CHE6805 · Waste management and biomass transformation

Overview

Waste management is of vital importance in every country. This unit examines the engineering and scientific principles of effluent and solid waste management, which can be applied in a palm oil industry, starting from an oil palm plantation to an oleochemical plant. You will gain an in-depth understanding of the structure of the waste management hierarchy, which is currently applied in the palm oil industry, ranging from waste avoidance, waste minimization, recycling, reuse and finally treatment of wastes. Additionally, this new unit provides knowledge and skills on the most advanced and innovative processing of oil palm biomass as well as the process development elements for the production of biofuels and bio-products.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Continuous assessment: 70% Final assessment: 30% Final grades: PGO (pass grade only) or NGO (fail) This unit contains hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NGO).

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Appraise the use of technology in managing wastes generated from palm oil industries.
2. Address the challenges in palm oil industries and formulate sustainable approaches to promote sustainability.
3. Research biomass pre-treatment, biomass processing and biofuel production using suitable experimental plans.
4. Design the principles of different biomass processing to produce value-added products.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.