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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Fundamentals of Energy Engineering

Type of study Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0802/01
Abbreviation ZE
Course title Fundamentals of Energy Engineering
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Míka, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic law ideal gas, formula of state, I. and II. law of thermodynamic, state changes, heat trahsfer, heat exchangers, combustion,
2. Energy and peoples' activity, kinds of energy, manners of conversions.
3. Piston-type compressors. Bases of theory, service characteristics.Compressors with rotaring pistons,
4. Dynamic compressors. Bases of theory, service characteristics. Compressor station. Ventilators.
5. Distribution compressed air and technical gas. Utilization of compressed air.
6. Piston pumps. Bases of theory, service characteristics.
7. Dynamic pump. Bases of theory, service characteristics.Pump station, divorces fluids.
8. Gas industry. Sources and transformation of energy fuel gas. Distribution and usage.
9. Combustion installation and heat exchangers. Disposal, efficiencies, service characteristics.
10. Combustion engine. Bases of theory, service characteristics, using, regulation, economy of running.
11. Heat turbines. Bases of theory, service characteristics. Manners design. economy running.
12. Energy centrals. Total economy conversion of energy. Types of central, design.
13. Influence of operation energy arrangement on environment. Emission, immission, noise and their reducing.
14. Bases of energy economy. Energic characteristics. Minimization of consumption energy. Operations control, power control. Production costs on energy utilization, economic analyses.

Literature

[1] Combinet Production of Heat and Power (cogeneration), ISBN 1-85166-524-2
[2] Joyce J.: Paraler Repowering of Exist Steam Turbine Plants with Gas turbine, Power-Gen 96, Budapest 1996

Advised literature

[1] Smil, V. (2008). Energy in nature and society: general energetics of complex systems. Cambridge, USA: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-19565-8