
12. - Types of ideal reactors

UNIT DIDACTIC 2. RAW MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS

1. Introduction to raw materials and chemicals
2. Raw materials
3. - Basic raw materials
4. - Intermediate raw materials
5. Pictograms and chemical label indications
6. - Classification of chemicals
7. - Risk and safety phrases
8. - Applicable regulations related to labeling
9. - Labeling of hazardous substances and mixtures
10. Characteristics and designation of the most common chemical products and reagents

UNIT DIDACTIC 3. EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS OF THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY

1. Typical structure of a laboratory. Laboratory furniture
2. Apparatus of a chemical laboratory
3. - Pipettes and volumetric material. Types and maintenance
4. - Balances
5. Chemical laboratory materials
6. - Types of laboratory materials
7. - Systems of classification and arrangement of materials and reagents

UNIT DIDACTIC 4. AUXILIARY CHEMICAL LABORATORY OPERATIONS

1. Heating systems
2. - Direct heating
3. - Indirect heating
4. Refrigeration systems in the laboratory
5. - Ways of obtaining low temperatures
6. - Refrigeration mixtures
7. - Refrigeration machines
8. - Cold maintainers
9. Laboratory vacuum production systems
10. Water treatment for laboratory use
11. Instruments for performing chemical analysis
12. Equipment for separation of mixtures
13. Procedures for the preparation and coupling of materials and equipment

TEACHING UNIT 5. REAGENT AND SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

1. Preparation of dilutions and dilutions
2. - Classification of samples and analytes
3. - Sample size and analyte level
4. - Detection limit
5. Classification of chemical reagents
6. Maintenance, preparation and use of chemical laboratory equipment
7. - Determinate and indeterminate errors
8. - Statistical testing and error analysis
9. - Uncertainty calculation
10. - Traceability
11. Calibration of equipment
12. - ISO 17025 Standard

UNIT DIDACTIC 6. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

1. Qualitative inorganic and organic tests
2. - Separative techniques
3. - Time and temperatures of digestions
4. - Polarity
5. - pH measurement
6. Application of volumetric methods of analysis
7. - Neutralization
8. - Oxidation-reduction
9. - Precipitation
10. - Complex formation
11. Use of gravimetric methods of analysis
12. - Applications of gravimetries
13. Reporting
14. - Documentation and communication techniques
15. - Methodological bases of reporting

TEACHING UNIT 7. CHEMICAL TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

1. Introduction to transport phenomena
2. Transfer of quantity of motion
3. - General properties of fluids
4. - Newton's law of viscosity
5. - Basic operations in chemical engineering based on transport of quantity of motion
6. Energy and heat transfer
7. - Heat transfer mechanisms
8. - Heat exchangers
9. - Basic operations in chemical engineering based on the transport of quantity of motion
10. - Energy balance
11. Matter transfer
12. - Fick's first and second law
13. - Matter balance
14. - Basic operations in chemical engineering based on matter transport

TEACHING UNIT 8. MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY

1. Introduction in membrane technology
2. - Principle of osmosis
3. - Classification of membrane separation processes according to pore size
4. - Advantages of membrane separation
5. - Forward flow and tangential flow
6. - Membrane types and filtration modules
7. - Transport through porous membranes: capillary flow
8. - Transport through dense membranes: dissolution-diffusion model
9. - Membrane configurations
10. - Limiting phenomena
11. - Polarization concentration
12. - Fouling
13. Applications
14. - Electrodialysis and its applications
15. - Reverse osmosis and seawater desalination
16. - Membrane bioreactors for urban wastewater reuse
17. - Disinfection and sterilization
18. - Vapor permeation: treatment of volatile compounds in emissions

UNIT DIDACTIC 9. PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY

1. Introduction to particle technology
2. - Particle shapes
3. - Particle size
4. - Size changes
5. - Association between particles
6. - Sediment particle operations
7. - Sedimentation as a separation technique
8. - Particle aggregates and flocculation processes
9. - Fluidization of solids
10. - Operations with non-sediment particles (mists)
11. - Baghouse
12. - Electrostatic precipitators
13. - Scrubbers
14. Applications
15. - Fertilizer manufacture
16. - Sedimentation for wastewater treatment
17. - Oilseed oil extraction

UNIT DIDACTIC 10. FOOD TECHNOLOGY

1. Traceability and food safety
2. - Responsibilities
3. - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
4. Biotechnology and prebiotic, probiotic, symbiotic and fortified foods
5. - Microorganisms and fermented foods
6. - Use of fermenting microorganisms
7. - Biotechnology of probiotics
8. - Biotechnology of prebiotics
9. - Biotechnology in symbiotic foods
10. - Biotechnology in fortified foods
11. Food contamination by microorganisms and their control
12. - Origin of food contamination
13. - Food preservation techniques
14. Biochemical techniques to ensure food safety

UNIT DIDACTIC 11. CHEMICAL STORAGE SAFETY.

1. Introduction to basic concepts
2. - Warehouse operations
3. - Storage of hazardous products
4. Safety facilities
5. - Identification and classification of hazards and associated risks
6. - Risk analysis
7. Operations and maintenance
8. Periodic reviews
9. Hazard symbols and indicators