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Unconventional Energy Sources

Anotace

1. Perspectives of energy sources for 3rd millennium, energy released by civilization activity, greenhouse effect and its reasons. renewable sources and ecological benefit.
2. Low-energy, passive and zero houses. Possibilities of the passive heating – Trombe wall, hot-wind sollar heating, thermo-roofs, heating walls and floors, application of passive cooling.
3. Wind energy, wind like natural power source, construction design of the wind power plant, utilization at the world, future, natural conditions.
4. Small water power plants, turbines for the small water power plants, utomatization, natural conditions.
5. Heat pumps, principle and types of heat pumps, coefficient of performance (COP), possibilities of aplication, bivalent operation, natural conditions.
6. Photo-thermics, types of solar collectors, principles, possibilities of aplication, natural conditions.

Povinná literatura

1. Boyle, G.: Renewable energy - 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004
2. Sorensen, B.: Renewable energy: its physics, engineering, use, environmental impacts, economy and planning aspects - 3rd ed., Elsevier/Academic Press, Burlington, 2004

Rules EN 255-1, 255-2, 255-3 Air condition, liquid chilling packages and heat pump with electrically driven compressors – Heating mode – Part 3:Testing and requirements for marking for sanitary hot water units. Energy for future: Renewable sources of Energy-White paper for a Common Strategy and Action Plan, Rules EN 12975 -Solar collectors and construction elements. Works plan of European heating products for heat pump etc.

Doporučená literatura

Tyler Hicks: Handbook of Energy Enngineering Calculations, United States 2011.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, angličtina
Code 229-0257
Abbreviation NZE
Course title Unconventional Energy Sources
Coordinating department Department of Building Environment and Building Services
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jaroslav Kuba, CSc.