- 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 biofuel 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”.
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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
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