The course comes from the need to provide with the knowledge to properly identify and manage the main equipment for the process industry to future environmental engineer. Particular focus will be on the energy and matter exchanges that characterize the main production processes, but a good part of the course will be dedicated to illustrating what are called basic services necessary for the proper functioning of an industrial plant. The course aims to provide the technical and technological knowledge essential for the design of individual devices and their together to form the industrial plant, one of the most complex systems but at the same time more efficient one created by the human mind. The teaching, although not mandatory, is strongly recommended to students of the Protection address, as different topics covered will then be useful in subsequent courses such as Environmental Design.

At the end of the course the students will be able to: - Know and understand the basis for a correct analysis of the profitability of an industrial process; - Know and understand the technical aspects of the main general services in an industrial plant; - Know and understand the services of energy, water, refrigeration, storage in the plant; - Know and understand the aspects of handling (piping, pipe expansion, valves, safety valves, regulating valves, insulation, compressed air, vacuum transport, bridge cranes, cable lifters, forced ventilation, conveyor belt, rail transport and road transport) of an industrial plant; - Know and understand auxiliary services such as sewerage and fire prevention; - Know and understand the meaning of a blow-down line; - Know and understand the air conditioning of civil spaces within an establishment. Most of all the students will be able to link all the described outcomes with the most relevant environmental aspects strictly related with energy, water and air management.

In order to better deal with the teaching topics, students must possess the fundamental notions of mathematics, physics and thermodynamics combined with a basic knowledge of the main processes typical of environmental engineering (transfer of matter, heat and momentum ). For the topics covered in the course, a basic knowledge of the properties of materials, fluid machines (pumps and compressors), electric machines (electric motors), as well as the basics for plant control and regulation, is not essential, but preferable.

Teaching is organized to provide a total of 80 hours, of which 60 are lessons and 20 are dedicated to exercises and in-depth studies (visits and seminars). The lesson hours are divided as follows: General and auxiliary services of an industrial establishment: - Profitability of industrial processes; - Energy service; - Water service; - Refrigeration service; - Air service; - Empty service; - Storage and handling service (valves, thermal expansion of pipes, insulation); - Blow-down service; - Air conditioning.

The teaching is organized so that the classic classroom lessons are accompanied by a series of monographic calculation exercises to allow students to learn the illustrated sizing procedures. Visits to industrial plants and in-depth seminars are planned.

With regard to the lessons, students are advised to use the material made available in pdf format at the beginning of the lessons, integrated with the notes taken during the lessons. During the course, all the material necessary for carrying out the exercises will be provided. Here are some reference texts: Perry: "Chemical Engineers' Handbook", McGraw-Hill Monte: "Elements of industrial plants", Cortina Library Mc Cabe & Smith: "Unit operations of chemical engineering", Mc Graw-Hill

Dispense; Libro di testo; Esercizi; Materiale multimediale ;

Modalità di esame: Prova scritta (in aula); Prova scritta in aula tramite PC con l'utilizzo della piattaforma di ateneo;

Exam: Written test; Computer-based written test in class using POLITO platform;

... Access to the exam does not require particular prerequisites; it is a written exam with a maximum score of 30 cum laude, which consists of multiple choice questions, open-ended questions and one or more calculation exercises. The topics on which the exam will focus will be identified among those addressed during the course. The duration of the written assignment is 2 hours. Type of exam questions: relating to the description and tracing of process and plant flow diagrams, to the analysis of methodologies and the functioning of equipment and processes. Furthermore, the purpose of the questions is to ascertain the basic and detailed understanding of the topics, to verify the acquisition of the expected skills and above all to ascertain the ability of the student to know how to apply the acquired knowledge in a practical way. During the written test the use of notes and texts will not be allowed, the sheets will be provided by the teacher, it will be possible to use a calculator.

Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.