CHBE 478
Fall 2020 All Classes
Credit: 3 hours.
Introduction to emerging bioenergy technologies including: world energy consumption and greenhouse gas concerns; fundamental biochemistry of biomass conversion; structural chemistry of lignocelluloses; pretreatment of biomass; enzymatic deconstruction; bioethanol production and fermentation; metabolic engineering for improved biofuels production; feedstock development; industrial fermentation and fermentor design; economics of bioethanol; alternative biofuels, including biodiesel, syngas, Fischer-Tropsch diesel, butanol, ABE fermentation and biohydrogen; anaerobic microbiology; and the biorefinery concept.
3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Prerequisites: CHBE 321; MCB 450.
| CRN | Type | Section | Time | Day | Location | Instructor | Section Details | |
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61157
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Online Lecture
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A
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9:30AM
-10:50AM
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TR
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n.a.
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Tran, V
Zhao, H |
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