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Combustion Equipments

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0502/10
Abbreviation SZ
Course title Combustion Equipments
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Tadeáš Ochodek

Subject syllabus

1. Fuel Characteristics - Solid Fossil Fuels. Fuel characteristics - liquid and gaseous fuels.
2. Fuel characteristics - solid and liquid biofuels.
3. Kinetics of combustion reactions - reaction rate, chemical equilibrium.
4. Kinetics of combustion reactions - dissociation of combustion products chemical reaction rate, actual course of combustion reactions.
5. Diffusion in the burning process - reaction rate, mass transfer.
6. Diffusion in the burning process - kinetic and diffusion mode, diffusion coefficient.
7. Parameters of combustion process.
8. Combustion efficiency, efficiency of combustion equipment in applications.
9. Generation of pollutants in combustion-mechanism of NOx formation.
10. Generation of pollutants in combustion - minimization of production and possibilities of NOx removal, primary and secondary methods.
11. Generation of pollutants in combustion - formation of SO2, CO and other pollutants, possibilities of emission minimization.
12. Modern energy sources (MEZ) -characteristics, properties, economy, MEZ on liquid and gaseous fuels.
13. Modern energy sources (MEZ) -characteristics, properties, economy, solid fuel MEZ.
14. Progressive technologies for combined heat and power generation, emission-free steam cycles.

Literature

OCHODEK, T. Combustion Equipments. ERC, 2017.
SMOOT, L.D., SMITH, P.J. Coal Combustion and Gasification. Plenum Press, 1985. ISBN 0-306-41750-2.
VAN LOO, S., KOPPEJAN, J. Biomass Combustion and Co-firing. Earthscan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84407-249-1.
ZINK, J. Combustion Handbook. CRC Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8493-2337-1 .
SONNTAG, R.E., WYLEN, G.J. Introduction to Thermodynamics. 1991, ISBN 0-471-61427-0 .

Advised literature

Journal: VGB PowerTech ISSN 1435-3199 , Cogeneration On-Site Power. ISSN 1469-0349 .
KHAVKIN, Y. Combustion System Design. Penwell Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-87814-462-5.