| Lectures: 4 Periods/Week | Sessional Marks: 30 |
| University Exam: 3 Hours | University Examination Marks: 70 |
UNIT-I
Sources of energy, introduction of biofuels, availability of bio mass, composition of biomass, terrestrial biomass, aquatic biomass. Physical and chemical properties of biomass. useful features of biofuels, undesirable features of biofuels, energy crops, modes of utilization of biomass and their environmental impacts.
UNIT-II
Biogas: The substrate, the digester, the microorganisms, the process of bio gas production, factors affecting bio gas yields, advantages, disadvantages.
Bioethanol: Bioethanol vs. Petrol, production of bio ethanol, ethanol recovery. Bio butanol.
UNIT-III
Bio diesel: Sources of lipids, production of lipids, methods of production of bio diesel, comparison of bio diesel with conventional diesel. Standards of bio diesel.
UNIT-IV
Bio hydrogen: Production of bio hydrogen from anaerobic bacteria, photosynthetic algae, photosynthetic-hydrogenase system.
Fuel cells: Enzymatic fuel cells, microbial fuel cells.
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