Syllabus
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Course Code: *Program Elective -III MTBT-108 Course Name: Biofuel Technology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Historical Development of Bioethanol as a Fuel, Starch as a Carbon Substrate for Bioethanol Production, The Promise of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Thermodynamic and Environmental Aspects of Ethanol as a Biofuel, Effects on emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, Ethanol as a First-Generation Biofuel: Present Status and Future Prospects. Lignocellulosic Biomass, Biomass as an Energy Source: Chemistry of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Lignocellulose as a chemical resource, Physical and chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, Biological pretreatments, Acid hydrolysis to saccharify pretreated lignocellulosic biomass | |
| 2 | Enzymology of cellulose degradation, Cellulases in lignocellulosic feedstock processing, biotechnology of cellulase production,
Hemicellulases and Lignin-Degrading Commercial Choices of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks for Bioethanol Production. Biotechnology of
Bioethanol Production, Traditional Ethanologenic Microbes, Yeasts, Bacteria, Metabolic Engineering of Novel Ethanologens Comparison of industrial and laboratory yeast strains for ethanol production, Improved ethanol production by naturally pentoseutilizing yeasts, Assembling Gene Arrays in Bacteria for Ethanol Production, Genetic and metabolic engineering of bacteria for bioethanol production, Candidate bacterial strains for commercial ethanol production, Trends for Research with Yeasts and Bacteria for Bioethanol Production, “Traditional” microbial ethanologens, “Designer” cells and synthetic organisms |
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| 3 | Biochemical Engineering and Bioprocess Management for Fuel Ethanol, Biomass Substrate Provision and Pretreatment, Wheat straw — new approaches to complete saccharification, Switchgrass, Corn stover, Softwoods, Sugarcane bagasse, Other large-scale agricultural and forestry, Fermentation Media, Highly concentrated media developed for alcohol fermentations, Fermentor Design and Novel Fermentor Technologies, Continuous fermentations for ethanol production, Fed-batch fermentations, Immobilized yeast and bacterial cell production designs, Contamination events and buildup in fuel ethanol plants, Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation and Direct Microbial Conversion, Downstream Processing and By-Products, Ethanol recovery from fermented broths, Solid by-products from ethanol fermentations | |
| 4 | Genetic Manipulation of Plants for Bioethanol Production, Engineering resistance traits for biotic and abiotic stresses, Bioengineering increased crop yield, Optimizing traits for energy crops intended for biofuel production. Vegetable oils and chemically processed biofuels, Biodiesel composition and production processes, Biodiesel economics, Energetics of biodiesel production, Issues of ecotoxicity and sustainability with expanding biodiesel production, Biodiesel from Microalgae and Microbes, Biohydrogen, The hydrogen economy and fuel cell technologies, Bioproduction of gases, Microbial Fuel Cells | |
