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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Technology and Analysis of Fuels

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-2012/01
Abbreviation TAP
Course title Technology and Analysis of Fuels
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator Mgr. Ivan Koutník, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. World energy resources and consumption. Fuels classification. Origin of caustobioliths.
2. Coal, properties, types. Solid fuel analysis.
3. Coal treatment. Coking technology, products of coking and their properties.
4. Coking products utilization. Coal tar and coal tar pitch technology. Carbon materials.
5. Combustion. Principles, processes, equipment.
6. Gasification. Principles, processes, equipment. Gasification products utilization. Underground gasification
7. Gas treatment, filtration, absorption, adsorption, desulfurization, de – Nox technology.
8. Natural gas. World reserves of natural gas. Processing, stocking and utilization. Shale gas.
9. Biogas. Wet and dry digestion. Biogas station.
10. Hydrogen. Production, utilization, perspectives. Fuel cell.
11. Oil, composition, properties, classification. Analysis of liquid fuels and oils.
12. Oil extraction, processing, transport, utilization.
13. Petrochemistry. Distillation of crude oil. Refining of petroleum fractions.
14. Liquid Biofuels. Alcohol fuels. Rape oil.

Literature

1) Speight, J.G.: Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum. CRC/Taylor&Francis 2007
2) Berkowitz,N.: An introduction to coal technology. Academic Press 1994

Advised literature

1) Krevelen, D.W. van. Coal : typology, physics, chemistry, constitution. 3.vydání. Elsevier 1993
2) Harry Marsh,H., Heintz, E.A., Rodríguez-Reinoso,F. (Eds.): Introduction to carbon technologies. Universidad de Alicante. 2000