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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
BYT 6018	BIOFUEL PRODUCTION	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ILGI KARAPINAR

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

The main objectives of the course are to describe the types of raw materials used in biofuel production, to classify the biofuels, to explain the microbial biofuel production processes, and to discuss the future developments in biofuels production.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To help the student to have knowledge about the types of raw materials used in biofuels production.
2	To help the student to learn general processes used in biofuels production.
3	To help the student to have knowledge about the microbial biofuel production processes.
4	To discuss the future developments in biofuels production.
5	To classify the biofuels.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Feed stocks for biofuel production - Biomass Feedstocks - Waste Feedstock - Pretreatment of feedstock for biofuel production -
2	Classification of Biofuels - First-Generation Biofuels - Second-Generation Biofuels - Third-Generation Biofuels
3	Ethanol production from biomass - Bioethanol production by yeast - Bioethanol production by bacteria - Bioproceses for bioethanol production
4	Ethanol production from biomass - Bioethanol production by yeast - Bioethanol production by bacteria - Bioproceses for bioethanol production
5	Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) Fermentation - Production of Biobutanol and Other Green Fuels - Butanol Fuel from Biomass
6	Biohydrogen production - Biohydrogen production by dark fermentation - Biohydrogen production by photofermentation - Biohydoge production by algae
7	Bioprocesses for biohydrogen production - Hydrogen gas production by sequential dark and light fermentation - Hydrogen gas production by combined light and dark fermentation - Photobioreactors for algal biohydrogen production -
8	MIDTERM EXAM
9	Biodiesel Production - Production of Biodiesel from Vegetable Oils - Production of Biodiesel from Algae - Production of Biodiesel from Yeast
10	Biodiesel Production - Production of Biodiesel from Vegetable Oils - Production of Biodiesel from Algae - Production of Biodiesel from Yeast
11	Hydrocarbon Production From Algae
12	Methane production
13	Microbial Fuel Cells
14	Homework and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes, Pandey, Ashok; Larroche, Christian; Ricke, Steven C.; Dussap, Claude-Gilles; Gnansounou, Edgard ; ISBN-10: 0123850991, ISBN-13: 9780123850997, Academic Press, July 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	PRS	PRESENTATION
4	FIN	FINAL EXAM
5	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6	RST	RESIT
7	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering
ilgi.karapinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30 - 15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	2	26
Preparation for midterm exam	1	35	35
Preparation for final exam	1	40	40
Preparing Homework and Presentations	1	35	35
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6
LO.1	5	4	5	5	4	3
LO.2	5	4	5	4	5	3
LO.3	5	4	5	4	5	4
LO.4	5	4	5	4	5	3
LO.5	5	4	4	4	5	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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