Chemical industry represents one of the most booming sectors in the economy of many countries, being the basis for many other industries like metallurgic, petrochemical, food and electronic ones. Similarly, recent advances on high efficient materials, electronic devices, medical applications, together with new environmental and agricultural technologies are fostered by continuous improvements and innovations in each stage of the process design.
Therefore, this subject is devoted to provide the student with a comprehensive approach of Industrial Chemistry, going from the construction and understanding of process flowsheets diagrams of chemical processes with socio-economic interest, to the performance of quality principles underlying them.