Utilisation of Energy Sources

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	361-0358/11
Abbreviation	VyuZd
Course title	Utilisation of Energy Sources
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Radim Janalík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction of Subject, Units in Energetics, Terms of Energy
2. Kind of Energy and Transformation of energy (Type, Efficiency of Transformation, Utilization)
3. Energy and Society, development of energy consumption in the World, Scenario to y.2050
4. Primary Energy Sources (history, future in the Czech Republic and in the World
5. Electric energy in the World and in the Czech Republic
6. Kind of Fossil Fuels, Parameters (Solid, Liquid, Gaseous), Sources and Utilization of Fossil Fuels in the World and in ČR
7. Fossil Fuels (Division, World sources, Consumption, Transport, Utilization for Energetics)
8. Refining of Fossil fuels (Carbonisation, Gasification, Liquefaction of coal)
9. Liquid fuels (sources, consumption, transport, energy utilization)
10. Gaseous fuels (sources, consumption, transport, energy utilization)
11. Combustion Equipment, Types of Boilers, Ecology of Fossil Fuels Utilization
12. Clean Coal Technologies (Efficiency Improvement, Steam-Gas Units, Supercritical Units, Pressurized Fluidized Bed Boilers etc.)
13. Renewable and Nontraditional Energy Sources + Nuclear Energy (history and utilization in the Czech Republic and in the World)

E-learning

All study materials (lectures, exercises, etc.) are available to students in a group on the MS Teams platform, which is always created for them before the start of the semester. Students will be added to the group by the teacher. Students will receive a direct link to the group by email.

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 2023,2024
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

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