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The project will allow students to go deeper into one of these
concepts through a literature study and calculations.
Learning objectives: At the conclusion of this course, students
should be able to critically evaluated biorefinery concepts.
They should also have a better understanding of how dif-
ferent principles of chemical engineering can be utilized in
this industry.
Target audience: Master's and postgraduate students
Form of assessment: examination
Course literature: Handouts
Chemistry in combustion processes II
5 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015 (16.3.-20.3.2015)
Lecturers: Specialists in different areas of combustion chem-
istry
Contact: Markus Engblom (course coordinator)
Aim and contents: Combustion processes is today more and
more related to chemistry. New fuels are introduced regularly
in an attempt to replace fossil fuels. This introduces challenges
for energy technology which are often related to ash chemis-
try. Corrosion, deposit formation, trace metal emissions etc.
may lead to costly shut downs of power plants and health/
environmental problems and should be avoided. This courses
aims to give a basic understanding of the chemistry behind
ash related problems and trace metal emissions.
The course:
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Introduces industrial scale combustion systems and ash
chemistry within them
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Introduces fundamental theoretical tools, including the
use of expert software, for studying ash chemistry in
combustion processes.
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Provides theoretical basis for working in academia or
industry with chemical issues of combustion processes
related to firing new challenging fuels, ash related prob-
lems and trace metal emissions
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Is an advanced level course within the major subject
Process Chemistry, Energy Technology, and Energy and
Environmental Technology
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Is complementary to the course Process chemist's tool-
box (Processkemiska verktyg, in Swedish) and builds
upon the course Chemistry in Combustion Processes I
Learningobjectives: After completing this course, the students
are expected to be able to:
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Understand the challenges between different fuelswhen
designing new combustion processes.
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Define terms and concepts relevant to ash chemistry in
combustion processes
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Describe the basic principles of industrial combustion
systems and the ash chemistry within them
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Apply fundamental chemical theories for interpreting
ash-related problems in combustion processes
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Analyze ash-related problems using expert software by
following given instructions
Target audience: Master's and postgraduate students
Form of assessment: examination
Course literature: Handouts
Corrosion of metals
4 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015 (period 3)
Lecturer: Leena Hupa
Aimand contents: Basemetals belong to themost important
materials used in different chemical plants and equipment.
This course aims to introduce basic concepts needed to
understand corrosion resistance and different methods to
avoid corrosion in aqueous solutions. The course is aimed for
chemical engineering and chemistry students and requires
knowledge in general chemistry. Different corrosion types,
passivation, polarization and corrosion protection viamaterial
choice, design, anodic and cathodic protection, inorganic and
organic coatings are discussed. Examples of corrosion case
studies demonstrate further the subject.
Learning objectives: The student can analyze and discuss
potential factors which might have caused the observed
corrosion case and also suggests possible solutions to avoid
corrosion.
Target audience: Master's and postgraduate students
Form of assessment: examination
Course literature: Handouts
Producing scientific papers from your research
2 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015 (period 3)
Lecturer: Mikko Hupa
Contact: Mikko Hupa
Aimand contents: This interactive seminar coursewill give the
students a forum to learn and discuss how to produce good
scientific papers of their research work in chemical engineer-
ing. The main focus is not on linguistic questions, but rather
on the process of planning, structuring, and practical writing
of good scientific papers. Papers very seldomare simple sum-
mary reports of a research project. One key question is what
to include in a paper and how to structure ongoing research
work in pieces suitable for publication. Topics to be discussed
include the following:
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Where to publish - Types of publications
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What to include - Publishable unit
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Title and detailed structure of the paper
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Getting the paper published - Rebuttals to reviewers, etc.
Learning objectives: After finishing the course, the students
will be able to summarize and apply the course material
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To identify the critical steps in the process of publishing
papers from your research
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To get the first papers more easily produced and pub-
lished
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To read scientific literature more critically and faster
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To make publishing a continuous and natural part of
your research work.
Target audience: Master's and postgraduate students
Form of assessment: Project report, seminars
Course literature: handouts
Bioactive glasses
4 credits
Advanced level
Lectured course
Offered: Spring 2015 (period 3)
Lectures: experts on different areas of biomaterials
Contact: Leena Hupa
Aim and contents: The goal is to introduce the multidiscipli-
nary criteria of using an inorganic material, glass, in medical
applications in the human body. The course also aims to give
the material's chemistry student some basic tools needed
for communication with experts in medicine. Definitions of
biomaterials, bioactive materials, comparison of the general
properties of different biomaterials (metals, ceramics, glasses
and polymers), somemain responses of usingmanmadema-
