Lecture Description
Most bioenergy ideas and businesses use combinations of different conversion processes and then come up with a cool name for it that get attention (marketable). When someone tells you about a bioenergy conversion process you need to be able to identify the basic parts. There are generally only 4 basic possibilities; Thermal Conversions, Chemical Conversions, Biological Conversions, and Mechanical Conversions. Almost every known bioenergy process will fall into one or more of these categories. In studying bioenergy it is important to develop a basic understanding that allows you evaluate bioenergy news and developments.
If you are interested in receiving the written slide notes for each lecture, please contact the USDA supported Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest project at; [email protected]
An associated online E-campus course is also offered at Oregon State University; ecampus.oregonstate.edu/soc/ecatalog/ecoursedetail.htm?subject=BRR&coursenumber=350&termcode=all
Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest is supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Course Index
- Early Bioenergy History
- Recent Bioenergy History
- Feedstocks Fossil Fuels
- Feedstocks Forest & Field Biomass Sources
- Feedstocks Aquatic Biomass & Urban Wastes
- Carbon Feedstock Comparisons
- Biomass Chemistry
- Fuel Chemistry
- Bioenergy Industry Overview
- Mechanical Conversions Oil Extraction & Size Reduction
- Mechanical Conversions Drying & Densification
- Combustion & Gasification
- Pyrolysis & Liquefaction
- Biomass to Parts
- Biomass Parts to Products
- Oil Conversions & Syngas Conversions
- Fermentations
- Photosynthetic Organisms and Animals
- Integrated Biorefineries
- Biorefining in North America
- USA Fuel Paradigm
- Renewable Energy and Fuel Policy
- Basic Energy Economics
- Process Analysis with LCA and TEA
- Emissions and Sustainability Considerations
Course Description
This series contains 25 short lectures, each between 10 and 15 minutes long. The content in these lectures is flexible and can be used in a variety of ways to communicate bioenergy concepts to audiences from diverse backgrounds. An important objective of this series is to present facts about bioenergy and biofuels, and use them to explore misconceptions.