NPTEL : NOC:Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Chemical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty


Lecture 1 - Energy and Environment scenario

Lecture 2 - Need for biomass based industries

Lecture 3 - Biomass basics

Lecture 4 - Dedicated energy crops

Lecture 5 - Oil cropns and microalgae

Lecture 6 - Enhancing biomass properties

Lecture 7 - Basic concepts and types

Lecture 8 - Feedstocks and properties

Lecture 9 - Economics and LCA

Lecture 10 - Barriers and Types

Lecture 11 - Dilute acid, alkali, ozone

Lecture 12 - Hybrid methods

Lecture 13 - Physical Processes

Lecture 14 - Gasification and Pyrolysis

Lecture 15 - Products and Commercial Success Stories

Lecture 16 - Types, fundamentals, equipments, applications

Lecture 17 - Details of various processes

Lecture 18 - Products and Commercial Success Stories

Lecture 19 - Diesel from vegetable oils, microalgae and syngas

Lecture 20 - Transesterification; FT process, catalysts

Lecture 21 - Biodiesel purification, fuel properties

Lecture 22 - Biooil and biochar production, reactors

Lecture 23 - Factors affecting biooil, biochar production, fuel properties characterization

Lecture 24 - Biooil upgradation technologies

Lecture 25 - Microorganisms, current industrial ethanol production technology

Lecture 26 - Cellulase production, SSF and CBP

Lecture 27 - ABE fermentation pathway and kinetics, product recovery technologies

Lecture 28 - Biohydrogen production, metabolics, microorganisms

Lecture 29 - Biogas technology, fermenter designs, biogas purification

Lecture 30 - Methanol production and utilization

Lecture 31 - Biomass as feedstock for synthetic organic chemicals, lactic acid, polylactic acid

Lecture 32 - Succinic acid, propionic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid

Lecture 33 - 1,3-propanediol, 2,3-butanedioil, PHA

Lecture 34 - Concept, lignocellulosic biorefinery

Lecture 35 - Aquaculture and algal biorefinery, waste biorefinery

Lecture 36 - Techno-economic evaluation

Lecture 37 - Life-cycle assessment