| Course Unit Code | 635-3048/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 6 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| PYS30 | prof. Dr. Ing. René Pyszko |
| VLC37 | prof. Ing. Jozef Vlček, Ph.D. |
| VEL37 | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. |
| MAC589 | Ing. Mario Machů, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The course will introduce students to heat sources, physical laws of transmission and heat energy conversion. Students will learn the issues of fuel preparation and valuation, interchangeability of heating gases and approaches to the generation of energy and exergetic balances, understand the problems of energy equipment of power plants, boilers, pumps, compressed air production, steam cycles elements and familiarize themselves with the issue of methods and equipment for reducing the emission load and devices for utilization of solid residues of combustion processes. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Student will be able to:
- categorize sources of thermal energy, apply the basic laws of transmission and transformation of thermal energy, understand thermal cycles,
- determine fuel utilization, assess gas interchange, determine the energy and exergetic balances of equipment,
- know the principles of power plant installations - boilers, turbines, pumps, compressors,
- understand the issues of heating plants and steam cycles,
- understand the methods and equipment for reducing the energy burden of the energy sources and the use of solid waste from combustion processes.
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| Course Contents |
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1. Categorization of heat sources. Basic laws of transmission and conversion of heat energy. Thermal cycles. Overview of power plant installations.
2. Thermal energy utilization. Exergy, anergy. Energy and exergetic balances of energy facilities. Fuel valuation, fuel utilization factor, dynamic fuel cost.
3. Automatic regulation of thermal energy devices. Fuel preparation equipment. The theory of interchangeability of gaseous fuels, the implementation of mixing stations in practice.
4. Steam production and use. Evaporative heat, heat consumption. Water phase diagram, water vapor diagrams. Theoretical and practical steam cycles. Elements of steam cycles.
5. Heat plants. Types, operation and construction of hot water and steam boilers.
6. Cogeneration - combined heat and power generation. Thermal networks - heat distribution, types and construction of networks, transfer stations, thermal insulation.
7. Transport of water by pumping. Transport heights. Piston pump, principle, delivery rate, power consumption, volumetric efficiency, regulation. Centrifugal pumps. Quantity, shaft torque, input power. Influences on suction height.
8. Production of compressed air, ideal and real compression. Piston compressor, principle, volumetric efficiency, supply quantity, power consumption, compression ratio division.
9. Turbo compressors. Transport height, static and dynamic component, reaction stage, shaft torque, input, theoretical conveyed quantity, pressure number, blade shapes. Theoretical and actual characteristics of the turbo compressor, regulation.
10. Equipment for reducing the emission load of energy sources. Air pollutants, emission limits and techniques for their determination and interpretation.
11. Optimization of combustion energy processes in order to reduce the emission load. Solid residues of combustion energy processes, ash and slag characterization.
12. Methods and equipment for material utilization and removal of solid residues from energy combustion processes.
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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1. GOSWAMI, D.Y., KREITH, F. Energy conversion. CRC Press, 2008.
2. PEHNT M., CAMES M., FISCHER C., PRAETORIUS B., SCHNEIDER L., SCHUMACHER K., VOß JP. Micro cogeneration: towards decentralized energy systems. Springer Science & Business Media; 2006.
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.
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1. BRESTOVIČ, T., ČARNOGURSKÁ, M. Zdroje a premeny energie. Košice: TU v Košicích, 2012. ISBN 978-80-553-1013-8.
2. KADRNOŽKA J., OCHRANA B. Teplárenství. Akademické nakladatelství CERM Brno, 2001.
3. MELICHAR, J.: Hydraulické a pneumatické stroje. Část čerpadla. Skripta, 1. vyd. Praha: Česká technika – nakladatelství ČVUT, 2009.
4. GOSWAMI, D.Y., KREITH, F. Energy conversion. CRC Press, 2008. |
| Recommended Reading: |
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1. GLASSMAN, I., YETTER, R. A. Combustion. 4th ed. London: ELSEVIER, 2008. ISBN 978-0-12-088573-2.
2. MacKAY, D. J. C. Sustainable Energy - without the hot air. Cambridge: UIT, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3.
3. MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5.
4. Journals: Power in Europe, GWI, Renewable Energy Focus. |
1. AUGUSTA, P. a kol.: Velká kniha o energii. L.A.Consulting Agency, spol. s r.o., Praha, 2001.
2. MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5.
3. Časopisy: Energie, Svět energetiky, Energetika, Alternativní energie.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Seminars |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 25 | 15 |
| Examination | Examination | 75 | 36 |