Alternative energy

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	361-0556/01
Abbreviation	AES
Course title	Alternative energy
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Ondřej Němček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Energy: types, sources, transformations and transfers.
2. Consumption and energy supply. Renewable sources.
3. The properties of solar radiation and its modelling.
4. Photothermic conversion - active systems - thermal solar collectors and systems. Thermal solar power plants.
5. Photothermic conversion - passive utilization - architectural design of buildings.
6. Photovoltaic conversion - Photovoltaic cells and power plants.
7. Utilization of low potential heat of natural mass by means of heat pumps.
8. Water energy, flow duration curve. Hydropower plants.
9. Water turbines.
10. Wind energy. Betz's limit.
11. Wind rotors and power stations.
12. Geothermal energy. Sea energy.
13. Fuel cells. Hydrogen energy.
14. Magnetodynamic transformation of energy. Thermoelectric and thermoelectric generators.

Literature

GODFREY, B., et al. Renewable energy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 452 p. ISBN 0-19-926178-4.
HEINLOTH, K. (editor). Energy Technologies. Subvolume C: Renewable Energy. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. .

Advised literature

SORENSEN, B. Renewable Energy. Burlington: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. 952 p. ISBN 0126561532.
Thermal use of solar energy. Solar thermal systems and components. AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies, 2009.
HAU, E. Wind Turbine. Fundamentals, Technologies, Application, Economics. Springer, Berlin 2005.
VRTEK, M. Renewable sources in energy systems. Tarnów: TANT Publishers, 2009. ISBN 978-83-928990-0-6.
Next study materials: /vyuka/vrt/AOZE/ - OneDrive of the Department of Power Engineering - non-public access, the password will be provided by the teacher.

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