ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable | 1st year (Yes)
The transformation of the biomass into high value-added products (i.e. their valorisation) is emerging as a strong tendency as result of the depletion of natural resources, the increase in emissions that cause the greenhouse effect and raising awareness about the need for sustainable development in terms of a safe reuse of waste and biomass. In this subject the aim is to provide an overview of the possible alternatives to achieve it and plan for a given biomass material the optimal way/s for its valorization.
The objectives to be achieved include:
*To understand the paths in the development of products and processes
*To understand biomass properties and composition, the manufacturing processes and the science and engineering of the materials derived
from renewable resources
*To acquire the aptitude to design and manage effective, economically profitable and environmentally acceptable technologies to produce fuels, chemicals, products and energy from renewable materials.
The contents to be developed in the subject are those indicated in the descriptors of the subject in the curriculum of the Master in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering:
• The challenge of sustainable development.
• Renewable resources: nature and availability.
• An integrated concept: the biorefinery.
• Biomass as a renewable source of energy.
• Bioadhesive for the wood industry.
• Development and implementation of bioadsorbentes.
• Obtaining of natural antioxidants.
The program is structured in seven units whose contents are described below:
UNIT 1. TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES. BIOREFINERIES.
The challenge of sustainable development. Indicators of sustainability for products and processes. Renewable resources. Nature and availability. Biomass and their classification. An integrated concept. The biorefinery. Types of biorefineries.
UNIT 2. OBTAINING CHEMICALS FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIALS.
Materials lignocellulosic raw. Origin and composition. Methods for conversion of lignocellulosic material. Pretreatments. Isolation of lignin and application areas. Isolation of hemicellulose and application areas. Isolation of the cellulose and application areas.
UNIT 3. BIOADHESIVES FOR THE WOOD INDUSTRY.
Current situation of the industry of adhesives for wood boards. Bioadhesive: historical perspective and needs of the wood industry. Tannin-based adhesives. The tannins. Classification. Formulations of tannin-based adhesives. Adhesives based on lignin. Pretreatments. Lignin adhesives formulations.
UNIT 4. MANUFACTURE OF WOOD BOARDS.
Classification of wood boards. Properties. Manufacture of plywood panels. Manufacture of particle board. Medium density fibreboard manufacturing.
UNIT 5. ENERGY FROM BIOMASS.
Current situation of the energy sector. Renewable energy: biomass as a renewable source of energy. Energy use of biomass processes. Classification: physical, microbiological, thermochemical and chemical processes. Production of briquettes and pellets. Production of biodiesel and bioethanol. Gasification. Pyrolysis. Combustion. Obtaining electricity from biomass.
UNIT 6. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF BIOADSORBENTES FOR THE REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER.
Current status and future prospects of adsorbents. Types of adsorbents-materials. The biosorbents. Treatments for chemical modification. Biomass as a precursor of activated carbons. Use of biosorbents for removing pollutants from water.Characterization of the biosorbents. Batch and continuous adsorption. Modelling of the adsorption process. Regeneration of the bioadsorbent.
UNIT 7. OBTAINING OF NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS FROM BIOMASS .
Antioxidants. Classification of antioxidants. Sources of natural antioxidants. Flavonoids and related compounds. Isolation processes. Applications.
Basic bibliography
CLARK, J.H. y DESBARTE, F. (eds.), Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass. Chichester: Wiley, 2008. ISBN: 9780470058053 (Sig. IFE 164, IFE 166, 243 6, 243 6ª, 243 6B)
https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/doi/book/10.1002/9781118…
KAMM, B., GRUBER, P.R. y KAMM, M. (eds.), Biorefineries-industrial processes and products: status quo and future directions. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2010. ISBN: 9783527310272 (Sig. A132 10)
https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/doi/book/10.1002/9783527…
Artículos publicados en revistas.
http://sfx.bugalicia.org/san/az/
Complementary bibliography
BERGERON, C., CARRIER, D.J. y RAMASWAMY, S. (eds.), Biorefinery co-products : phytochemicals, primary metabolites abd value-added biomass processing. Chichester, West Sussex, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ISBN: 9780470973578
PIZZI, A. (ed.), Wood adhesives: Chemistry and Technology. Vol 1. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1983. ISBN: 9780824715793
PIZZI, A. (ed.), Wood adhesives: Chemistry and Technology. Vol 2. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1989. ISBN: 9780824780524
PIZZI, A. y MITTAL, K.L. (eds.), Handbook of adhesive technology. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003. ISBN 9781498736442
POKORNY, J., YANISHLEVA, N. y GORDON, M. (eds.), Antioxidants in food. Practical applications, Boca Ratón: CRC, 2001. ISBN: 9781855734630
ROWELL, R.M. (ed.), Handbook of wood chemistry and wood composites. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2005. ISBN: 0849315883
SOETAERT, W. y VANDAMME, E. (eds.), Biofuels. Hoboken (New Jersey): Wiley, 2008. ISBN: 9780470026748
VOLESKY, B. Sorption and biosorption. Montreal-St.Lambert: BV Sorbex, 2003. ISBN: 9780973298307
YANG, R. T. Adsorbents: fundamentals and applications. New Jersey: Wiley-Interscience, 2003. ISBN: 9780471297413
General and basic competences: CB6, CB7, CB8, CB9, CB10, CG7 e CG10
Specific competences:
CE4, CE5, CE6
Cross competences:
CT1,CT6
The Virtual Campus of the USC will be used with the following objectives:
•Provide information on the subject (teaching guide, schedules, exams, announcements, etc.)
• Provide the necessary materials for the classes (presentations of the topics, videos, scientific articles necessary to carry out the tasks, etc.).
• Serve as a communication tool with students.
• Create working groups.
• Propose and deliver all scheduled tasks including group work.
• Carry out an evaluation questionnaire.
• To present the basic theoretical concepts, the master class will be used, supported by the use of presentations, videos, etc. (competences CB6, CB10, CT6).
•Some issues of interest will be analyzed working with a selection of publications and presentations will be prepared to be presented in seminar classes (competences CG7, CG10, CB8, CB9, CT1).
•The laboratories of the GI-1612 research group where research lines related to the subject are developed will be visited (CB6 competence).
• A group work will be carried out in which the basic design of biomass utilization processes will be carried out. It will be carried out throughout the module in the hours of personal work contemplated for the subject. A report will be prepared that will be presented on the day set for the final test of the subject (competences CB7, CB8, CB9, CB10, CE4, CE5, CE6, CG7, CG10, CT1, CT6). In the group tutoring session there will be a presentation of the basic aspects of the chosen processes (competences CB8, CB9).
• A visit to the company is contemplated and an evaluation activity related to it will be proposed. If it cannot be carried out, it will be replaced by an alternative activity that could be a presentation by technical personnel from the sector.
The assesment of the subject includes a part of continuous assesment, which represents 60% of the grade, and an exam, which will consist of a test, which represents 40% of the overall grade of the subject and will be carried out using the questionnaires module of the Virtual Campus.
The distribution of the grade is as follows:
a) Exam, 30% (CB6, CB9, CG7, CG10)
b) Continuous assessment work / activities, 65%: Group work (35%), other activities (25%) and technical visit (5%) (CB7, CB8, CB9 and CB10; CG7 and CG10; CE4, CE5 and CE6; CT1 and CT6).
c) Tutorials / Teacher report, 5%: Presentation of the work proposal in the group tutoring (CB8, CB9)
• To pass the subject it is compulsory to do group work (delivery of report and presentation in group tutorial).
• To pass the subject, a minimum overall grade of 5.0 points over 10.0 is required and it will be necessary to obtain a minimum of 40% of the mark corresponding to the exam to be able to add the marks obtained in the continuous assesment. If this minimum is not reached, the grade obtained will be the one corresponding to the exam.
• If the subject is not passed at the first opportunity, the grade obtained in the continuous assessment activities carried out (b) and c)) will be saved for the second opportunity.
• The consideration of “not presented” will be applied if none of the assesment activities are carried out.
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or exams, the Regulation for the assesment of the academic performance of students
and the review of grades will apply.
The subject has a workload of 3 ECTS, corresponding 1 ECTS to 25 h of total work, distributed in the following way:
Activity-Presencial hours-Student work hours-ECTS
Lectures: 14,0-14,0-1,12
Seminars: 12,0-15,0-1,08
Group totorials: 1,0-4,0-0,20
Subtotal: 27,0-33,0-2,40
Individual Tutorials: 1,0-4,0-0,20
Exam and revision: 2,0-8,0-0,40
Total: 30,0-45,0-3,0
Some materials are provided in English.
The subject is taught in Spanish.
Julia González Álvarez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816761
- julia.gonzalez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 05.31.2024 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 05.31.2024 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 07.09.2024 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A6 |
| 07.09.2024 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A6 |