- Give knowledge of current and emerging technologies for conversion of biomass to energy carriers, such as biogas, biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen, or direct conversion to electricity and heat. - Give an overview of biomass resources, availability of biomass (wastes, industrial and agricultural residues), and potential for conversion of biomass to energy. - Give perspectives for utilisation of biomass to bioenergy production at national and global level, as well as the sustainability of the utilisation technologies. - Give insight to the most important biotechnological and thermochemical methods for bioenergy/biofuels production. Both theoretical knowledge(through lectures and project work) and practical experience (through lab-experiments – project) will be achieved. A field trip to a biogas plant and a second generation bioethanol plant, will couple the theoretical learning with the real applications.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Describe main types of biomass, calculate bioenergy potential from biomass characteristics, and design bioconversion methods for utilisation of specific types of biomass resources
Describe the principles of bio-chemical processes for production of energy from biomass, such as biogas, biodiesel, biohydrogen, bioethanol, and microbial fuel cells (MFC).
Describe the principles of the physical-chemical processes such as gasification and combustion for conversion biomass to energy,
Explain competitive microbial conversions under different redox conditions and how environmental parameters influence microbial growth, and be able to identify parameters for process optimisation
Understand microbial growth kinetics and mass balances, and be able to define a simple mathematical model to simulate a biological process
Apply knowledge in biotechnological and thermo-chemical principles for designing a biorefinery concept
Combine and utilise the knowledge achieved during the course, for proposing new concepts/processes for biotechnological applications. This will be done by preparing a “Scientific project proposal”.
Kursusindhold:
Overview and perspectives in biomass resources Overview of technologies for conversion of biomass to energy Biomass chemistry Microorganisms as biocatalysts in the biological processe Biogas process: principles and applications Bioethanol production: process technology Biohydrogen: principles and future perspectives Microbial fuel cell (MFC): principles and future perspectives Combustion: principles and applications Gasification: principles and future perspectives Biorefineries
