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I. Course Title
: Energy and Chemicals from Wood
II. Course Code
: FPU 602
III. Credit Hours
: 2+0
IV. Aim of the course
To make students conversant with wood as a source of energy and utilization of
wood residues and chemicals for different purposes.
V. Theory
UNIT I
Energy and its measurements. Wood as sources of energy and its comparison with
other sources. Criteria for evaluation of different fuel wood species for energy.
UNIT II
Utilization of wood waste material as fuel. Gasification, pyrolysis and briquetting

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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
Vol. 1
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of lignocellulosic material. Production of chemicals from forest biomass cellulose,
lignin and hemicelluloses. Important wood extractives
UNIT III
Wood refinery techniques. Chemicals produced as by product in pulp industry.
UNIT IV
Destructive distillation of wood. Future of wood chemical industry.
VI. Suggested Reading
Dimitris SA. 2007. 
Materials, Chemicals, and Energy from Forest Biomass
. American Chemical
Society.
Klass DL. 1998. 
Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels and Chemicals. 
Academic Press.
Rowell RM. 2013. 
Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites.
2
nd
Ed. CRC Press.
Sjostrom E. 1993. 
Wood Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
. 2
nd
Ed. Gulf Professional
Publishing, Texas.
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture(s)
Theory
1.
Energy and its measurements
2
2.
Wood as sources of energy and its comparison with other sources
3
3.
Criteria for evaluation of different fuel wood species for energy
3
4.
Utilization of wood waste material as fuel
4
5.
Gasification, pyrolysis and briquetting of lignocellulosic material
3
6.
Production of chemicals from forest biomass cellulose, lignin and
hemicelluloses. Important wood extractives
6
7.
Wood refinery techniques
4
8.
Chemicals produced as by product in pulp industry
3
9.
Destructive distillation of wood. Future of wood chemical industry
4
Total
32