REE 346 - Biofuels and Biomass

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3

Introduction to power production from biomass resources. Historical uses of biomass resources. Biomass as a solar energy store; forestry and agricultural sources, crop wastes. Recycled sources; municipal solid wastes, landfill gas. Gaseous fuels, anaerobic digestion, gasification, liquid fuels, fermentation, hydrolysis, transesterfication.

Prerequisites: CHE 202 and CHE 205, or CHE 222, and PHY 222