635-2030 – Resources and conversions of energy (ZPE)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Thermal Engineering
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
635-2030/01 2019/2020 7
635-2030/02 2019/2020 7

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Student will be able: - categorize energy resources from different perspectives - calculate the amount of combustion air and flue gases in the combustion of different fuels - calculate the heating values and the flame temperatures of the fuel - determine the excess of combustion air from the flue gas composition - to compare various ways of energy storage

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Development of human civilization and energy. Distribution of energy sources by origin. Primary and electrical energy. Fossil fuels - solid, liquid, gaseous. Mining, transport, refining of fuels. Compressed natural gas. Basic properties of fuels, chemical composition, analysis. Heating values, flame temperatures. Combustion of fuels. Excess combustion air. Combustion control. Energy recovery of waste. Nuclear energy. Energy storage.

Compulsory literature:

[1] KARIM, G. H. Fuels, Energy, and the Environment. CRC Press, 2012. ISBN 9781466510173. [2] MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5. [3] ROGOFF, M.J.; SCREVE, F. Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation. 2. vydání. Oxford: Elsevier, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4377-7871-7. [4] GASCH, R., TWELE, J. Wind Power Plants: Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation. 2nd ed. Heidelberg: Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-22937-4.

Recommended literature:

[1] GLASSMAN, I., YETTER, R, GLUMAC, N. Combustion. 5th ed. San Diego: Academic Press Inc. 2014. ISBN: 978-0-12-407913-7. [2] BEJAN, A., KRAUS, A. D. Heat Transfer Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 978-0-471-39015-2. [3] POTOCNIK, P. Natural Gas. Hard cover, 2010. ISBN 978-953-307-112-1.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.