Circular economy in the energy industry

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	635-3054/01
Abbreviation	OHE
Course title	Circular economy in the energy industry
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Michaela Topinková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Principles of circular economy, principles of sustainable development, impact of energy on the environment.
2. CO2 production in energy and energy-intensive industries, emission allowances, carbon neutrality.
3. Green Agreement for Europe, European Community instruments in the field of energy, Waste Act, Air Protection Act.
4. Production and consumption of energy, energy from renewable sources - types of sources, wind energy, water energy.
5. Energy from renewable sources – solar energy, geothermal energy, bioenergy.
6. Hydrogen as an energy source, obtaining hydrogen.
7. Methods and principles of thermal energy accumulation.
8. Energy efficiency of industrial technologies, general rules for its reduction.
9. Emissions from combustion processes, production and the possibility of minimizing negative effects.
10. Waste from energy processes, secondary energy products.
11. Material utilization of secondary energy products.
12. Energy production from waste by thermal and chemical conversion.

Literature

1. KUMAR, Anil, Jose Arturo GARZA-REYES a Syed Abdul Rehman KHAN, ed. Circular economy for the management of operations. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Mathematical engineering, manufacturing, and management sciences. ISBN 978-0-367-42251-6.
2. WORRELL, Ernst a M. A. REUTER, ed. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. .
3. THIEL, Stephanie, Karl J. THOMÉ-KOZMIENSKY, Franz WINTER a Dagmar JUCHELKOVÁ, ed. Waste management. Volume 8, Waste-to-energy. Neuruppin: TK, 2018. ISBN 978-3-944310-42-8.

Advised literature

1. THOMÉ-KOZMIENSKY, Karl J. a Luciano PELLONI, ed. Waste management. Vol. 2, Waste management, recycling composting, fermentation, mechanical-biological treatment, energy recovery from waste, sewage sludge treatment. Neuruppin: TK Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-935317-69-6.
2. WZOREK, Zbigniew, ed. Waste recycling. Kraków: Wydawnictwo IGSMiE PAN, 2005. ISBN 83-89174-83-9.
3. HARRIS, Jonathan M. a Brian ROACH. Environmental and natural resource economics: a contemporary approach. Fourth edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. .

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