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Combustion Facilities

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Course Unit Code361-0917/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated10 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Third Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
NOS30prof. Ing. Pavel Noskievič, CSc.
OH130doc. Dr. Ing. Tadeáš Ochodek
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Methods of fuels energy transformation, kind of combustion equipment, boiler furnace types, their parameters and operation conditions, methods of reducing harmfull pollutants production rising at combustion, increases in transformation energy efficiency. Advanced trends and technologies in combustion equipment.
Course Contents
Ways of energy transformation
Combustion units, parameters and operation characteristics
Criteria and characteristics of furnaces
Boiler types, operating principle, main elements
Desulphurization equipments
Denitrifying processes
Units efficiency, evaluation and assesment
Increases in transformation energy efficiency
Advanced combustion systems
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SMOOT, L.D., SMITH, P.J. Coal Combustion and Gasification. Plenum Press, 1985. ISBN 0-306-41750-2.
VAN LOO, S., KOPPEJAN, J. Biomass Combustion and Co-firing. Earthscan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84407-249-1.

OCHODEK, T. Spalovací zařízení. VŠB-TU Ostrava, VEC, 2017.
NOSKIEVIČ, P. Spalování uhlí. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2002. ISBN 80-248-0204-X.
JIROUŠ, J. Efektivní spalování paliv. Tirgis Zkín, 2013. ISBN- 978-80-260-5393-4.
ZINK, J. Combustion Handbook. CRC Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8493-2337-1
Recommended Reading:
Journal: VGB PowerTech ISSN 1435-3199, Cogeneration On-Site Power. ISSN 1469-0349.
KHAVKIN, Y. Combustion System Design. Penwell Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-87814-462-5.
ROUBÍČEK, V., BUCHTELE J. Uhlí – zdroje, procesy, použití. Montanex, 2002. ISBN 80-7225-063-9.
NOSKIEVIČ, P. PILCH, R. Spalování dřeva v malém ohništi. Finidr, 2008. ISBN-978-80-248-1889-4.
OCHODEK, T., NAJSER, J. Zplyňování biomasy I. VEC, 2014. ISBN- 978-80-248-3302-6.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination