BIOENERGY AND BIOFUEL PROCESSING CHEMISTRY (FEM 931)

An overview of the fundamentals of energy- Renewable and alternative clean energy; Energy efficient products and structures; Bio-based green and sustainable products; Energy efficient intelligent vehicles; Energy balance and life cycle analysis on bioenergy production system; Biomass as feedstock for bioenergy production and its basic properties; Basic chemistry of carbohydrates, polysacchariddes and lignin. Bio-chemical conversions for biofuel and bioenergy production; Thermochemical conversions for biofuel and bioenergy production; Bioenergy use. Biomass and energy balances- Units and dimensions; Basic terminologies, Fundamentals of Material Balances; Material Balances for Single Units Without Reactions, Material Balances for Reactive Processes; Combustion Reactions, Material Balances for Systems with Recycle, Bypass, and Purge, Energy Balance Terminologies; Introduction to Energy Balances, Mechanical Energy Balances; Objectives and Procedures for Energy Balances, Energy Balances on Nonreactive Processes without Phase Change, Energy Balances on Nonreactive Processes with Phase Change, Mixing and Solutions; Fundamentals for Energy Balances on Reactive Processes, Energy Balances on Reactive Processes, Material and Energy Balances for Unsteady State Processes. Calculating flow rates, substrate and product flow rates. Measuring production efficiencies, Sources of biomass, types of biomass, biomass generation, biomass optimization, product purification.


Lecturer: Chigoziri Njoku
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