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Resources and conversions of energy

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 635-2056/02
Abbreviation ZPE
Course title Resources and conversions of energy
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. 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.
2. Emissions in energy conversion. Greenhouse effect. Emission of heat. Coefficient of annual use of individual types of power plants.
3. 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.
4. Gaseous fuels – blast furnace gas, coke gas, converter gas, blau gas, shale gas, natural gas, compressed NG.
5. Basic properties of fuels. Chemical composition of fuel, fuel analysis, meaning of individual components.
6. Heating values. Specific fuel. Basic types of flame temperatures.
7. Combustion of fuels. Calculation of combustion air consumption and amount of flue gases. Excess combustion air. Fuel heating without air access.
8. Combustion control. Analytical methods. Graphic methods - Ostwald combustion triangle and Bunte diagram.
9. Nuclear energy. Energy from nuclear reactions. Ways to control the chain reaction. Nuclear reactor. Nuclear power plants. Fusion energy.
10. Use of renewable energy sources.
11. Effective use and transformation of fuels in industry from the point of view of environmental aspects, methods of energy storage.
12. The impact of the Green Deal on the further use of fuels from the point of view of reducing greenhouse gases.

E-learning

Study supports in the E-learning system.

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 .