Single subject courses - Bioenergy Technology
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Contact Person
Björn Zethræus
Telephone: +46 470 70 87 38
E-mail: bjorn.zethraeus@vxu.se
School of Technology and Design
BTA811 - Bioenergy Technology
September–December, 2006
Undergraduate beginners’ level
5 credit points (7.5 ECTS)
The course presents the fundamental aspects of the technology for using biofuels in the energy system. Global considerations, biological constraints, fuel supply systems, fuel quality and combustion technology are treated.
After this course the participants will have gained an understanding of the basic differences between a biofuel-based and a fossil-fuel-based energy system.
Contents
What are the resources of biofuel from a global point of view? Why is a change of the energy system needed to promote a sustainable development? What constraints restrict the use of bioenergy in a global as well as in a local perspective? How can the fuel quality be improved? How can a secure supply of fuel be guaranteed and what are the environmental aspects of the supply system? How does combustion equipment react to these fuels?
Recommended reading
The course literature is a compendium specially written for the course.
Language of instruction
The course is fully Internet-based and all instructions are in English.
Prerequisites
Completed upper secondary education and a good command of English.
Assessment methods
To pass the course you will have to be an active participant in the discussions concerning all chapters and you will have to complete the three individual exercises distributed with the course material and mail them to the teacher. If you do not take part in the discussions or do not solve your exercises your password to FirstClass® will be withdrawn.
This is equivalent to locking you out of the virtual classroom and you will no longer have access either to the literature or to the teacher. Therefore, time- and space-independence do not mean that there are no demands put on you as a student.
Notice!
This is a distance-learning course – fully web-based. Details on hardware and software requirements can be obtained from micael.carlsson@vxu.se.
MVA817 - Environmental Understanding in an International Perspective
September–December, 2006
Undergraduate beginners’ level
5 credit points (7.5 ECTS)
This is a basic course giving the student a good understanding, from an EU perspective, of the cause and effect of the environmental problems of today. The course also includes parts dealing with what society does and what you yourself can do to achieve a better environment.
Meetings
All »lectures« are given via the Internet.
Teacher support and literature
Each chapter contains a self-test section with diagnostic questions. There will also be one major individual exercise, the solution of which is to be e-mailed to the teacher, and in addition you are requested to pick one more exercise by yourself. Both exercises are to be reported in English in the form of short reports. Teacher support is available "in private" via e-mail and "in plenum" via the course conference site.
Language of instruction
The course is fully Internet-based and all instructions are in English.
Prerequisites
Completed upper secondary education (you need to enclose a copy of your completed upper secondary education) and a good command of English.
Assessment methods
There will be two exercises in the course, one is pre-defined, but you will have to define the second one together with the main teacher. To pass you will have to complete the exercises. Therefore, time- and space-independence do not mean that there are no demands put on you as a student.
Notice!
This is a distance-learning course – fully web-based. Details on hardware and software requirements can be obtained from micael.carlsson@vxu.se.