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Energy by-products

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 635-2065/02
Abbreviation VEP
Course title Energy by-products
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Michaela Topinková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Traditional binders – plaster, lime, cement. Raw materials, production.
2. Cement – hydration, properties, use.
3. Application in building materials – concrete, refractory concrete, aerated concrete.
4. Energy by-products and their division.
5. Formation of energy by-products, technological procedure of individual thermal processes that produce energy by-products.
6. Characteristics of by-products, chemical and physical properties.
7. Methods of testing energy by-products.
8. Utilisation of energy by-products, possibility of their recycling.
9. Alkali-activated materials – definition, division, use, properties.
10. Alkaline activators – water glass, solid sodium silicate, sodium hydroxide.
11. Geopolymers – definition, structure, use, properties. Principle of geopolymerization.
12. Geopolymer cements and concretes, their preparation and use.

E-learning

Study supports in the E-learning system.

Literature

1. PROVIS, J.L., van DEVENTER, J.S.H. Geopolymers: Structure, processing and industrial applications. Woodhead Publishing, Cornwall, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84569-449-4.
2. SHI, C., KRIVENKO, P.V., ROY, D. Alkali-Activated Cements and Concretes. Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-415-70004-7 .
3. CARTER, B.C., NORTON, G.M., Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering. Springer, New York, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4614-3522-8.

Advised literature

1. DAVIDOVITS, J. Geopolymer: Chemistry & Application. Geopolymer Institute, France, 2008. ISBN: 2-9514820-1-9.
2. ROUTSCHKA, G. Pocket Manual Refractory Materials. Vulkan-Verlag, Essen, 2004. ISBN: 3-8027-3154-9.
3. RAMACHANDRAN, V. S., BEAUDOIN, J. J. Handbook of Analytical Techniques in concrete science and technology: Principles, Techniques and Applications. Noyes publications, U.S.A., 2001. ISBN: 0-8155-1437-9.