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Overview
Develop your skills in biorefinery and sustainability with guidance from expert chemical engineers, academics, and industry.
In this Biorefinery for Sustainability online short course at the University of Aberdeen, you’ll study how we produce essential chemicals and fuels from renewable resources, including biomass, organic waste, and carbon dioxide.
You’ll build advanced knowledge of biorefinery processes and learn to develop and implement strategies to improve the sustainability of processes.
Outcomes
By the end of this biorefinery course, you’ll be able to...
- Apply the fundamentals of chemistry, reaction kinetics, mass and energy balances to biorefinery processes.
- Understand the role of the main stages and unit operations in selected biorefinery processes.
- Evaluate the sustainability of biorefinery processes.
- Compare biorefinery with conventional refinery processes, identifying the benefits and challenges.
- Identify and quantify opportunities for innovative biorefinery processes.
- Identify and quantify opportunities to minimise the environmental impact of biorefinery processes.
Programme Structure
You’ll cover topics including:- chemistry and engineering concepts for biorefinery: chemistry, reaction kinetics, mass balances, thermodynamics
- biofuels from lignocellulose: pre-treatment/deconstruction, sugar, bio-oils and lignin-derived fuels
- sugar and lignin-derived chemicals and materials
- comparison of petro- and bio-refineries
- strategies to design more sustainable processes
- the role of catalysts in sustainability
- alternative energy sources: plasma, ultrasounds, microwaves
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
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Credits
15 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
GPA Lower Second Class
English requirements
Duolingo English Test 120
TOEFL® IBT OR
90
PTE Academic 62
IELTS 6.5
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- 98 accuracy using real exam data
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Other requirements
General requirements
This course has no formal entry requirements. You decide if it’s suitable for you.
The course is delivered at Masters level. At this level, for this course, you’d usually have at least:
- a 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent), or
- relevant experience that supports this level of study.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents1395 GBP / full≈ 1395 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1395 GBP / full≈ 1395 GBP / full
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