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Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois

ABE 488 Bioprocessing Grains for Fuels

Engineering and scientific principles governing bioprocessing of cereal grains for production of ethanol and other fermentation products. Process unit operations; conventional and alternative feed stock materials; recovery of value-added coproducts and other variables involved in producing fuel ethanol; process simulation; economic analysis. Prerequisite: CHBE 321 and TAM 251.
3 Credit Hours.

Instructors:

Teaching Assistants:

  • Bernardo Vidal

Course Objectives:

1. Understand step-by-step description of the basic ethanol production processes.
2. Learn cereal grain fractionation techniques to recover starch and other coproducts.
3. Introduce other starch based fermentation products.
4. Learn process simulation and economic modeling.

Course Grading:

Hour Exams (3 exams @ 75 points each):    225     45%      
Assignments/Projects:   100      20%
Class Participation:         25       5%
Final Project:                150     30%  

Illinois Catalog Information

Extra Course Information:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-4:30, Room 208 AESB