6 ECTS

Το μάθημα απευθύνεται σε φοιτητές/φοιτήτριες με ισχυρό υπόβαθρο στη στατιστική, οικονομετρία ή επιστήμη δεδομένων και στοχεύει στην ανάπτυξη προχωρημένων δεξιοτήτων στην ανάλυση χρονοσειρών με έμφαση σε υπολογιστικές μεθόδους. Παρέχει μια ολοκληρωμένη προσέγγιση που συνδυάζει κλασικά στατιστικά μοντέλα, σύγχρονες μεθόδους μηχανικής μάθησης και αλγοριθμική υλοποίηση. Θεματικές ενότητες: στασιμότητα και μετασχηματισμοί, γραμμικά μοντέλα χρονοσειρών (AR, MA, ARIMA), μέθοδοι πρόβλεψης, μοντέλα κατάστασης και φίλτρο Kalman, μοντέλα μεταβλητότητας (ARCH/GARCH), μη γραμμικές και μη παραμετρικές μέθοδοι, μηχανική και βαθιά μάθηση για χρονοσειρές, πολυδιάστατες χρονοσειρές και δεδομένα μεγάλης κλίμακας, και εφαρμογές.

6 ECTS

• Develop an integrated approach to chemical engineering.
• Introduction to design: processes, economics, flow-sheeting.
• Flowsheet design: heuristic, algorithmic.
• Heat exchanger network design.
• Case studies: reactor system design, separation sequencing, recycles.
• Application of chemical engineering principles to problems of current and future industrial relevance including sustainable development, safety, and environmental issues.
• Development of transferable skills such as communication and team working.
• Apply technical knowledge to real problems.
• Perform design calculations with regards to scale-up and scale-down of a fermentation process.
• Practicing problem-solving in practical contexts using Aspen Plus

• Introduction to the Circular Bioeconomy concept.
• Lignocellulosic biomass composition and characterizations.
• Conventional fuels: Raw materials, production processes and fossil fuel properties.
• Thermal biofuel production processes.
• Catalytic biofuel production processes.
• Microbial electrolysis for production of biofuels from renewable feedstocks.
• Biological production of advanced renewable alcohols and biodiesel
• Anaerobic digestion: converting waste/wastewater to biogas and energy.
• CO2 capture and conversion to biofuels, biogas upgrading.
• Algae biofuel production technologies.
• Sustainable processes for Hydrogen production (dark fermentation, electrolysis, zero-valent metal, and others).

• Chemistry, properties, and main uses of circular (bio)materials (i.e. biopolymers, plastics, cement, and metals)
• The science of plastics – fundamentals of amorphous and crystalline polymers
• Plastics and polymers industry
• Extraction and refinement of (bio)materials
• Manufacturing processes of (bio)materials
• Microbial production of biopolymers
• Single-cell protein and microbial exopolysaccharides
• Production of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) by chain elongation
• Natural biopolymers
• (Bio)materials for Biomedical and Food Science Applications
• Biodegradation, recovery, and recycling of (bio)materials
• Turning biowaste to adsorbing material

Phosphorous recovery from biowaste and WWTPs

• Introduction to Circular Bioeconomy and Life Cycle Thinking concepts
• Goal and scope definition, Life Cycle Inventory analysis
• Developing process tree/table, understanding a unit process
• Customizing/creating a unit process
• Computational structure and sensitivity analysis
• Random variables and multi-function systems
• Environmental impact overview, impact assessment methods
• Economic impact-output LCA, material flow analysis
• Deferent Allocation methods
• Process-based LCA and demonstration
• Consequential LCA and LCA interpretation
• Uncertainty in LCA and LCA case studies
• Recent Developments in LCA for Circular Bioeconomy

Practicing problem-solving in practical contexts using Aspen Plus

The topics and methods of characterization that will be covered include:

• Monitoring the residual concentration of pharmaceuticals through HPLC during the application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs).
• Determination of the effect of temperature on the concentration of Volatile Organic Compounds in air.
• Tracking the mineralization of pharmaceutical waste during AOP treatment using Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis.
• Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand (TOC) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) from wastewater.
• Synthesis and isolation of metallocomplexes with anti-inflammatory medicines - the case of Cu(II) and diclofenac: Part A.
• FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopic characterization of the starting materials and the metallocomplexes Cu(II)-diclofenac: Part B.
• Determination of Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) in food samples.
• Adsorption of Phosphorous in porous material.