Course

Course Outcome

Course Articulation Matrix: Correlation level [1: low, 2: medium, 3: High]

Bio energy: Renewability and sustainability of biomass, origin of biomass (Photosynthetic process) sources, Carbon Footprint and Emission Metrics of Biomass versus Fossil Fuels. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Bioenergy Projects characteristics, Energy farming, biofuel production process, biomass conversion methods, pyrolysis, gasification, types of biomass gasification, biogas systems and classifications. Bioenergy in Smart Grids and integration with demand-side management, Green hydrogen production from Biomass, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) from Biomass. Anaerobic digestion of wastes, high performance bio-gas systems, cleaning of biogas, use of bio- mass for electricity production, bio-gas compression, and storage. Upgrading biogas to bio-CNG, membrane separation, and biogas bottling techniques. Micro algae for oil production, Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) in engines, Genetic Engineering of Algae for Enhanced Lipid Production. Algae in Wastewater Treatment and Simultaneous Biofuel Production, Algae-Derived Jet Fuels and Aviation Applications. Microbial Fuel Cell, configurations, organic wastes to electricity, Waste to Energy (WTE) systems for Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW), vegetable, fish and meat processing residues for biodiesel production, bio energy for stand- alone electrification, hybrid renewable energy systems. Simulation and case studies.

1. Prabir Basu, Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Torrefaction: Practical Design, Theory, and Climate Change Mitigation, Elsevier Inc., 2023.
2. Sunggyu Lee and Y. T. Shah, Biofuels and Bioenergy: Processes and Technologies, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.
3. Erik Dahlquist, Biomass as Energy Source Resources, Systems and Applications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, UK, 2013.
4. G N Tiwari, M K Ghosal, Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Sources, Narosa Publishing House, 2005.