Biomass and Solid Fuels (4 cr)
Code: IE10042-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2024 - 31.10.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 10.02.2025 - 30.04.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 4 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Insinöörikoulutus / Energia- ja ympäristötekniikka (IE)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 30 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering
- Teachers
- Seppo Kainulainen
- Teacher in charge
- Seppo Kainulainen
- Scheduling groups
- Labraryhmä A1 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Labraryhmä A2 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Labraryhmä A3 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Labraryhmä B1 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Labraryhmä B2 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Labraryhmä B3 (Size: 0 . Open UAS : 0.)
- Groups
-
IENS22Engineer, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Full-Time Studies, Fall, 2022
- Small groups
- Excercise Team 1
- Excercise Team 2
- Excercise Team 3
- Excercise Team 4
- Excercise Team 5
- Excercise Team 6
- Course
- IE10042
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
Know the quality requirements for wood fuel from the perspective of heating and power generation. Calculate energy content and density of wood chips according to the standards. Know biomass fuel production and use potential, based on location and size and taking into account sustainability criteria. Understand the supply and production chains of energy systems based on forest biomass. Know the production process of processed wood products. Calculate size and viability for small wood chip production and heating pellet sites.
Content
The main contents of the course include:
- properties and quality requirements for wood fuels
- Sustainable biomass production
- Energy production using kPa
- Solid processed wood products