Thermochemistry of Biomass Conversion

In this course you will learn about the following aspects of biomass conversion based on thermo-chemical conversion technologies.

- Biomass Characterisation (biomass types, properties, analyses)

- Pretreatment (harvesting, size reduction, drying, torrefaction)

- Thermochemical conversion (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis and hydrothermal processing; reactor types)

- Transportation fuels / biorefinery

- Reactor Engineering (mass & mole balances, ideal reactors)

- Process design (structured design approach, economics)