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Overview
The Biorefinery - From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased Products Certificate from EdX is offered in partnership with Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX.
The use of fossil resources is a controversial topic and there is much scientific research to argue against their use for energy, chemicals, and in the production of almost every product. Because of this, we're seeing a huge shift towards sustainable biobased and renewable resources and away from fossil-based ones. In this new world, it’s critical to know how to efficiently and effectively obtain valuable elements from biomass.
The programme
Join this course and gain the latest academic knowledge on biorefinery which can be applied to their ongoing studies or to advance their careers.
Just as the petrochemical refinery is a crucial part of the fossil-based industry, so is the biorefinery for the biobased industry. In a biorefinery, a complex biobased feedstock is separated and processed in such a way to maximize sustainability and application opportunities.
Upon completing this course, you will understand the tools and techniques needed to efficiently disentangle, separate and convert different biomass based feedstocks into simpler (functional) components.
First, you'll learn about available techniques and processes for biomass activation, disentanglement and separation. Next, you’ll explore how to design a biorefinery taking into account feedstock and sustainable energy use and dive into:
- Mass and energy balances
- Design of biorefinery process units to obtain multiple products from one type of biomass
- How to recover energy and resources in the biorefinery system
- Evaluation of the designed system with respect to sustainability and economic criteria
- Evaluation of criteria for successful implementation
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What you'll learn:
After this course you will be able to:
- Choose proper (chemical) pre-treatment and conversions to arrive at the required products
- Conceptually design a biorefinery process
- Critically evaluate a process design with respect to energy and feedstock efficiency
- Compare that design with fossil-based processes
- Know how to activate/disentangle and separate biobased feedstocks
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Duration
- Part-time
- 49 days
- 12 hrs/week
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Biotechnology Mining, Oil & Gas View 4 other Short Courses in Biotechnology in NetherlandsExplore more key information
Visit university websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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General requirements
Level: Advanced
- BSc in technology, engineering (and applied) sciences. You should have at least BSc level knowledge on courses and topics such as chemistry, mathematics and process engineering.
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- Starting at $349 per learner/year.
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