About Course
Surveys conducted at international level have shown how great is the interest on biomass energy technologies. An increasing number of biomass energy and fuel plants are being created worldwide and many others are expected to be designed and built in the next forthcoming years. This process clearly underlines the need for a new type of engineer, with a deeper professional educational background in these technologies and expertise in the design, operation and maintenance of such processes and plants. But a deeper knowledge is widely required even among technicians and pre-bachelor generations devoted to this growing area of new and renewable energy applications.
Moreover, although many biomass technologies are yet competitive with traditional technologies, further developments on the design and manufacturing of these technologies are needed to make competitive the newer ones (such as high efficiency and zero emission electricity or biofuel production from waste). Therefore, many companies worldwide are looking for green collars workers with strong knowledge on biomass technologies able to develop and promote them, as well as young workers at on field level.
A second additional goal of the Course is to provide young students the professional skills required for private or public entities undertaking in bioenergy field, from the production process to the management of energy projects: the whole cycle as well as its interactions with the surrounding and regional environment. Since the “Biomass to Energy Chain” first Part of the Course is a highly interdisciplinary topic, it involves several independent issues, which have been included within the second Part of the Course outline; which tackles this strong education and training challenge. In fact, it covers all the specific aspects related to the conversion of biomass into a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy source, including the integration with other renewable energy sources. The knowledge of market, normative and legislation in environmental and bioenergy fields also play a key role in the biomass to energy management of projects with a Local, National or Global scale, and it is included as well within the Course Syllabus. The skills obtained with the Course are suitable for Industries, Companies and Public Administration, like Departments of Environment Politics, National or International Energy Agencies.
Prof. Luca Rubini
Curriculum
- 1.1 - Energy, power: main issues
- 1.2 - The chain (cycle) of energy
- 1.3 - Consumption of Energy
- 1.4 - Rational use – energy efficiency
- 2.1 - Today and Scenarios
- 2.2 - Today and Scenarios
- 2.3 - Today and Scenarios
- 2.4 - Summarizing main critical and crucial points
- 3.1 - Fossil Energy and Biomass: Similarities, Differences and Classification - Introduction
- 3.2- Fossil Energy and Biomass: Similarities, Differences and Classification - Fossil Energy Sources and Fuels
- 3.3 - Fossil Energy and Biomass: Similarities, Differences and Classification - Renewable Energy Sources
- 3.4 - Fossil Energy and Biomass: Similarities, Differences and Classification
- 4.1 - The concept of renewability of the biomass - Introduction to biomass - Part 1
- 4.2 - The concept of renewability of the biomass - The origin of renewables energy - Part 2
- 4.3 - The concept of renewability of the biomass - The renewability of the biomass - Part 3
- 4.4 - The concept of renewability of the biomass - The renewability of the biomass - Part 4
- 5.1 - Woody biomass in the world
- 5.2 - Woody biomass in the world
- 5.3 - Woody biomass in the world
- 5.4 - Woody biomass in the world
- 6.1 - Critical issues and Global warming - Part 1
- 6.2 - Critical issues and Global warming - Part 2
- 6.3 - Critical issues and Global warming - Part 3
- 6.4 - Critical issues and Global warming - Part 4
- 7.1 - Energy resources: INTRODUCTION TO ENERGY SOURCES Part 1
- 7.2 - Energy resources: CLASSIFICATION OF THE ENERGY SOURCES Part 2
- 7.3 - Energy resources: FOSSIL AND RENEWABLES ENERGY SOURCES Part 3
- 7.4 - Energy resources: BIOMASS TYPES Part 4
- 8.1 - Wood and SRF - Short Rotation Forestry - SRF Techniques and sustainability
- 8.2 - Wood and SRF - Short Rotation Forestry - Tree species used and statistic
- 8.3 - Wood and SRF - Short Rotation Forestry - Oilseed definition and production
- 8.4 - Wood and SRF - Short Rotation Forestry - Oilseed in biofuel
- 9.1 - Waste definition and classification - Definition and classification
- 9.2 - Energy resources in Africa overwiew - Energy resources in Africa overview
- 9.3 - Energy resources in Africa overwiew - Energy resources in Africa overview
- 9.4 - Future perspective in energy
- 10.1 - The energy conversion and utilisation: INTRODUCTION TO CONVERSION AND UTILISATION PROCESSES
- 10.2 - Critical issues and Global warming: BIOMASS TYPE AND POSSIBLE UTILISATION
- 10.3 - Critical issues and Global warming: BIOMASS TYPE AND POSSIBLE UTILISATION
- 10.4 - Critical issues and Global warming: THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY VECTOR