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Energetické hospodářství a ekologie

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Course Unit Code361-0606/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MIK08doc. Ing. Jiří Míka, CSc.
SAS027Ing. Veronika Sassmanová, Ph.D.
PAV641Ing. Petr Pavlík, Ph.D.
Summary
The course introduces students to the basic aspects of the energy management business and its impact on the economy of the company, including its impact on the environment. Students will learn about the impact of using different types of fuel and also get acquainted with the problems and possibilities of waste minimization, recycling and disposal.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
To acquaint students with the basics of energy management and efficiency of their relationship to company and ecology.
Course Contents
1. Explanation of the concepts of ecology and energy management, the differences between industrial enterprise and municipal sphere.
2. Energy management, energy characteristics and balance, energy consumption standards.
3. Energy supply for industrial enterprise. Advantages and limits of own energy source and external supply. Efficiency of energy conversion, including transformation and transport.
4. Fuels and combustion for energy production, basic sources of fuels and their comparison
5. Gaseous fuels, advantages and properties. Natural gas and other possibilities of gaseous fuels, mixed gases and their use, combustion equipment for gaseous fuels, emissions.
6. Liquid fuels, advantages and properties, combustion equipment, emissions and problems with accumulation of liquid fuels.
7. Solid fuels, advantages and properties, transport, accumulation, combustion equipment, emissions and problems with solid residues
8. Combined combustion of different types of fuels, combustion calculations and possibilities of co-combustion.
9. Wastes, definitions, properties and legislation.
10. Possibilities of waste management, differences of municipal and industrial waste.
11. Minimization of waste generation, waste-free technology, limits of waste minimization, possibilities of waste utilization and disposal.
12. Recycling of waste, principles and history, development of recycling, separate collection and sorting of waste.
13. Storage and landfilling of waste, construction of landfills, dangers associated with landfilling, monitoring of closed landfill.
14. Waste incineration, ZEVO, waste incineration as a recycling technology, weight and volume reduction, use of solid residues, flue gas cleaning.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing. Sjaak van Loo and Jaap Koppejan (eds.) Twente University Press. ISBN 9036517737
SERUP, H. et al.: Wood for energy production, Technology,-Environment-Economy, ISBN 87-90074-26-2. Centre for Biomass Technology (Ed.), Denmark, 1999, http://www.videncenter.dk/publicat.htm
interesting web pages, eg. http://www.mzp.cz, http://www.tzb-info.cz, http://biom.ecn.cz, www.iea-ccc.org etc.)
Special preparing materials
www.iea.org
MÍKA J. Energetické hospodářství a ekologie syllabus k přednáškám
KYSELA, L., TOMČALA, J.: Ekonomika v energetice. Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2000. ISBN 80-7078-851-8.
JUCHELKOVÁ, D., Likvidace a využití odpadů, 1. vyd., Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2000,
ISBN: 80-7078-747-3.
Sjaak van LOO and Jaap KOPPEJAN (eds.) Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing. Twente University Press. ISBN 9036517737.
Recommended Reading:
Various articles to the thema
Special preparing materials
KYSELA, L., MÍKA, J., KYSELOVÁ, S.: Teplárenství. Učební text. Katedra energetiky Ostrava, 2010.
SERUP, H. et al.: Wood for energy production, Technology,-Environment-Economy, ISBN 87-90074-26-2. Centre for Biomass Technology (Ed.), Denmark, 1999.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 10
        ExaminationExamination70 41