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Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0321/10
Abbreviation AOZE1
Course title Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Ondřej Němček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1) Energy: types, sources.
2) Energy: transformations, assessment.
3) Energy, energy consumption, and reserves, waste energy. Waste heat.
4) Combined and separate heat and electricity production.
5) Use of low-potential heat from natural materials using heat pumps.
6) Solar energy, photothermal, and photovoltaic conversion.
7) Water energy, hydroelectric power plants. Water turbines. Tidal power plants.
8) Wind energy and geothermal energy.
9) Fuel cells. Hydrogen energy.
10) Magnetohydrodynamic energy conversion. Thermoemission and thermoelectric generators.
11) Biomass as a renewable energy source, origin, types, division, and composition.
12) Reasons and needs for mechanical processing of biomass, including selected examples.
13) Thermochemical processes for biomass utilization. + Possibilities of using biodegradable municipal waste as an alternative energy source.

E-learning

Literature

HEINLOTH, K. (editor). Energy Technologies. Subvolume C: Renewable Energy. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. ISBN-10 3-540-42962-x .
ZOBAA, Ahmed F. a BANSAL, Ramesh C. (ed.). Handbook of renewable energy technology. Singapore: World Scientific, [2011]. ISBN 978-981-4289-06-1.

Advised literature

SORENSEN, B. Renewable Energy. Burlington: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. 952 p. ISBN 0126561532.