Numbering Code	G-ENE01 76110 SJ28 G-ENE01 76110 SJ80	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Doctoral students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	KAWAMOTO HARUO (Graduate School of Energy Science Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course provides the state of the art of the methodology, scientific research, and their application relating to "Energy Ecosystems".
Course Goals	To understand the state of the art of the methodology, scientific research, and their application relating to "Energy Ecosystems" through reading literature and workshop of the relating topics.
Schedule and Contents	Student picks up a specific subject regarding the following topics and summarizes the literature information to prepare a report. Student is also required to present the report with power point slides and discuss with other members. Through these practices, student understands the state of the art of scientific information relating to "Energy Ecosystems". 　・Status of earth environment and biomass resources 　・Status of world energy utilization and bio-fuels 　・Biomass conversion technologies (supercritical fluid method, pyrolysis, gasification, hydrolysis, biological conversion, etc.) 　・Liquid bio-fuels (Bioethanol, biodiesel) 　・Bio-chemicals, bio-materials 　　１）Pick up a specific subject （2 weeks） 　　２）Literature survay and summary （10 weeks） 　　３）Presentation and discussion（3 weeks）
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluation will be based on resentation and discussion (80%) and class performance (20%).
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Preparation of report and presentation slide
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Handout is delivered in the class.