COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYT 6018 BIOFUEL PRODUCTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR LEMAN TARHAN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

The main objectives of the course are to describe the types of raw materials used in biofuel production, to classify the biofuels, to explain the microbial biofuel production processes, and to discuss the future developments in biofuels production.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To help the student to have knowledge about the types of raw materials used in biofuels production.
2   To help the student to learn general processes used in biofuels production.
3   To help the student to have knowledge about the microbial biofuel production processes.
4   To discuss the future developments in biofuels production.
5   To classify the biofuels.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Feed stocks for biofuel production - Biomass Feedstocks - Waste Feedstock - Pretreatment of feedstock for biofuel production -
2 Classification of Biofuels - First-Generation Biofuels - Second-Generation Biofuels - Third-Generation Biofuels
3 Ethanol production from biomass - Bioethanol production by yeast - Bioethanol production by bacteria - Bioproceses for bioethanol production
4 Ethanol production from biomass - Bioethanol production by yeast - Bioethanol production by bacteria - Bioproceses for bioethanol production
5 Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) Fermentation - Production of Biobutanol and Other Green Fuels - Butanol Fuel from Biomass
6 Biohydrogen production - Biohydrogen production by dark fermentation - Biohydrogen production by photofermentation - Biohydoge production by algae
7 Bioprocesses for biohydrogen production - Hydrogen gas production by sequential dark and light fermentation - Hydrogen gas production by combined light and dark fermentation - Photobioreactors for algal biohydrogen production -
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Biodiesel Production - Production of Biodiesel from Vegetable Oils - Production of Biodiesel from Algae - Production of Biodiesel from Yeast
10 Biodiesel Production - Production of Biodiesel from Vegetable Oils - Production of Biodiesel from Algae - Production of Biodiesel from Yeast
11 Hydrocarbon Production From Algae
12 Methane production
13 Microbial Fuel Cells
14 Homework and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes, Pandey, Ashok; Larroche, Christian; Ricke, Steven C.; Dussap, Claude-Gilles; Gnansounou, Edgard ; ISBN-10: 0123850991, ISBN-13: 9780123850997, Academic Press, July 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering
ilgi.karapinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30 - 15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 35 35
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing Homework and Presentations 1 35 35
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.3545454
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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