Course Catalog 2014-2015
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Course Catalog 2014-2015

KEB-23606 Biogas Technology for Material Flow Management and Energy Production, 4 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Jukka Rintala

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment


 
 4 h/week
 20 h/per


 


 


 
KEB-23606 2014-01 Wednesday 14 - 16 , FC117
Thursday 10 - 12 , FC117

Requirements

Tentti ja harjoitustyö.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, a student knows raw materials used in biogas technology, microbiological basics of process, process technologies, basics of design process, material and energy balances, and methods and applications of biogas upgrading. The student is also able to design an example biogas plant as part of material flow management and energy production.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Different raw materials and their characteristics.      
2. Biogas plant. Process technologies and principles.   Detailed design of processes.    
3. Pretreatment of raw materials and upgrading of digestate.   Detailed design of processes.    
4. Biogas technologies and their use in production of heat, electricity and fuel. Applications of digestate.   Use of digestate in agriculture.    
5. Production chain of biogas.   Detailed design of a biogas plant as an exercise.   

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Exam and approved exrecise is demanded to pass this course. The grade will be determined on the basis of an exam. A good understanding the core content will suffice to a grade 3. In order to earn a grade 4 or 5 the student will have to have a good or excellent understanding of complementary knowledge.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
KEB-22000 Ympäristöbiotekniikan operaatiot Mandatory    
KEB-22100 Ympäristötekniikan fysikaaliset ja kemialliset operaatiot Mandatory    

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
KEB-23606 Biogas Technology for Material Flow Management and Energy Production, 4 cr KEB-23600 Biogas Technology for Material Flow Management and Energy Production, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KEB-23606 2014-01        

Last modified20.08.2014