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Energy Utilisation of Biomass and Waste

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Course Unit Code361-0550/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SAS027Ing. Veronika Sassmanová, Ph.D.
Summary
Energy utilisation of biomass and waste is very important part of energy production.
During the lectures will be given information about the production of heat and electricity, description of technology, transport of biomass and waste, form of biomass and waste.
Special interest will be given to the reduction of emissions.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Complex solution of energy utilization of waste and biomass, knowledge about the specific technology equipment.
Course Contents
Energy utilisation of biomass is very important part of energy production. During the lectures will be given information about the production of hear and electricity, description of technology, transport of biomass, form of biomass. Special interest will be given to the reduction of emissions
1. Introduction
2. Basic characteristics of biomass and waste
3. The types of biomass and waste
4. Particle size adjustment biomass and waste
5. Technological transformation
6. Fermentation
7. Composting
8. Burning processes
9. Co-combustion of various fuels
10. Gasification
11. Pyrolysis
12. Summary of documents, discussing current issues of biomass and waste
13. Processing specialist subject with regard to its clarity and conciseness information
it will be possible to prepare one project
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SJAAK VAN LOO AND JAAP KOPPEJAN (eds.): Handbook of Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing. Twente University Press, 2018. ISBN 9036517737.
KALOGIROU, Efstratios N. Waste-to-energy technologies and global applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-03520-1.
KANOGLU, Mehmet, Yunus A. ÇENGEL a John M. CIMBALA. Fundamentals and applications of renewable energy. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, [2020]. ISBN 978-1-260-45530-4.
NOSKIEVIČ, P., JUCHELKOVÁ, D. a kol.: Biomasa a její energetické využití. PHARE, 1996. ISBN 80-7078-367-2.
PASTOREK, Zdeněk, Jaroslav KÁRA a Petr JEVIČ. Biomasa: obnovitelný zdroj energie. Praha: FCC Public, 2004. ISBN 8086534065.
Mendelova univerzita v Brně Agronomická fakulta TECHNOLOGIE ZPRACOVÁNÍ BIOMASY ZA ÚČELEM ENERGETICKÉHO VYUŽITÍ Ing. Petr Trávníček, Ph.D. Doc. Ing. Ivan Vitázek, CSc. Ing. Tomáš Vítěz, Ph.D. Ing. Luboš Kotek, Ph.D. Ing. Petr Junga, Ph.D. Brno, 2015.
ČABALOVÁ, Iveta, Tatiana BUBENÍKOVÁ, Viera KUČEROVÁ, Jozef KRILEK, Michal JABLONSKÝ a Vladimír HÖNIG. Technológie a technika spracovania drevnej a rastlinnej biomasy: vysokoškolská učebnica. Zvolen: Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, 2021. ISBN 978-80-228-3278-6.
Možnosti energetického využití biomasy: ukázka praktických opatření z Akčního plánu pro biomasu v ČR na období 2012-2020. Praha: Ministerstvo zemědělství, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7434-122-9.
Recommended Reading:
Technology (Ed.), Denmark, 1999, http://www.videncenter.dk/publicat.htm
HUNG, Yung-Tse, Lawrence K. WANG a Nazih K. SHAMMAS. Handbook of environment and waste management. New Jersey: World Scientific, 2014. ISBN 978-981-4327-69-5.

VAN LOO, Sjaak a Jaap KOPPEJAN. Handbook of biomass combustion and co-firing: prepared by Task 32 of the Implementing Agreement on Bioenergy under the suspices of the International Energy Agency. Enschede: Twente University Press, 2003. ISBN 9036517737.

BASU, P.: Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis and Torrefaction: Practical Design and Theory. Academic Press, 2013, p. 548. ISBN: 0123965438.
CAPAREDA, Sergio C. Introduction to biomass energy conversions. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, [2014]. ISBN 9781466513334.

SERUP, H. et al.: Wood for energy production. Technology-Environment-Economy. Centre for Biomass. ISBN 87-90074-26-2.
Aktuální internetové informace (http://www.env.cz, http://www.tzb-info.cz, http://biom.ecn.cz, etc.)
MALAŤÁK, Jan a Petr VACULÍK. Biomasa pro výrobu energie. Praha: Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2008. ISBN 9788021318106.
MURTINGER, Karel a Jiří BERANOVSKÝ. Energie z biomasy. Brno: Computer Press, 2011. Stavíme. ISBN 978-80-251-2916-6.
KALOGIROU, Efstratios N. Waste-to-energy technologies and global applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-138-03520-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work, Other activities, Field trip
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined