Fundamentals of Energy Processes

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	361-0381/05
Abbreviation	ZEP
Course title	Fundamentals of Energy Processes
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

First lecture block: The energy conversion
1. Basic terms of energy - what is energy, work, heat. Transformation of energy, exergy.
2. Trends of energy consumption, energy sources and their basic properties, the current global energy issues.
3. History of energy technology, the power of water, wind, ...
4. The history of steam power

II. lecture block: The energy systems and energy production
5. Fuels and their types, preparation for energy transformation.
6. Combustion equipments, fossil energy sources and processes of their use
7. Compressors, turbines, combustion engines and their use in industry (transport, aviation)
8. Specifics of nuclear energy

III. Lecture session: Renewable energy sources and processes of their use
9. Solar energy, heat pumps, HVAC of buildings
10. Water and wind energy, geothermal energy
11. Biomass energy
12. Energy of waste

IV. lecture block: Influence of energy on the environment and other topics
13. The quality of the environment, energy impacts on water, soil and air
14. Advantages, disadvantages and the use of energy processes. Combined energy processes.

Literature

http://www.industcards.com/
http://www.ife.no/Frontpage-en
Special interst will be given to the recomendation of the work leaders
generaly information can be found on these pages:
http://www.iea.org
BERGMAN, Theodore L., LAVINE, Adrienne S., INCROPERA, Frank P., DeWITT, David P.: Introduction to Heat Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, 912 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0471457275
GODFREY, B. et al.: Renewable energy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. 452 s. ISBN 0-19-926178-4.
SORENSEN, B.: Renewable Energy. Burlington : Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. 952 s. ISBN 0126561532.
THOMÉ-KOZMIENSKY, K. J., THIEL, S. : Waste management. TK-Vlg, 2014. 580 s. .
KINNAMAN, T.C. , TAKEUCHI, K. Handbook On Waste Management. Edward Elgar Pub, 2014. 480 s. .

Advised literature

VRTEK, M. Renewable Sources in Energy Systems. Tarnów : TANT Publishers, 2009. 104 s. ISBN 978–83–928990–0–6.
MORAN, M.J.; SHAPIRO, H.N.: Fundamental of Engineering Thermodynamics. 2nd Edition. New York : John Wiey & Sons, Inc., 1992. .
KALOGIROU, Efstratios N. Waste-to-energy technologies and global applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018.
SJAAK VAN LOO AND JAAP KOPPEJAN (eds.): Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing. Twente University Press. ISBN 9036517737

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