Energy Management

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	635-3058/01
Abbreviation	EH
Course title	Energy Management
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Mario Machů, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Basic concepts. Types of energy, rest energy of matter, energy sources. Energy consumption in industry.
3. Energy transformations. Basic concepts and laws of thermomechanics, reversible and irreversible processes.
4. Thermal cycles. Reversible and irreversible cycles, Carnot cycle. Usability of thermal energy. Entropy. Exergy, anergy.
5. Energy and exergy balances.
6. Electric motors and generators.
7. Water transport by pumping, pump head. Reciprocating pump – principle, delivered flow, power input, volumetric efficiency, regulation.
8. Centrifugal pumps. Flow theory in the relative frame, Euler’s turbine equation, shaft torque, power input. Effects on suction head.
9. Compressed air production, polytropic compression, real compression process. Reciprocating compressor – principle, theoretical and real cycle, volumetric efficiency, compression ratio division, delivered volume, power input, regulation.
10. Turbo compressors. Head, static and dynamic components, degree of reaction, shaft torque, power input, theoretical flow rate, pressure coefficient, blade shapes. Theoretical and actual characteristics of turbo compressors, compressor control.
11. Steam generation – latent heat of vaporization, pressure dependence. Boiling curve, triple point, critical point. Steam diagrams. Theoretical and practical steam cycle.
12. Refrigeration. Compression, absorption, adsorption, thermoelectric, magnetic cooling. Use of the Joule-Thomson effect.
13. Production and storage of technical gases. Fractional distillation of air. Membrane separation. Adsorption separation. Water electrolysis. Natural gas reforming. CO₂ separation. Compressed gases, liquefied gases, dissolved gases.

E-learning

Study supports in the E-learning system.

Literature

1. JÍLEK, M. Thermomechanics. 4. vydání. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2016. .
2. GOSWAMI, D.Y., KREITH, F. Energy conversion. CRC Press, 2008.
3. MORAN, M. J. a SHAPIRO, H. N. Fundamentals of engineering thermodynamics. 5th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, c2004. ISBN 0-471-27471-2.

Advised literature

1. SMIL, V. Energy myths and realities: bringing science to the energy policy debate. Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, publisher for the American Enterprise Institute, c2010. ISBN 978-0-8447-4328-8.
2. ÇENGEL, Y. A. a BOLES, M. A. Thermodynamics: an engineering approach. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering. Burr Ridge: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2006. ISBN 0-07-288495-9.
3. JÍLEK, Miroslav. Exercises and labs in thermomechanics. 3. vyd. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2012. ISBN 978-80-01-05086-6.

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