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Week - 1 |
Renewable and non-renewable energy sources, fossil fuels and their environmental impacts, global and Türkiye-wide trends in energy production and consumption |
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Week - 2 |
Introduction to biomass and bioenergy, biomass resources, chemical composition of biomass, role of bioenergy in sustainable energy systems |
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Week - 3 |
Fundamentals of biogas production, stages of anaerobic digestion, microorganisms involved in biogas production |
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Week - 4 |
Feedstocks used in biogas production, process parameters, reactor types, biogas upgrading and energy applications |
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Week - 5 |
Fundamentals of biodiesel production, biodiesel feedstocks, transesterification reaction, catalysts and production methods |
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Week - 6 |
Parameters affecting biodiesel production, production systems, biodiesel properties and sustainability assessment |
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Week - 7 |
Fundamentals of bioethanol production, feedstocks, pretreatment methods and utilization of lignocellulosic biomass |
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Week - 8 |
Hydrolysis, fermentation and distillation processes in bioethanol production, process parameters, bioreactors and improvement of production efficiency |
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Week - 9 |
Energy production from biomass, direct combustion, thermochemical conversion methods and energy efficiency |
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Week - 10 |
Conversion of biomass through pyrolysis, gasification and liquefaction, production of biochar, bio-oil and synthesis gas |
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Week - 11 |
Fundamentals of biohydrogen production, biological hydrogen production mechanisms, microorganisms used in hydrogen production |
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Week - 12 |
Biohydrogen production methods, dark fermentation, photofermentation, biophotolysis and microbial electrolysis systems |
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Week - 13 |
Operating principles of microbial fuel cells, electrochemically active microorganisms, anode and cathode systems, electrode materials |
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Week - 14 |
Applications of microbial fuel cells in wastewater treatment and energy recovery, comparison of bioenergy technologies, sustainability and current applications |