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Energy Utilisation of Biomass and Waste

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0550/04
Abbreviation EVB
Course title Energy Utilisation of Biomass and Waste
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Veronika Sassmanová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Energy utilisation of biomass is very important part of energy production. During the lectures will be given information about the production of hear and electricity, description of technology, transport of biomass, form of biomass. Special interest will be given to the reduction of emissions
1. Introduction
2. Basic characteristics of biomass and waste
3. The types of biomass and waste
4. Particle size adjustment biomass and waste
5. Technological transformation
6. Fermentation
7. Composting
8. Burning processes
9. Co-combustion of various fuels
10. Gasification
11. Pyrolysis
12. Summary of documents, discussing current issues of biomass and waste
13. Processing specialist subject with regard to its clarity and conciseness information
it will be possible to prepare one project

Literature

SJAAK VAN LOO AND JAAP KOPPEJAN (eds.): Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing. Twente University Press, 2018. ISBN 9036517737.
KALOGIROU, Efstratios N. Waste-to-energy technologies and global applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-03520-1 .
KANOGLU, Mehmet, Yunus A. ÇENGEL a John M. CIMBALA. Fundamentals and applications of renewable energy. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, [2020]. ISBN 978-1-260-45530-4 .

Advised literature

Technology (Ed.), Denmark, 1999, http://www.videncenter.dk/publicat.htm
HUNG, Yung-Tse, Lawrence K. WANG a Nazih K. SHAMMAS. Handbook of environment and waste management. New Jersey: World Scientific, 2014. ISBN 978-981-4327-69-5.

VAN LOO, Sjaak a Jaap KOPPEJAN. Handbook of biomass combustion and co-firing: prepared by Task 32 of the Implementing Agreement on Bioenergy under the suspices of the International Energy Agency. Enschede: Twente University Press, 2003. ISBN 9036517737.

BASU, P.: Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Torrefaction: Practical Design and Theory. Academic Press, 2013, p. 548. ISBN: 0123965438 .
CAPAREDA, Sergio C. Introduction to biomass energy conversions. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, [2014]. ISBN 9781466513334 .

SERUP, H. et al.: Wood for energy production. Technology-Environment-Economy. Centre for Biomass. ISBN 87-90074-26-2 .


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