DIBANET E-learning
The DIBANET project offers two e-learning courses on diesel production from wastes and residues, free-of-charge. The courses are available (after registration) to everyone interested in second generation diesel production.
Covered topics in course 1:
- Carbohydrate chemistry: (important components for acid hydrolysis)
- Feedstocks of Europe & Latin America
- Conventional analytical methods for biomass analysis
- Rapid analytical methods for biomass analysis: NIR
- Introduction to acid hydrolysis
- Pre-treatment of biomass for acid hydrolysis
- Kinetics of acid hydrolysis and derivatives
- Products of acid hydrolysis
- Catalysis in acid hydrolysis of biomass
- Analysis of DMBs produced
Covered topics in course 2:
- Introduction to biofuels and candidate fuels
- Thermal processing of Biomass (pyrolysis)
- Biomass analysis for thermal processing
- Characterisation of pyrolysis products
- Catalytic pyrolysis
- Upgrading by hydrotreating
- Upgrading by esterification
- Upgrading by catalytic cracking
- Biochar from pyrolysis
- Analysis of DMBs produced
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