Biorefinery Processes Assessment

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The course unit will be delivered based on T  classes, where the subjects of the course will be addressed. Examples of case studies will be presented and discussed to understand the underlying concepts. The students will develop a work involving a literature overview on a given topic, with the format of an article.

Learning Outcomes

The main goal of this course unit is to provide a formation on various aspects of biorefinery processes design and optimization, namely:

- the integration of biorefinery processes in existing chemical processes;

- the technologies for biorefineries;

- optimization of biorefinery process operation;

- the environmental and economical assessment of the proposed technological solutions for biorefineries.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Strategies for process integration and analysis of biorefineries.

Technological solutions for biorefineries.

Biorefinery processes optimization problems and strategies.

Tools for the life cycle assessment (LCA) of biorefinery products and processes.

Biorefinery design from an industrial ecology perspective.

Environmental evaluation of biorefinery processes and governmental policies.

Carbon balance assessment.

Multicriteria evaluation. Economical evaluation of biorefinery projects.

Analysis of case studies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Lino de Oliveira Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

1–P.R. Stuart, Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi, Integrated Biorefineries: Design, Analysis, and Optimization, CRC Press, 2012
2–B. Kamm, P.R. Gruber, and M. Kamm (Editors), Biorefineries - industrial processes and products : status quo and future directions, Vol. 1 and 2, Wiley, 2006
3–J. Sadhukhan, and Kok Siew Ng  Biorefineries and Chemical Processes: Design, Integration and Sustainability Analysis, Wiley, 2014
4–N. Qureshi, D. Hodge, A. Vertes (Eds), Biorefineries: Integrated Biochemical Processes for Liquid Biofuels, Elsevier, 2014
5–G. Sonnemann, F. Castells, M. Schuhmacher. Integrated life-cycle and risk assessment for industrial processes, Boca Raton, FL : Lewis Publishers, 2004
6-L.T. Biegler, I.E. Grossmann, and A.W. Westerberg. Systematic methods of chemical process design, Upper Saddle River, N.J : Prentice Hall PTR, 1997
7-Turton, R., Bailie, R.C.  Whiting, W.B. Shaeiwitz, J.A., Analysis, Synthesis, and design of chemical processes, 2nd ed., New Jersey: Prentice Hall PTR, 2003