Biofuels detailed syllabus for Petrochemical Engineering (PCE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PCE 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 Petrochemical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PCE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to PCE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of biofuels is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
OVERVIEW OF BIOFUELS 9
Generation of biofuels – Development of biological conversion technologies – Integration of biofuels into biorefineries – Energy security and supply – Environmental sustainability of biofuels -Economic sustainability of biofuels.
Unit II
BIODIESEL 9
Biodiesel – Microorganisms and raw materials used for microbial Oil production – Treatment of the feedstocks prior to production of the Biodiesel – Current technologies of biodiesel production -Purification of biodiesel; Industrial production of biodiesel – Biodiesel production from single cell oil.
Unit III
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Unit IV
BIOMETHANE AND BIOHYDROGEN 9
Biomethanol – Principles, materials and feedstocks – Process technologies and techniques -Advantages and limitations – Biological hydrogen production methods – Fermentative hydrogen production – Hydrogen economy – Advantages and limitations.
Unit V
OTHER BIOFUELS 9
Biobutanol production – Principles, materials and feedstocks – Process technologies -Biopropanol – Bioglycerol – Production of bio-oils via catalytic pyrolysis – Life-Cycle environmental impacts of biofuels and Co-products.
Course Outcomes:
- Gain the knowledge on the various types of bio-fuel and its overview.
- Apply the concepts involved in production techniques of biodiesel
- Understanding the skill in manufacture the bioethanol
- Understand the principle mechanism and production of biomethane and biohydrogen
- Evaluating the various other fuels like biopropanol – bioglycerol and pyrolysis oil
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Eckert, C, A. and Trinh, C, T. Biotechnology for Biofuel Production and Optimization, Elsevier, 2016
- Bernardes, M, A, D, S. Biofuel production – recent developments and prospects, InTech, 2011
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Petrochemical Engineering 5th Sem, visit PCE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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