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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Utilisation of Energy Sources

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 361-0358/08
Abbreviation VyuZd
Course title Utilisation of Energy Sources
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Radim Janalík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction of Subject, Units in Energetics, Term of Energy
2. Kind of Energy, Their Transformation (Type, Efficiency of Transformation, Utilization)
3. Energy and Society, Energy in the Cities, Scenario to 2050
4. Primary Energy Sources (history, future in Czech Republic and in the World
5. Electric energy in Czech Republic, Production and Consumption
6. Kind of Fossil Fuels, Parameters (Solid, Liquid, Gaseos), Sources and Utilization of Fossil Fuels in the World and in ČR
7. Fossil Fuels Quality Improvemed, Refinement
8. Liquid and Gaseous fuels (sources, consumption, transport, energy utilization)
9. Combustion Equipment, Types of Boilers, Ekology of Fossil fuels utization
10. Clean Coal Technologies (Efficiency Improvement, Steam-Gas Units, Supercritical Units, Pressurized Fluidized Bed Boilers etc.)
11. Renewable and Nontraditional Energy
12. Electric Energy (Sources and Possibilities in World and in Czech Republic)
13. Nuclear energy (history and utizatioun in Czech Republic and in the World
14. Hydrogen Eneregtics

Literature

https://www.eru.cz (Annual reports on the electricity and gas grid in the Czech Republic)
https://www.csu.cz (Statistical and database data on the Czech energy sector)
https://www.iea.org
- World Energy Outlook 2024,2025
https://ember-energy.org
- Global Electrical Review 2024, 2025
- European Electrical Review 2024,2025

Advised literature

https://www.iea.org
- World Energy Technology Outlook - 2050
- Country reports in Europe and in the World
https://www.eia.gov