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THT291 Processes for Waste Resource Recovery in a Circular Bioeconomy

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:John Morken, Nazli Pelin Kocatürk Schumacher

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Engelsk

Course frequency:Yearly (Exception: The course is not offered in the academic year 2023/2024)

Nominal workload:For a course of 5 credits, ca. 125 hours of work in total is normally to be expected.

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in Spring parallel. This course has teaching/evaluation in Spring parallel.

About this course

This course provides the fundamental processes and technologies for valorization of organic wastes to energy and material products via biotechnological and physicochemical processes. Processes and concepts for resource recovery from wastes, recycling and reuse of waste and bioproducts are discussed towards the perspectives of circular economy.

Learning outcome

The students will gain an overview on the spectrum of processes available for resource recovery from organic waste and waste biorefineries. Students who successfully pass this course will gain knowledge and competence on the following subjects:

  • Principles and understanding of waste biorefinery concept and organic waste treatment processes
  • Selection of suitable technologies for energy and material production from waste
  • Critical evaluations of organic wastes and sustainability within the circular economy

The course will focus on topics addressing SDG 6 , 7, 11, 12, 13.

  • Lectures. Exercises. Excursion.
  • The lecturer is available during office hours.
  • THT100.
  • KJM110, JORD101, BIO130.
  • Written examination, 3 hours.

  • The external and internal examiner jointly prepare the exam questions and the correction manual. The external examiner reviews the internal examiner's examination results by correcting a random sample of candidates exams as a calibration according to the faculty's guidelines for examination markings.

  • Compulsory attendance of the first two lecture hours at the start of the course.

    One compulsory excursion.

    Compulsory submission of exercises.

  • Lectures and introduction to problem based tasks are approximately 125 hours. Excursion: 8 hours. It will be given two hours of lectures every week.
  • Special requirements in Science