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Heat supply

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-2046/01
Abbreviation ZT
Course title Heat supply
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Thermal comfort – definition, influences, their officials. Heat production, the equation of thermal comfort, temperature regulation. Flow in the heated space.
2. Heating of buildings – types of heating, heat and fuel consumption in heating buildings.
3. Heat losses of buildings – transmission the walls and ventilation losses.
4. Basis of structural design and construction in terms of thermal properties.
5. Heat pumps – principle, types, efficiency.
6. Other possibilities heating – floor heating, radiant heating, infrared heating, hot air heating.
7. Solar thermal systems for production of heat, types of collectors.
8. Types of heating plants - steam heating plants, gas turbine power plants, gas combustion engine heating plants.
9. Steam and hot water boilers - grate, powdery, granulating, fluidized as a source of heat energy when transforming into electrical and pressure energy.
10. Heat nets - heat distribution, types and designs, transfer station, hydraulic calculation, pipe diameter dimensioning, pipe expansion, compensators.
11. Classification of heat exchangers. The importance of heat exchangers, energy saving, fuel savings, the degree of recuperation, increasing combustion temperature, increase performance aggregate.
12. Thermal calculation of recuperator. The differential equation for the relationship between medium temperature and the size heat transfer surface. Solving equations for various cases boundary conditions.
13. Types of recuperators. Operating conditions.
14. Regenerators: Thermal calculation. The amount of heat transmitted. The coefficient of heat transfer. Hydraulic calculation. Pressure losses. Types of regenerators.

Literature

1. HAINES, R. W., HITTLE, D. Control systems for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. 6th ed. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2003. ISBN 1402074174 .
2. PETCHERS, N. Combined Heating, Cooling & Power Handbook - Technologies & Applications (2nd Edition. Fairmont Press, Inc., 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1466553347.

Advised literature

1. WATKINS, D. E. Heating services in buildings: design, installation, commissioning & maintenance. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 978-0-4706-5603-7.
2. BASU, P., CEN, K. a JESTIN, L. Boilers and burners: design and theory. New York: Springer, c2000. ISBN 0-387-98703-7.