Bioenergy Conversion Technologies detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Mech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of bioenergy conversion technologies is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9 Biomass: types – advantages and drawbacks – typical characteristics – proximate & ultimate analysis – comparison with coal – Indian scenario – carbon neutrality – biomass assessment studies – typical conversion mechanisms – densification technologies
Unit II
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Unit III
COMBUSTION 9 Perfect, complete and incomplete combustion – stoichiometric air requirement for biofuels -equivalence ratio – fixed Bed and fluid Bed combustion
Unit IV
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Unit V
LIQUIFIED BIOFUELS 9 Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) as fuel – Biodiesel production from oil seeds, waste oils and algae -Process and chemistry – Biodiesel Vs. Diesel – comparison on emission and performance fronts. Production of alcoholic fuels (methanol and ethanol) from biomass – engine modifications
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Biomass for Bioenergy and Biomaterials, by Nidhi Adlakha, Rakesh Bhatnagar , Syed Shams Yazdani, CRC Press; 1st edition (22 October 2021), ISBN-10 : 0367745550
- Bioenergy and Biochemical Processing Technologies, by Augustine O. Ayeni, Samuel EshorameSanni , Solomon U. Oranusi, Springer (30 June 2022).
Reference Books:
- David Boyles, Bio Energy Technology Thermodynamics and costs, Ellis Hoknood Chichester,1984.
- Iyer PVR et al, Thermochemical Characterization of Biomass, M N E S
- Khandelwal KC, Mahdi SS, Biogas Technology – A Practical Handbook, Tata McGraw Hill, 1986
- Mahaeswari, R.C. Bio Energy for Rural Energisation, Concepts Publication,1997
- Tom B Reed, Biomass Gasification – Principles and Technology, Noyce Data Corporation, 1981
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