Liquefaction of Biomass - Fundamentals and Practice (2024)

Organiser: Associate Professor, Saqib Sohail Toor, sst@energy.aau.dk

Lecturers: Associate Professor, Saqib Sohail Toor, AAU Energy
Associate Professor, Thomas Helmer Pedersen, AAU Energy
Associate Professor, Daniele Castello, AAU Energy
Assistant Professor, Kamaldeep Sharma, AAU Energy
Postdoc, Eliana Maria Lozano Sanchez, AAU Energy

ECTS: 3.0

Date: March 4-6, 2024

Deadline: 12 February 2024

Place: AAU Energy, Pontoppidanstraede 101, Aalborg, Denmark

Format: in person

Max no. of participants: 15

The course is designed about biofuels and biomass liquefaction technology in the context of energy and chemical products. The course will introduce fundamental principles of liquefaction, focusing on hydrothermal liquefaction. Based on this, it will move on to upgrading technology for biocrudes and drop-in biofuels approach. Furthermore, the course discusses process analysis and design, process modeling tools and process implementation

• Day 1: Energy Outlook & Biomass Resources by Saqib Sohail Toor & Daniele Castello
• Day 2: Biocrude upgrading-2 by Daniele Castello & Kamaldeep Sharma
• Day 3: Case studies and process simulations by Eliana Maria Lozano Sanchez & Thomas Helmer Pedersen

Price:  6000 DKK for PhD students outside of Denmark and 8000 DKK for the Industry excl. VAT.
A link for online payment by credit card for externals participants will be annonced after deadline for registration

Prerequisites: chemistry, chemical or process engineering

Find more information about the course here

Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.