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Electricity Generation and Utilization

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 410-4215/01
Abbreviation VUEE
Course title Electricity Generation and Utilization
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Král, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Basic electrical power terms, production and consumption balance of electricity and power plant types.
Condensation power plants and heating plants.
Principles of nuclear energy.
Energy exploitation of water.
Renewable energy sources, fuel cells and environment.
Accumulation of energy.
Electrical part of power plants.
Electrical machinery and instruments. Distribution systems.
Design of electrical and electronic devices, safety. Electromagnetic compatibility.
Heat transfer. Basics of heating.
Industrial heatings.
Light technology - basic terms.
Light sources, luminaires. Lighting systems.

Exercises:
Basic electrical power terms (systems, load diagram).
Balance calculations of condensation power plants.
Balance calculations of nuclear power plants.
Balance calculations of water power plants.
Energy saving calculations.
Heat transfer. Heating appliances parameters.
Light devices basis practice.
Light devices energy consumption calculations.
Credit.

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

Weedy, B. M., Cory, B. J., Jenkins, N., Ekanayake, J. B., Strbac, G. Electric Power Systems, 5th Edition. 2011, Wiley-IEEE Press, ISBN 978-0-470-68268-5
Metaxas, A. C. Foundations of electroheat: a unified approach. Chichester: Wiley, 1996. ISBN 9780471956440 
Lighting Engineering 2002
Digambar M. Tagare. Electricity Power Generation: The Changing Dimensions. 2011, Wiley-IEEE Press, ISBN 978-0-470-60028-3

Advised literature

Syllabi for the distance part of the combined study
Janíček František. Renewable energy sources 1: technologies for a sustainable future. Pezinok:Renesans, 2009, 2nd ed. 174 p. ISBN 9788089402052