| Code: MLZ631 |
Course Title: BIOFUEL TECHNOLOGIES |
Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 |
ECTS: 6 |
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| Year/Semester of Study |
1 / Fall Semester |
| Level of Course |
2nd Cycle Degree Programme |
| Type of Course |
Optional |
| Department |
METALURJI VE MALZEME MüHENDISLIğI ANA BILIM DALı DOKTORA(ÖNERILEN PROGRAM) |
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites |
None |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
| Teaching Period |
14 Weeks |
| Name of Lecturer |
GÜLBAHAR BİLGİÇ (glbhrblg@nevsehir.edu.tr) |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Language of Instruction |
Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) |
None |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of this course is to provide comprehensive information about biofuel technologies, biofuel diversity and potential usage areas, and to provide insight into the place of biofuel in the energy sector, its characteristics in terms of environment, economy, sustainability and clean energy, and its advantages and future over fossil fuels. |
| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
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| LO-1 |
Ability to comprehensively explain biofuel types, production technologies and their applications in the energy sector. |
PO-1 Accesses information in depth and breadth by conducting scientific research in the field of engineering, evaluates, interprets and applies information.
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Examination
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| LO-2 |
Gain the ability to evaluate the environmental impacts of biofuels and their relationship with sustainable energy sources. |
PO-3 Constructs engineering problems, develops methods to solve them and applies innovative methods in solutions.
PO-6 Develops methods to solve defined technological problems and applies innovative methods in solutions.
PO-7 Communicates the processes and results of their studies systematically and clearly in written or oral form in national and international environments in that field or outside the field.
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Examination
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| LO-3 |
Ability to critically analyze innovations in biofuel technologies and the economic dimensions of these technologies. |
PO-5 Is aware of new and developing applications of the profession; examines and learns them when necessary.
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Examination
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PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| This course covers production technologies such as biofuel types, bioethanol, biodiesel and biogas. Environmental impacts and applications of biofuel are examined in the light of energy efficiency and economic analysis. Innovative technologies and their contributions to sustainable energy sources are also covered. |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Biofuel definition and historical development |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 2 |
Types of Biofuels |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 3 |
Biomass Resources |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 4 |
Production Technologies |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 5 |
Bioethanol Production |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 6 |
Biodiesel Production |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 7 |
Biogas and Gasification Technologies |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
Algae Based Fuels |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 10 |
Energy Efficiency and Economics of Biofuels |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 11 |
Environmental Impacts of Biofuels |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 12 |
Industrial Applications of Biofuels |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 13 |
Biofuels in the transportation sector |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 14 |
Use of biofuels in energy production |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 15 |
Innovations in Biofuel Technologies |
Discussion Method, Lecture Method |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Biofuels engineering process technology, Drapcho, C. M., Nhuan, N. P., & Walker, T. H., McGraw-Hill., 2008 |
| 2 |
"Introduction to Bioenergy" – Vaughn C. Nelson, CRC Press, 2016 |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
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