ENGINEERING 261 - Biomass Energy Conversion

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Dartmouth College

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Description:

09S: Arrange Offered in alternate years Biocommodity engineering is concerned with the biological production of large-scale, low unit value commodity products including fuels, chemicals, and organic materials. Intended primarily for advanced graduate students and drawing extensively from the literature, this course considers the emergence of biocommodity engineering as a coherent field of research and practice. Specific topics include feedstock and resource issues, the unit operations of biocommodity engineering - pretreatment, biological processing, catalytic processing, and separations-and the design of processes for biocommodity products.Prerequisite: Engineering Sciences 157 and Engineering Sciences 161 and permission. Lynd, Laser.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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