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Heating industry

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-3044/01
Abbreviation TEP
Course title Heating industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Categorization of heat sources, comparison of central and decentralized heat supply.
• Types of heating plants - steam heating plants, gas turbine power plants, gas combustion engine heating plants.
• Steam and hot water boilers - grate, powdery, granulating, fluidized as a source of heat energy when transforming into electrical and pressure energy.
• Boiler design for gaseous and solid fuels - evaporator, superheater, preheating water and air, burners, fuel and air supply.
• Operation of boilers - influence of fuel type on operating parameters, negative effects on operation stability, regulation, approach, shutdown, flame stabilization, operation safety, revision, repairs.
• Greening of boiler operation - changes in boiler design during denitrification, criteria for optimal operating method selection, environmental impact on boiler operating parameters, waste products, fuel preparation, changes in boiler control and regulation.
• Evaluation of boilers according to thermal efficiency - efficiency methods (direct, indirect), operational and ecological effects on boiler efficiency, efficiency improvement methods.
• Water treatment for steam production, water quality control, water distribution, supply pumps, cooling towers.
• Cogeneration - combined heat power and electricity.
• Heat nets - heat distribution, types and designs, transfer station, hydraulic calculation, pipe diameter dimensioning, pipe expansion, compensators.
• Thermal insulation, types, design of the optimal insulation thickness in terms of thermal energy and economic, calculation of heat losses of primary heat distribution.
• Regulation of operation of energy sources and heating systems, devices for measuring the consumption of heat.

E-learning

www.vsb.cz/e-vyuka/cs/subject/635-3044/01

Literature

[1] PETCHERS, N. Combined Heating, Cooling & Power Handbook - Technologies & Applications (2nd Edition. Fairmont Press, Inc., 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1466553347.
[2] SIENIUTYCZ, S., JEŻOWSKI, J. Energy Optimization in Process Systems. Oxford: Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-08-045141-1 .
[3] MacKAY, D. J. C. Sustainable Energy - without the hot air. Cambridge: UIT, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3 .
[4] WATKINS, D. E. Heating services in buildings: design, installation, commissioning & maintenance. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 978-0-4706-5603-7

Advised literature

[1] BASU, P., CEN, K. a JESTIN, L. Boilers and burners: design and theory. New York: Springer, c2000. ISBN 0-387-98703-7.
[2] MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5.
[3] MULLINGER, P., JENKINS, B. Industrial and Process Furnaces: Principles, Design and Operation. 1st ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7506-8692-1