Biomass

Department

Bachelor's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering

Course unit code

UVET_BA_5_7

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3.0

Name of lecturer(s)

FH-Prof. Dr. techn. Hofmann Angela

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Karl, J.: Dezentrale Energiesysteme, Oldenburg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, 2004

Boyle, G., Renewable Energy, Oxford university press, 2004

V. Quaschning, Regenerative Energiesysteme, Hanser Verlag München, 2008, ISBN 978-3-446-40973-6

Kaltschmitt,M.,Streicher,W. Regenerative Energien in Österreich, Vieweg&Teubner, GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8348-0839-4

Zahoransky, R.A., Energietechnik, Vieweg&Teubner, 2009

Unger, J.: Alternative Energietechnik, Teubner Verlag , 1993.
Data bases:
Science Direct, SciFinder, esp@cenet, NIST-Database

Level of course unit

Bachelor

Year of study

Fall 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

5

Language of instruction

English

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are able to roughly layout decentralised biomass-based energy generation processes and evaluate their operation. They know the concepts of implemented plants and are able to evaluate them. Students are particularly able to estimate potentials beforehand and estimate the economic efficiency of operation.

Course contents

• Biomass: classification
• Combustion: processes/plant types/CHP
• Pyrolysis/gasification: fundamental concept, process, implemented plants
• Biomethane obtained from fermentation: fundamental concept, process, implemented plants
• Biodiesel/bioethanol: fundamental concept, process, implemented plants

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none