Energy from biomass
Course goals
The learning objectives of this course are:
- After the course, the student is able to:
- Design a complete biomass conversion route, using the engineering approach: based on team discussions and additional research, make proper assumptions
- Making mass and Energy balances over the different conversion steps and the whole biomass conversion route
- Evaluate the conversion processes and routes using performance indicators like energy efficiency, fossil energy ratio (FER), land area requirements, CO2 and water footprints
- Determine the main dimensions of a biomass conversion reactor, by applying thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer and chemistry
- Form their own opinion, based on facts and research, about the sustainability of the use of biomass for energy applications
- Deal with incomplete or contradictory information during assignments
- Apply the engineering approach: based on internal discussions and further research, to make the proper assumptions by their own and to come to a sound solution for the problem
- Cooperate in a team to handle and solve a challenging engineering problem, presenting the results in the forms a report and a presentation