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Energy systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-3034/01
Abbreviation EH
Course title Energy systems
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Mario Machů, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• The concepts of energy, energetics. Types of energy, resting energy of matter, energy sources. Energy consumption in metallurgy.
• Energy transformation. Basic terms and laws of thermomechanics, reversible changes, irreversible changes.
• Thermal cycles. Reversible and irreversible cycles, Carnot's cycle.
• Usability of heat energy. Entropy. Exergy, anergy.
• Energy and Exergetic Balances.
• Automatic control of heat and energy equipment.
• Basic types of gaseous fuels, gasification, gas interchange theory, implementation of mixing stations in practice.
• Fuel valuation, fuel efficiency, dynamic fuel cost, normalization of energy consumption.
• Transport of water by pumping, transport height. Piston pump, principle, volume rate, power input, volumetric efficiency, regulation.
• Centrifugal pumps. Relative space flow theory, turbine theorem, torque on shaft, power input. Influence on suction height.
• Production of compressed air, polytropic compression, real compression process. Piston compressor, principle, theoretical and real cycle, volumetric efficiency, compression ratio division, supply quantity, input power, regulation.
• Turbo compressors. Transport height, static and dynamic component, reaction stage, shaft torque, input, theoretical volume rate, pressure number, blade shapes. Theoretical and real characteristics of turbo compressor, regulation.
• Production of water vapor, evaporation heat, pressure dependence. Boiling curve, triple point, critical point. Water vapor diagrams. Theoretical and practical steam cycles.
• Production of cold, production of technical gases.

Literature

[1] GOSWAMI, D.Y., KREITH, F. Energy conversion. CRC Press, 2008.
[2] GASCH, R., TWELE, J. Wind Power Plants: Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation. 2nd ed. Heidelberg: Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-22937-4.
[3] TOCHIHARA, Y., OHNAKA, T. Environmental Ergonomics: The Ergonomics of Human Comfort, Health, and Performance in the Thermal Environment. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN 0080444660.
[4] SIENIUTYCZ, S., JEŻOWSKI, J. Energy Optimization in Process Systems. Oxford: Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-08-045141-1 .

Advised literature

[1] Časopisy: Power in Europe, GWI, Renewable Energy Focus.
[2] GLASSMAN, I., YETTER, R. A. Combustion. 4th ed. London: ELSEVIER, 2008. ISBN 978-0-12-088573-2.
[3] MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5.