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Biomass Conversion And Biorefinery

Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty · IIT Guwahati

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Lectures

Week 1 : Introduction

  1. Lec 1 : Energy and Environment scenario Video
  2. Lec 2 : Need for biomass based industries Video

Week 2: Biomass

  1. Lec 3 : Biomass basics Video
  2. Lec 4 : Dedicated energy crops Video
  3. Lec 5 : Oil cropns and microalgae Video
  4. Lec 6 : Enhancing biomass properties Video

Week 3: Biorefinery

  1. Lec 7 : Basic concepts and types Video
  2. Lec 8 : Feedstocks and properties Video
  3. Lec 9 : Economics and LCA Video

Week 4: Biomass Pretreatment

  1. Lec 10 : Barriers and Types Video
  2. Lec 11 : Dilute acid, alkali, ozone Video
  3. Lec 12 : Hybrid methods Video

Week 5: Physical and Thermal Conversion Processes

  1. Lec 13 : Physical Processes Video
  2. Lec 14 : Gasification and Pyrolysis Video
  3. Lec 15 : Products and Commercial Success Stories Video

Week 6: Microbial Conversion Processes

  1. Lec 16 : Types, fundamentals, equipments, applications Video
  2. Lec 17 : Details of various processes Video
  3. Lec 18 : Products and Commercial Success Stories Video

Week 7: Biodiesel

  1. Lec 19 : Diesel from vegetable oils, microalgae and syngas Video
  2. Lec 20 : Transesterification; FT process, catalysts Video
  3. Lec 21 : Biodiesel purification, fuel properties Video

Week 8: Biooil and Biochar

  1. Lec 22 : Biooil and biochar production, reactors Video
  2. Lec 23 : Factors affecting biooil, biochar production, fuel properties characterization Video
  3. Lec 24 : Biooil upgradation technologies Video

Week 9: Bioethanol and Biobutanol

  1. Lec 25 : Microorganisms, current industrial ethanol production technology Video
  2. Lec 26 : Cellulase production, SSF and CBP Video
  3. Lec 27 : ABE fermentation pathway and kinetics, product recovery technologies Video

Week 10: Hydrogen, Methane and Methanol

  1. Lec 28 : Biohydrogen production, metabolics, microorganisms Video
  2. Lec 29 : Biogas technology, fermenter designs, biogas purification Video
  3. Lec 30 : Methanol production and utilization Video

Week 11: Organic Commodity Chemicals from Biomass

  1. Lec 31 : Biomass as feedstock for synthetic organic chemicals, lactic acid, polylactic acid Video
  2. Lec 32 : Succinic acid, propionic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid Video
  3. Lec 33 : 1,3-propanediol, 2,3-butanedioil, PHA Video

Week 12: Integrated Biorefinery

  1. Lec 34 : Concept, lignocellulosic biorefinery Video
  2. Lec 35 : Aquaculture and algal biorefinery, waste biorefinery Video
  3. Lec 36 : Techno-economic evaluation Video
  4. Lec 37 : Life-cycle assessment Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 17-02-2021 Video
  2. Live Session 07-04-2021 Video
  3. Live Session 22-03-2022 Video
  4. Live Session 23-02-2024 Video
  5. Live Session 21-02-2025 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Chemical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Chemistry, Engineering
Source
NPTEL
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