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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Technology and Analysis of Fuels

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-3020/01
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. Basic concepts. World energy sources and their perspectives. Fuel distribution. Caustobiolite formation.
2. Coal, it's properties and types. Analysis of solid fuels.
3. Treatment of coal and ways of its further processing. Coking, description of the coking process, coke products and their properties.
4. Use of coke products, tar processing, coal tar pitch, carbonaceous materials.
5. Combustion. Principles, processes, devices.
6. Gasification. Principles, processes, devices. Methods of using gasification products. Underground gasification.
7. Methods of gas cleaning. Filtration, absorption, adsorption, chemical conversion. Removal of dust particles, tar compounds, sulfur compounds, nitrogen compounds.
8. Natural gas. Estimates of world inventories. Extraction, processing, distribution, storage, utilization. Slate extraction, its aspects and feasibility.
9. Biogas, dry and wet digestion, biogas stations, landfill gas.
10. Hydrogen, ways of production, utilization, perspectives. Fuel cells.
11. Petroleum, composition, properties, classification. Analysis of liquid fuels and oils.
12. Petroleum extraction, basic processing, transport and storage. Biological degradation of petroleum and petroleum derivatives.
13. Ways of processing petroleum. Petrochemistry. Fission processes. Refining of petroleum fractions.
14. Liquid biofuels. Alcohol biofuels, fuels with vegetable fats basis.

Literature

WICHTERLE, Kamil a Ivan KOUTNÍK. Technologie a analýza paliv.[online]; Ostrava:VŠB-TUO, 2013. http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Modin_Animace/Opory/01_Procesni_
inzenyrstvi/05_Technologie_a_analyza_paliv/
Wichterle_Technologie_a_analyza_paliv.pdf (accessed March 17, 2018).
KOZINA, Antoním, PÍŠA,Miroslav ŠPLÍCHAL, Bohumil. Koksárenství.
Praha:SNTL/ALFA,1973
BUCHTELE, J. ROUBÍČEK, V. Technologie plynných paliv, Ostrava:VŠB-TU, 2001
BLAŽEK, J., RÁBL, V., Základy zpracování a využití ropy. 2nd ed. Praha:VŠCHT, 2006
FRANCIS, Wilfrid a PETERS, C. Martin. Fuels and Fuel Technology. Pergamon, 1980

Advised literature

ŠEŠULKA, Vilém. Analýza paliv. Praha: SNTL, 1970.
SPEIGHT, J. G. Handbook of coal analysis. Hoboken: Wiley, 2005.
ISBN 0-471-52273-2.
SPEIGHT, J. G. Handbook of petroleum analysis. New York: Wiley-
Interscience, c2001. ISBN 0-471-36167-4.