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Course code: NBSS20191f12Semester: 2012/2013 winter
Name: Economic and non-waste ethanol production
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Joanna Kawa-Rygielska
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge Student lists the modern directions of development of distillery industry; owns the knowledge about possibilities for costs reduction, more intensive ethanol production and the application of proper microorganisms for this purposes; knows the modern technological solutions in the production of ethanol and indicates the possibilities for improvement in the ethanol production efficiency; distinguishes and describes the unconventional methods for the distilleries by-products utilization; describes the methods for ethanol dehydration. Skills Student analyzes the features of distillery raw materials and evaluates its suitability for intensive ethanol production; plans and selects the technological solutions that fulfils the criteria for energy-saving and by-products free ethanol production; evaluates the effects conditions of intensive ethanol production with the VHG method on the features of distillery yeast; selects the methods for the bioethanol dehydration and the stillage utilization.
Competences: Student shows the understanding for the technological processes aimed at ensuring the conditions for intensive ethanol production for the fuel purposes; shows the active attitude during classes; expresses his opinion and confronts it with the opinion of the rest of the group; is aware of the role that the gained knowledge plays in technological practice; is able to work in a team to develop a modified technological process.
Prerequisites: Biochemistry, Microbiology, Fermentation Technology
Course content: Bio-ethanol as an alternative energy source. Unconventional raw materials for ethanol production. More intensive methods of ethanol production. VHG, SSF technologies. Ethanol fermentation under reduced pressure. Immobilized cells in ethanol production. Stress factors for yeasts during intensive ethanol production. Methods for ethanol dehydration. Usage of the ethanol co-products for biogas and DDGS pellets production.
Recommended literature: 1.Yeast Sugar Metabolism, Genetics, Biotechnology and Application, (eds) Zimmerman F.K., Entian K.D., Technomic Publishing Company Inc., 1997. 2.Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., Enzyme Mikrob. Technol., Biotechnol. Bioeng., Crit. Reviews Biotechn.
Assessment methods: Written exam
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