Biorefinery (3cr)
Code: 5P00EE14-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 10.06.2020 - 01.09.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2020 - 31.12.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Bioproduct Engineering
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Bioproduct Engineering
- Course
- 5P00EE14
Objectives (course unit)
The student learns basic principles of biorefining processes and how especially wood based biomass can be utilized as raw material for biorefining processes.
Content (course unit)
1. Plant biomass material and potential as raw material
2. Wood: structure and potential as a bio based raw material
3. Wood based biorefining processes: mechanical and chemical pulping, chemical and thermochemical conversion
-hydrolysis and fermentation
-combustion, torrefaction, gasification, pyrolysis, liquidification
4. Special topics
a. Bioethanol production and Kraft mill
b. Bioethanol purification processes
c. Kraft mill and energy production: new process concepts
Assessment scale
0-5
Further information
Course material:
Papermaking science and technology. Book 20, Biorefining of forest resources
Different articles related to biomass utilization as raw material for bio based products and energy production