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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
The structure of the Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery certification course is designed with an overview to make the learning of each module easier and more understandable. The Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery certification complete course is based on the simplified learning of the respective field. They would provide information into the fundamentals of biomass, the evolutionary approach methods, and the various types of goods that can be obtained following successful processing.
During the first few tutorials on biomass forms, their structure, and composition, accompanied by information on different pre-treatment technologies currently adapted to the development of cellulose, were covered. Subsequently, the basic technology for conversion, along with the design of reactors for physical, chemical, kinetic, and bacterial conversion techniques, were discussed in detail. The next part of the Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery training deals with different items, such as biofuels, chemical platforms, polymers, etc. Finally, integrated bio-refinery principles, biorefinery forms along with LCA and TEA have been included.
The course is divided between different smaller modules with respect to the whole curriculum. The curriculum will allow students to learn the skills required to design the necessary biomass-based adsorption technique as needed.
The Highlights
- Elective course
- 12-week duration course
- Specialization in chemical engineering
- An undergraduate and postgraduate level program
- Certified Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery online course
- The program offered by IIT Guwahati
Important dates
Course Commencement Date
Start Date : 20 Jan, 2025
End Date : 11 Apr, 2025
Enrollment Date
End Date : 27 Jan, 2025
Other
End Date : 14 Feb, 2025
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 26 Apr, 2025
Programme Offerings
- Rehearsal online learning
- Suggested readings
- Study material
- In-class Activities
- Assessments.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Guwahati (IITG) |
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery fees details -
Fee category | Amount in Rs. |
Program fee | Free |
Exam fee | Rs. 1000 |
Eligibility Criteria
Certification qualifying details
In order to be eligible for the Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery certification course, the candidate has to pass the end term paper that will be held in person allotted by the government and this is the only criteria a candidate needs to complete in order to acquire certification in the last of the course.
What you will learn
Upon the ending of the Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery program, the candidate will learn about the following topics -
- The candidate will grab complete information about the world engine scenario and about its working.
- The candidate studies the aspects that lead to fossil fuel depletion.
- The candidate learns the complete procedure of photosynthesis.
- The candidate will get the chance to study the process of consumption of energy potential.
- The candidate learns the different aspects of biorefinery feedstocks.
- The candidate studies thermal processes and their implications.
- The candidate acquires information about the microbial conservation process and its complete functioning.
- The candidate will learn different procedures of integrated biorefinery procedures.
Who it is for
Below mentioned candidates can apply for the program:
- The candidates who want to learn about the field of chemical engineering can opt for the program.
Admission Details
Candidates applying in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery online course follow the sequence mentioned below -
Step 1: Go to the website https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ch09/preview and have complete information about the program.
Step 2: Afterwards, the candidate is required to sign in with their respective account at the Swayam portal.
Step 3: If candidates don’t have an account to sign in then go for making one with the registration process.
Step 4: Candidates can join the course after signing in with valid accounts.
Step 5: The process of registration is completed; candidates can get further information about the course via their mail.
The Syllabus
- World energy scenario
- Fossil fuel depletion and environmental issues
- Consumption pattern
- Availability and abundance
- Photosynthesis
- Composition and energy potential
- Virgin biomass production and selection
- Waste biomass (municipal, industrial, agricultural and forestry) availability
- Abundance and potential
- Biomass as energy resources
- Dedicated energy crops
- Annual crops (maize, sorghum sugar beet, hemp)
- Perennial herbaceous crops (sugarcane, switchgrass, miscanthus)
- Short rotation woody crops (poplar, willow)
- Oil crops and their biorefinery potential
- Microalgae as feedstock for biofuels and biochemical
- Enhancing biomass properties for biofuels
- Challenges in conversion
- Basic concept
- Types of biorefineries
- Biorefinery feedstocks and properties
- Economics
- Barriers in lignocellulosic biomass conversion
- Pretreatment technologies such as acid
- Alkali
- Autohydrolysis
- Hybrid methods
- Role of pretreatment in the biorefinery concept
- Types
- Fundamentals
- Equipments and applications - thermal conversion products
- Commercial success stories
- Types
- Fundamentals
- Equipments and applications
- Products
- Commercial success stories
- Diesel from vegetable oils
- Microalgae and syngas-transesterification
- FT process
- Catalysts - biodiesel purification
- Fuel properties
- Factors affecting biooil
- Biochar production
- Fuel properties
- Biooil upgradation
- Corn ethanol
- lignocellulosic ethanol
- Microorganisms for fermentation
- Current industrial ethanol production technology
- Cellulases and their role in hydrolysis
- Concepts of SSF and CBP
- Advanced fermentation technologies
- ABE fermentation pathway and kinetics
- Product recovery technologies
- Biohydrogen generation
- Metabolic basics
- Feedstocks
- Dark fermentation by strict anaerobes
- Facultative anaerobes
- Thermophilic microorganisms
- Integration of biohydrogen with fuel cell
- Fundamentals of biogas technology
- Fermenter designs
- Biogas purification
- Methanol production and utilization
- Biomass as feedstock for synthetic organic chemicals
- Lactic acid
- Polylactic acid
- Succinic acid
- Propionic acid
- Acetic acid
- Butyric acid
- 1,3-propanediol
- 2,3-butanedioil
- PHA
- Concept
- Corn/soybean/sugarcane biorefinery
- Lignocellulosic biorefinery
- Aquaculture and algal biorefinery
- Waste biorefinery
- Hybrid chemical and biological conversion processes
- Techno- economic evaluation
- Life-cycle assessment
Evaluation process
The candidates who are wishing to attain the certification by the last of the Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery program have to give the final term paper at the allotted center after registering for the certification along with that candidate have to submit all the internal assessments within the time scheduled for them to be submitted.
Instructors
IIT Guwahati (IITG) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Candidates have to enroll in the way like first he or she has to register with the Swayam portal and later can join the course.
The instructor of the program is Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty.
The duration for completing the course is 12-weeks.
The assessment pattern includes internal assessment and final term papers for completing the course.
The doubts can be raised via mail with their instructors.
The pattern of the end-term paper will be directed to the students once they successfully enrolled in it.
The platform is the Swayam app itself for delivering all the lectures and reading materials.
The objective of taking this course is to make the learner more efficient in the working of the respective field.
The framework is designed with student interest and all modules are based on the elementary education of chemical engineering.
The candidate has to obtain 75% marks in the end term paper to qualify for the program.