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Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Renewable Energy and Waste Management

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0300/01
Abbreviation OZE&NOD
Course title Renewable Energy and Waste Management
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Energy: types, sources, transformations, evaluation.
2. Solar energy. Heat and photovoltaic conversion.
3. Water energy, hydropower stations. Hydro turbines.
4. Wind energy, wind power stations.
5. Geothermal energy. Sea energy.
6. Low potential heat for heat pumps.
7. Biomass.
8. Waste substances and types of resources. Legislation related to issues.
9. Landfilling of waste. Recycling of waste.
10. Definitions and differences between species and methods of waste management.
11. Evaluation and determination of risks.
12. Thermic waste disposal. Fluidized bed combustion. Grate and rotary furnaces. Wood waste.
13. Radioactive waste. Hospital and toxic waste. Modern industrial and municipal waste incinerator.
14. The capture of sulfur oxides, nitrogen, halogens, heavy metals and fumes.

Literature

GODFREY, B. et al.: Renewable energy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. 452 s. ISBN 0-19-926178-4.
THOMÉ-KOZMIENSKY, K. J., THIEL, S. : Waste management. TK-Vlg, 2014. 580 s. ISBN 3944310152 .

Advised literature

SORENSEN, B.: Renewable Energy. Burlington : Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. 952 s. ISBN 0126561532.
KINNAMAN, T.C. , TAKEUCHI, K. Handbook On Waste Management. Edward Elgar Pub, 2014. 480 s. ISBN 0857936859 .