Forest bioeconomy - processes, energy and products

The course covers the following: - The concepts of bioeconomy and circularity - The forest as a provider of ecosystem services, including biomass - Forest biodiversity - Conflicts of interest in sustainable land use - Foundations of environmental ethics - Policy instruments in bioeconomy - Forestry and harvesting techniques - Resource management in industrial processes - The development of biomass from the perspective of evolution - Wood and fibre morphology - The chemical structure of biomass - The environmental impact of forest industry processes The course also provides process and systems knowledge applicable to industrial operations, such as: - Sawmilling - Wooden construction - Mechanical and chemical pulp production - Paper production technology - Solid biofuels - Drying technology - Biorefineries - New materials and processes - Selected unit operations in bioindustrial processes, based on fundamental chemical engineering processes Laboratory sessions are included, plus a project in which students engage in in-depth study of a research question related to the concept of bioeconomy.