Energy Conversion Technologies (Biomass and Coal)

By Prof. Vaibhav Vasant Goud | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 1406 | Exam registration: 448

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Energy conversion technology is concerned with the transformations of energy from forms provided by nature to convenient or useful forms of energy. Harnessing the energy through these sources using efficient technologies is expected to play an important role in serving as clean energy source for mankind. This course covers fundamentals of such energy conversion systems with a broad perspective that encompasses technical and environmental aspects. The topic covers analysis of energy conversion in thermochemical, biochemical, and chemical processes using range of traditional and alternative energy sources and presents assessments of their availability, sustainability, and evaluation of their potential role in solving the global energy crisis. This course aims at providing the recent advancement and technological developments (carbonization, torrefaction, sub and supercritical water gasification, thermochemical conversion to ethanol, green diesel) in the field of conventional (coal) and non-conventional energy sources (biomass) with emphasis on engineering and design aspects and concept of integration of energy system. This course has been especially prepared for researchers, academician, professionals from industries and students to learn the important aspects of environmental friendly energy conversion technologies to produce fuels and chemicals.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: The target audience for this course is

1.BTech/MTech/PhD students or faculties from reputed academic and technical institutions interested in acquiring knowledge of solar, wind and biomass renewable energy systems

2.Those who are pursuing a career as a Chemical engineer/Mechanical engineer or Biosciences and Bioengineer designing renewable energy systems such as solar, wind and biomass systems

Executives, engineers and researchers from manufacturing, service and government organizations including R&D laboratories working in the area of energy engineering.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All Energy Industries and Energy Equipment Manufacturing Industries.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Chemical Engineering Multidisciplinary Energy and Environment
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	13 Sep 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	21 Sep 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction :

Introduction, major sources of energy: primary and secondary energy sources, energy scenario, prospects/need of alternate energy sources, common forms of energy, conventional and non-conventional energy sources; energy from biomass/coal; environmental aspects of energy utilisation-conventional energy resources and their importance.

Week 2: Basics of feedstock:

Concept of solid and liquid fuels, basic understanding of various properties of fuels solid fuels: heating value, ultimate analysis, proximate analysis, Liquid fuels: heating value, density, specific gravity, viscosity, flash point, ignition temp, pour point, ash composition.

Week 3: Energy from bio-based feedstock:

Availability of the feedstock, compositional analysis and properties of feedstock, preparation of fuel pellets using bio-additives, carbonization, torrefaction (practice example)

Week 4: Thermochemical conversion:

Simultaneous bio-char and bio-oil production and their application, hydrothermal liquefaction of bio-based feedstocks, comparison of biomass with conventional fuels Gasification (practice example), upstream and downstream processing, comparison of conventional gasification with sub-supercritical water gasification process, plasma gasification

Week 5: Biochemical conversion process:

Anaerobic digestion in landfills, landfill gas and biogas, bioconversion into biogas, single/two-stage anaerobic digestion, wet and dry fermentation, integrated centralized co-digestion plant concept, comparison of biochemical and thermochemical routes, competitive production of alcohol, bioethanol production from edible sources and non-edible sources, process description, distillation, combined biogas and bioethanol production.

Week 6: Chemical conversion processes:

Biodiesel production, different types of feedstock, extraction process, mechanism of trans?esterification, fuel characteristics of biodiesel, green diesel synthesis from bio-based feedstocks and their applications

Week 7: Energy from coal:

Origin and composition solid fuels; properties of coal; coal classification; properties and storage of coal; coal carbonization, gasification and liquefaction. Combustion process (biomass/coal): Combustion stoichiometry and combustion chemistry (practice example).

Week 8: Integrated energy system:

Concept of integration of conventional and non-conventional energy resources and systems.

Books and references

1.Basu S. (20130), Biomass gasification, pyrolysis and torrefaction, 2nd Ed., Publisher AP.

2.Sarkar S. (2010); Fuels and Combustion, Third Edition, CRC Press

3.Sukhatme S. P., Nayak J. K., Solar Energy: Principles of thermal Collection and Storage, 3 rd Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill Education Pvt. Ltd 2008.

4.Twidell, J. and Tony W., Renewable Energy Resources, 2 nd Edition, Taylor & Francis 2006.

5.Khan B. H., Non-Conventional Energy Resources, 2 nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. 2009.

Instructor bio

Prof. Vaibhav Vasant Goud

IIT Guwahati

Prof. Vaibhav V. Goud is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India since 2018. Principal research interests of Dr. Goud are in the fields of reaction engineering, renewable energy, supercritical fluids, bio lubricants. He has published more than 120 papers in international peer reviewed journals and made presentations of his research in several national/ international conferences. He has also written 14 book chapters in the area of renewable energy. He has taught energy resources as an elective course to UG, PG and Ph.D. students at IIT Guwahati for six consecutive years (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019).

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 21 September 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

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