Lecture Description
Whether you like how we use them or not, fossil fuels are important and they have allowed humanity to technologically advance at a rapid rate. Anything important is worth understanding. if you are interested in fossil fuels you should google anything you don’t know. If you are really really interested, you should read Daniel Yergin's book "The Prize".
There are many different types of petroleum but most can be categorized as one of the three mentioned above. Likewise, there are 4 major types of coal and peat from which many coals form. Natural gas really only comes in two types (wet and dry), but knowing the difference between LNG and an NGL’s is extremely helpful given all the gas news in the media these days.
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.