Renewable Energy in Sustainable Agriculture and Crops

  • Electrical & Control Engineering |

Description

The course explains the production of biomass for energy purposes in the future the number of areas energy crops differ from traditional agricultural crops, and the different conversion technologies used will have different requirements to the chemical composition of the biomass.

Program

Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering (REEE)

Objectives

  • The course objective is to equip the student with the interdisciplinary skills required to be able to list the advantages and disadvantages of specific crops for energy production and to account for impacts of energy crop production on the environment, climate and landscape.

Textbook

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Course Content

content serial Description
1annual versus perennial crops.
2crops with C3 or C4 photosynthesis.
3Choice of crop in relation to soil type and climate conditions.
4Cultivation, harvest and plant protection of dedicated energy crops compared to conventional agricultural crops.
5Biomass quality including content of sugars, starch, insulin, cellulose, lignin, oil and protein.
6Important crop qualities for storage, fermentation, combustion and oil extraction.
7Nutrient cycles and losses.
8Energy balance of the production system.
9Emission of greenhouse gases and the effect on soil carbon balance.
10Production economy - crop calculations.
11Landscape effects.
12Electricity generation from Crops.
13Control and operation of electricity generation process.
14Case study.

Markets and Career

  • Generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical power for public and private sectors to secure both continuous and emergency demands.
  • Electrical power feeding for civil and military marine and aviation utilities.
  • Electrical works in construction engineering.

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