Bioprocessing Biomass for Fuel credit:

4 Hours

Engineering and scientific principles governing bioprocessing of biomass for production of ethanol and other fermentation products. Process unit operations; conventional and alternative feed stock materials; recovery of value-added coproducts and other variables involved in producing fuel ethanol; process simulation; economic analysis. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ABE 340 or ME 200 or CHBE 321 . Restricted to Junior, Senior or Graduate student status.