Syllabus

Module 1: Definition of Green Engineering Need of Green Engineering The twelve Principles of Green Engineering with examples Green chemistry metrics- Atom/mass economy, E-factor, reaction mass efficiency and other green chemistry metrics, application of green metrics analysis to synthetic plans Numerical examples.
Module 2: Environmental issues: Role of chemical processes and products Ecology Role & Responsibilities of Chemical Engineers Evaluating and improving environmental performance of Chemical processes 4R Principles LCA and its application.
Module 3: Designing Greener, safer chemical synthesis: Solvent free synthesis: Microwave-assisted synthesis, synthesis using sonication, electrochemistry Synthesis in green solvents: ionic liquid, PEG, synthesis involving supercritical solvents, catalysis involving fluorous phase, synthesis in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents Water as reaction media.
Module 4: Green reagents and catalysis in green synthesis: Zeolite, photocatalyst, nanocatalyst, Biocatalyst, Pase transfer catalyst, polymer supported agents.
Module 5: Reactors and separators: Microreactors, Membrane Photobioreactors, Solar reactors, process intensification Design for degradation.
Module 6: Emerging green materials for chemical industries: Renewables as chemical feedstocks Fuel cells: Hydrogen as green fuel Industrial case studies.

Successful students will be able to communicate with other engineers on topics of pollution prevention and waste minimization.

Students will be able to use the problem solving skills developed in this course to identify, describe, and solve green engineering problems in other courses, such as plant design.

Students will be exposed to topics of safety and environmental regulation and will learn appropriate terminology for green engineering.

Students will recognize that modern green engineering problems exist and that the science of pollution prevention and waste minimization is progressing

At the end of the course, students will be able to

CO1: Acquire comprehensive knowledge of Green Engineering and its matrices to decide on greener synthetic route.
CO2: Identify and analyze greener and safer material.
CO3: Apply fundamentals to design greener routes of synthesizing materials and processes.
CO4: Modify processes and products to make them green safe and economically acceptable.

D. T. Allen and D. R. Shonnard, Green Engineering: Environmentally Conscious Design of Chemical processes, Prentice Hall , 2001

Paul T. Anastas, Handbook of Green Chemistry (Volume 1-9), Wiley-VCH , 2012

Alexei Lapkin, David J. C. Constable, Green Chemistry Metrics: Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Processes, Wiley , 2008

J. H. Clark and D. J. MacQuarri, Handbook of Green Chemistry and Technology, Wiley-Blackwell , 2002

Paul T. Anastas and Julie B. Zimmerman, "Design Through the 12 Principles of Green Engineering", Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 5, 94A–101A