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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, transformations, assessment. Basic balance.
2) Energy, energy consumption and reserves, waste energy. Waste heat.
3) Use of low-potential heat of natural materials using heat pumps.
4) Solar energy.
5) Photothermal and photovoltaic conversion.
6) Water energy, hydroelectric power plants.
7) Wind energy.
8) Geothermal energy.
9) Alternative energy sources, fuel cells, hydrogen.
10) Biomass as renewable energy sources.
11) Transformation of secondary raw materials and their potential in energy.
12) Use of the SMART and LCA methods.
13) Excursions/laboratories.

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 .

Doporučená literatura

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