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Thermal processes and alternative fuels

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 361-0970/02
Abbreviation TPAP
Course title Thermal processes and alternative fuels
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Stanislav Honus, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Combustion of alternative gaseous fuels
2. Combustion of alternative solid fuels in the fluidized bed
3. Pyrolysis processes
4. Gasification processes
5. Methods of determination of physical and chemical properties of mixed gaseous fuels
6. Methods of determination of fuel properties of solid fuels
7. Mathematical simulations of combustion of alternative gases and their validation
8. Fuels interchangeability

Topics for detailed study will be selected based on the focus of the dissertation thesis.

Literature

KANDIYOTI, Rafael, Alan A. HEROD a Keith D. BARTLE. Solid fuels and heavy hydrocarbon liquids: thermal characterization and analysis. Oxford: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-044486-5.
SCHEIRS, John a Walter KAMINSKY. Feedstock Recycling and Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics [online]. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006. ISBN 9780470021545 . Dostupné z: doi:10.1002/0470021543
GLASSMAN, Irvin a Richard A. YETTER. Combustion. 4. vyd. San Diego: Elsevier Inc., 2008. ISBN 9780120885732.
NOLAN, Dennis P. Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protection Engineering Principles: For Oil, Gas, Chemical and Related Facilities: Third Edition. New Jersey: Elsevier Inc., 2014. ISBN 9780323311441 .
BASU, Prabir. Combustion and gasification in fluidized beds. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0-8493-3396-2.
PLETCHER, Richard H., John C. TANNEHILL a Dale Arden ANDERSON. Computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer. 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2013. Series in computational and physical processes in mechanics and thermal sciencies. ISBN 978-1-59169-037-5.

Advised literature

CARRAHER, Charles E. Polymer Chemistry. 1. vyd. B.m.: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0–8247–0806–7.
SOUZA-SANTOS, Marcio L. de. Solid fuels combustion and gasification: modeling, simulation, and equipment operation. New York: Marcel Dekker, c2004. Mechanical engineering (Taylor & Francis), 174. ISBN 0-8247-0971-3.
KLASS, Donald L. Biomass for renewable energy, fuels, and chemicals. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-410950-6.
CROCKER, Mark, ed. Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals. B.m.: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84973-035-8 .
PETCHERS, Neil. Combined Heating, Cooling & Power Handbook: Technologies & Applications. 2. vyd. Lilburn: Fairmont Press, 2012. ISBN 1466553340.


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