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Resources and conversions of energy

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 635-2030/02
Abbreviation ZPE
Course title Resources and conversions of energy
Credits 7
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• The development of human civilization and energy. Basic concepts. Energy resources – classic, alternative. World, OECD, EU, Czech Republic - development of primary energy consumption, generation of electricity by sources. Coefficient of annual use of individual types of power plants. Emissions in energy conversion. Greenhouse effect. Emission of heat.
• Fossil fuels - solid, liquid, gaseous. Coal - black, brown, lignite. Mining and transport of coal. Possibilities of coal processing. Oil - distribution, mining and transport, refining, distillation.
• Gaseous fuels – blast furnace gas, coke gas, converter gas, blau gas, shale gas, natural gas, compressed NG.
• Basic properties of fuels. Chemical composition of fuel, fuel analysis, meaning of individual components.
• Heating values. Specific fuel. Basic types of flame temperatures.
• Combustion of fuels. Calculation of combustion air consumption and amount of flue gases. Excess combustion air. Fuel heating without air access.
• Combustion control. Analytical methods. Graphic methods - Ostwald combustion triangle and Bunte diagram.
• Energy recovery of waste - combustion, gasification. Processing in a plasma reactor.
• Nuclear energy. Energy from nuclear reactions. Ways to control the chain reaction. Nuclear reactor. Nuclear power plants. Fusion energy.
• Energy storage - electromechanical, thermal, chemical.

Literature

[1] KARIM, G. H. Fuels, Energy, and the Environment. CRC Press, 2012. ISBN 9781466510173 .
[2] MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5.
[3] ROGOFF, M.J.; SCREVE, F. Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation. 2. vydání. Oxford: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4377-7871-7 .
[4] GASCH, R., TWELE, J. Wind Power Plants: Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation. 2nd ed. Heidelberg: Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-22937-4.

Advised literature

[1] GLASSMAN, I., YETTER, R, GLUMAC, N. Combustion. 5th ed. San Diego: Academic Press Inc. 2014. ISBN: 978-0-12-407913-7 .
[2] BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 978-0-471-39015-2 .
[3] POTOCNIK, P. Natural Gas. Hard cover, 2010. ISBN 978-953-307-112-1 .


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