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EGEE 439
Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources

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EGEE 439: Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources

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Lesson 1: Why Alternative Fuels from Biomass?
Lesson 2: Existing Fossil Fuel Technologies for Transportation
Lesson 3: Electricity Generation 101
Lesson 4: Use of Biomass in Thermal Technologies
Lesson 5: Biomass Pyrolysis and Pretreatment
Lesson 6: General Ethanol Production
Lesson 7: Processing to Produce Ethanol and Butanol from Carbohydrates and Enzymes
Lesson 8: Thermochemical Methods to Produce Biofuels
Lesson 9: Biodiesel Production
Lesson 10: Algae as a Source for Fuels
Lesson 11: Economics of Biomass Production – Ethanol, Butanol, and Biodiesel
Lesson 12: Additional Processes for Fuels from Biomass

Author: Caroline Burgess Clifford, Senior Research Associate, Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University.

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