Bioenergy
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Bioenergy Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Bioenergy (subject code 3170412) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 22 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3170412)Unit 1 Introduction
- What are biofuels
- what is the need for biofuels
- Classification of biofuels into liquid
- gaseous and electric
- Assessing whether a biofuel is truly carbon negative
- The economic problems associated and the Biorefinery concept
Unit 2 Biofuel Feedstocks
- cereals and starchy feedstock
- Concept of food and fuel competition
- lignocellulosic feed stock
- oligogenous feedstocks including algae
- animal and plant waste, 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation biofuels
Unit 3 Biomethane production
- Process of hydrolysis
- acetogenesis and methanogenesis
- Microbial communities involved in methane production
- Preferred feedstock for biomethenation
- Reactor designs- floating dome
- bag type
- fixed dome type
- process parameters and design
- Biogas composition and use for fuel
- electricity generation and cooking
- Biohydrogen production: Microorganisms and pathways associated with biohydrogen production
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