Work

From Sugar to Bioethanol � Simulation, Optimization, and Process Technology in One Module

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This work gives a detailed description of the models, methods, and equipment used in a bachelor�s degree lab course. The connections between simulation results and real-world data are highlighted and tools for making the models useful for process design tasks are portrayed. The models cover the production chain for fuel-grade bioethanol, starting from the fermentation of sugar with yeast. In only one semester (14 weeks with 180 minutes per week) the students achieve to produce high-purity ethanol. Some exemplary results of the process designs and their comparison to the realized intermediate and final products are given together with production cost data.

Source: Systems and Control Transactions

DOI: 10.69997/sct.138983

Authors: Jan Sch�neberger, Burcu Aker

Institutions: Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Chemstations (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Experimental Learning in Engineering

Subfield: Media Technology

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Responsible consumption and production, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4411815700