Renewable Sources of Energy

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	361-0952/02
Abbreviation	OZE_D
Course title	Renewable Sources of Energy
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Energy: types, sources, transformations, evaluation.
2. Exergy and anergy. Evaluating diagrams.
3. Power engineering, consumption and reserves of energy. Waste energy, waste heat.
4. Co-generation.
5. Thermodynamic heating, heat pumps, heat pipes.
6. Solar energy. Heat and photovoltaic conversion.
7. Water energy, hydropower stations. Hydro turbines. Tided water energy.
8. Wind energy.
9. Geothermal energy.

E-learning

Supporting study materials: OneDrive of the Department of Power Engineering - non-public access, password will be provided by the teacher

Literature

GODFREY, B. et al. Renewable energy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. 452 s. ISBN 0-19-926178-4.
VRTEK, M. Renewable Sources in Energy Systems. Tarnów : TANT Publishers, 2009. 104 s. ISBN 978–83–928990–0–6.

Advised literature

SORENSEN, B. Renewable Energy. Burlington : Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. 952 s. ISBN 0126561532.

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