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Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources II

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0542/01
Abbreviation AOZE2
Course title Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources II
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Solar energy, characteristics, types of transform to usable energy kinds
2. Solar radiation, direct, diffused, mathematical model for determination of irradiation for a generally positioned surface
3. Passive, direct system for solar energy utilization. Solar power stations.
4. Solar collectors, types
5. Testing and certification of solar collectors
6. Solar flat plate collector, principle of calculation, efficiency
7. Heat storage, solar tanks, stratification tank
8. Thermosolar systems, types, schemas, antifreeze fluids
9. Photovoltaic conversion, types of PV cells, efficiency, utilization
10. Photovoltaic systems
11. Fuel cells – principles, types
12. Low-temperature and high-temperature fuel cells, characteristics, efficiency, utilization

Literature

VIELSTICH, W.; LAMM, A.; GASTEIGER, H.A. Handbook of Fuel Cells : Fundamentals,
Technology, Applications. John Wiley & Sons : 2003. 449 s. ISBN 0471499269.
DUFFIE, J.,A.; BECKMAN, W., A. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes (2nd edition). Wiley-Interscience: 1991. 944 p. ISBN: 0471510564.

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.