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Thermo Chemical Conversion of Biomass and Wastes Chalmers, Göteborg 19-23 November 2007 Henrik Thunman and Bo Leckner Content: This course is about thermal conversion (pyrolysis, gasification and combustion) of solid biomass or wastes. The aim is to give the participants the fundamental knowledge of how thermal converters of solid biomass and wastes are designed, why they are designed as they are and how the individual fuel particles are converted within these devices. This is presented in the form of lectures, tutorials and five assignments: Modelling of the covering conversion of thermal small particles Modelling of the conversion of thermally large particles including comparison with measurement data Design of a stationary (bubbling) fluidised bed Heat balance of a gasifier Heat balance of Chalmers 12 MW circulating fluidised bed boiler The topics included are: Fuel characteristics Conversion of solid fuel Conversion devices Boilers, gasifiers and furnaces Energy system related to thermo chemical conversion of solid biomass and wastes Teaching form: Lectures 16 h Tutorials 16 h Excursion 2 h Assignments 40 h Teachers: Lectures: Prof. Bo Leckner, Ass Prof. Henrik Thunman Tutorials and assignment: M.Sc. Robert Johansson, M.Sc. Sven Hermansson Course credits(ECTS): 5 Handouts