JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

This course is designed with an objective to develop basic understanding of

renewable and clean energy bio-fuels and their engineering aspects.

Course Outcomes

The students would learn about the importance of bio-fuels in achieving energy

security and minimizing greenhouse gases emissions, the overview of available renewable and alternative clean energy sources like biomass resources, types of bio-fuels.

UNIT - I

Introduction – Plant based biofuels Scenario – Thermo chemical conversion of Biomass to liquids and Gaseous Fuels.

UNIT - II

Bioethanol from Biomass: Production of Ethanol from Molasses – Bioethanol form Starchy Biomass: Production of Starch Saccharifying Enzymes – Hydrolysis and Fermentation. Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass

UNIT - III

Bioethanol production Technologies and Substrates- Biodiesel Production using Pongamia Pinnata, Jatropha, Palm oil and used oils.

UNIT - IV

Microbial production of Methane- Different Types of Bio-digesters and Biogas Technology in India

UNIT - V

Hydrogen production by Fermentation- Microbial fuel cells

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Hand book of plant Based Biofuels, Ashok Pandey, CRC Press. 2009.
• 2. Biofuels Engineering Process Technology, Caye M, Drapcho, Nghiem, Phu Nhuan, Terry H. Walker, McGraw-Hill, 2008.