Biofuels Technology, A.A.S.
Location: Granite Falls
Biofuel Technicians will be trained for entry into the agricultural processing plant industry, which converts crops such as corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and sugar beets into products and by-products such as ethanol, soy oil, corn syrup, starch, carbon dioxide, and bulk/bagged sugar.
Today's processing plants are highly technical and completely automated, and the Biofuel Technicians have an enormous amount of responsibility to ensure that the plant continues to operate in the most efficient and economical way possible. To do so, the technician needs to be conversant in mechanical and instrumentation basics, chemical and microbiological processes, safety fundamentals, and process optimization techniques.
Course #
Course Title
Credits
Fall - Year 1
Mechanical Fundamentals for Process Controls
P & ID, P
Pollution Control Fundamentals
Introduction to OSHA Or
Wind Energy OSHA Standards
Ethanol Process Fundamentals Lab
Biodiesel Technologies & Regulatory Issues
Boiler Systems
TECHNICAL ELECTIVES (Must be approved by advisor)
Credits Fall - Year 1
Spring - Year 1
Ethanol Process Fundamentals
Principles of Biology
Composition I
College Algebra
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE
Credits Spring - Year 1
Fall - Year 2
Process Dynamics
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Ecology Lab
Biodiesel Fundamentals
Biodiesel Fundamentals Lab
Hydraulic Theory
GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVE
Credits Fall - Year 2
Spring - Year 2
Instrumentation & Control
Process Optimization Lab
Ethanol Separation TEchnology
Distillation & Evaporation Theory Lab
Seminar
Process Chemistry
Industrial Water Treatment
Instrumentation Control Lab
Credits Spring - Year 2
Approved Technical Electives:
Wind Energy Fundamentals
Pneumatics and Accessories Theory
Data Security Awareness
Introduction to Traditional and Renewable Energy
Company Internship
Introduction to Microcomputers
Electromechanical Theory
TOTAL CREDITS
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
14
2
4
3
3
3
15
3
2
1
2
1
4
3
16
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
15
3
3
1
3
4
3
2
60
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