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Handout 1 [H1] 1 BEE 4870 Sustainable Bioenergy Systems FALL 2010 Instructor of record. Lars Angenent, Ph. D. Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Phone: 607-255-2480; E-mail: la249 [at] cornell.edu Office: 214 Riley-Robb Hall Course Webpage. http://angenent.bee.cornell.edu/BEE4870.html Credits. 3 Time of Class. Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:05 - 9:55 am Lab: Wednesday from 1:25 - 4:25 pm Location of Class. Lectures: Room B15, Riley-Robb Hall Lab: Room B15 with group activity in room 400 Riley-Robb Hall Instructors. • Lars Angenent (214 RR, 5-2480, la249 [at] cornell.edu) • Norm Scott (216 RR, 5-4473, nrs5 [at] cornell.edu) • Miriam Rosenbaum (mr625 [at] cornell.edu) Teaching Assistant. Elliot Friedman (esf59 [at] cornell.edu), contact Elliot by e-mail to make an appointment. Office Hours. Wednesdays: 1:25 – 4:25 pm during our design period, please let me know at 1:25pm that you want to meet. Pre-requisite. BEE2220 or equivalent thermodynamics course. Prerequisites by topic. Engineering Thermodynamics. Course Description. Capstone design course for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students to understand energy systems that include a bioprocessing step (i.e., an engineered bioreactor). Offers a system approach to understanding renewable bioenergy systems (biomass) and their conversion processes, from various aspects of biology, engineering, environmental impacts, economics, and sustainable development. A large part of the course will deepen your understanding of bioprocessing with undefined mixed cultures. Overview. This course, intended for upper level undergraduates and graduate students, will offer a systems approach to understand energy systems that include a bioprocessing step, such as anaerobic digestion, anaerobic fermentation, and microbial fuel cells. In general, this course focuses on biomass-to-bioenergy conversion, including introduction to major treatment steps, such as pretreatment steps, fermentation steps, and product separation steps. The course integrates physics, engineering, environmental impacts, economics, and sustainable development. Different energy generation technologies will be compared to gain an understanding of the advantages and limitations of these technologies. Students are expected toHandout 1 [H1] 2 be interested in and appreciate the need for quantitative aspects of energy systems. In addition to theoretical knowledge, students gain empirical knowledge through a group design project and field trips to existing renewable energy systems (biomass systems) in New York State. An emphasis of this course is technical and economic analysis of large-scale energy systems and their conceptual design. Goals and Outcomes. This course is intended to give upper-level undergraduate and graduate students the capabilities to: 1. Use a systems approach to design renewable bioenergy systems. 2. Understand the energy conversion processes for biomass systems. 3. Understand the advantages and limitations of renewable bioenergy systems 4. Use nontechnical factors in system design based on assessment of environmental impacts, economics, and sustainable development. 5. Excel in a team-oriented design experience, focused on the application of renewable bioenergy technologies. 6. Design a “real life” renewable bioenergy system. Required Text. No required text. Course powerpoint presentations and handouts [H] will be given to you as hard copies and/or posted on our course web site as password-protected pdf files (password will be given to you during the first lecture). Class Design Project. The primary effort is a comprehensive design project of a sustainable bioenergy system that includes a bioprocessing step. The team can choose between several ideas given by the instructor, but if a student group is committed to a specific system of choice we can negotiate the project. Periodic presentations and reports on progress of the design project are required during the course of the semester. These three presentations/reports are scheduled on September 22, October 20, and November 10. On these dates the student groups will make an oral and written report to the class during the Lab/Discussion session (Wednesday afternoon). The comprehensive design group projects will be due December 1 with a written report and oral presentation. Proposal report (Sept. 22): 2-page, single-spaced report with introduction and small literature review (~0.5 pages), propose what you will design, and show questions that you have and that you will ask during your site visit. Progress report I and site visit (Oct. 20): 5-page, single-spaced report with design progress and site visit outcomes. Note which changes were made to the design and show pictures of the site visit in the appendix. An initial flow diagram for your design should be shown and presented. Initial calculations on the feasibility are requested. Progress report II and feasibility study (Nov. 10): 10-page, single-spaced report that shows the feasibility of the project. Final design decisions should be reported with the economic analysis and life cycle assessment. Figures should show the flow diagram of the design. Calculations may be presented in an appendix. Final report (Dec. 2): 25-page, single-spaced report. According to guidelines shown below with calculation and other information in the appendix. Structure of report: 1. Executive summary; 2.Handout 1 [H1] 3 Description of the problem; 3. Potential designs that you have considered; 4. Actual design – in detail; 5. Benefits/costs of the design; Appendices with details. Each summer, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers holds a conference called the Northeast Agricultural/Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC). There is a student design competition. Attached are the rules and guidelines for each competition. When you are preparing your final reports, please keep in mind the format guidelines (see below) as I will be choosing the best final reports and submitting them (with your permission) to NABEC in the spring. If you would like further information on this program, please go to http://www.abe.psu.edu/nabec/ The guidelines for the final report are: The design projects must include: 1) A written report (see format for entries). 2) Drawings and/or specifications that describe the design and 3) Extensive or substantial test


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