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Energy by-products

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-2049/01
Abbreviation VEP
Course title Energy by-products
Credits 7
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Michaela Topinková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Traditional bonding systems – plaster, lime, cement. Raw materials, production
• Cement – hydration, properties, use
• Implementation into building materials – concretes, castables, aerated concretes
• Secondary raw materials from energy processes and their classification
• The origin of secondary raw materials, production technology of particular thermal processes
• Characteristics, chemical and physical properties of secondary raw materials
• Testing methods
• Use of secondary raw materials, possibility of their recycling
• Alkali activated materials – definition, classification, use, properties
• Alkali activators – sodium silicate, sodium silicate solid, sodium hydroxide
• Geopolymers – definition, structure, use, properties
• Geopolymerization – principle
• Geopolymeric cements and concretes

Literature

1. PROVIS, John L., van DEVENTER, Jannie S. H. Geopolymers: Structure, processing and industrial applications. Woodhead Publishing, Cornwall, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84569-449-4.

Advised literature

1. PROVIS, John L., VAN DEVENTER, Jannie S. J. Alkali Activated Materials. Springer, London. 2014. ISBN 978-94-007-7671-5 .