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EGEE 439: Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources

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  • Welcome to Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources!
    • Lesson 1: Why Alternative Fuels from Biomass?
    • Lesson 2: Existing Fossil Fuel Technologies for Transportation
      • 2.1 Chemistry Tutorial
      • 2.2 Refining of Petroleum into Fuels
      • 2.3 Jet Engines
      • 2.4 Diesel Engines
      • 2.5 Assignments Overview
      • 2.6 Summary and Final Tasks
    • Lesson 3: Use of Biomass in Thermal Technologies
    • Lesson 4: Biomass Pyrolysis and Pretreatment
    • Lesson 5: General Ethanol Production
    • Lesson 6: Processing to Produce Ethanol and Butanol from Carbohydrates and Enzymes
    • Lesson 7: Thermochemical Methods to Produce Biofuels
    • Lesson 8: Biodiesel Production
    • Lesson 9: Algae as a Source for Fuels
    • Lesson 10: Economics of Biomass Production – Ethanol, Butanol, and Biodiesel
    • Lesson 11: Additional Processes for Fuels from Biomass

Author: Caroline Burgess Clifford, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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