410-2204/04 – Electricity Generation and Utilization (VUEE)
| Gurantor department | Department of Electrical Power Engineering | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladimír Král, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladimír Král, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Passing the subject student is able to define basic electrical power terms, explain basic techniques of calculation of exercise, these apply to more complex problems and discuss achieved results from the area of electrical power engineering - production of electricity and its conversion to heat and light.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Other activities
Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Summary
The subject deals with problems of electricity production in several types of power plants. It also cover problems of electricity usage in form of heat and light.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Elaborated individual project report.
Test.
E-learning
Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.
Other requirements
Other requirements for the student are not.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Osnovy VUEE 410-2204/03 od 2025
Lectures:
Fundamental electricity terms, balance of electricity production and consumption and types of power plants.
Fundamentals of nuclear power. The utilisation of water for energy purposes.
Electrical part of power plants.
Renewable energy, safety and environment, fuel cells.
Energy storage. Batteries. Backup.
Smart grids, intelligent power management.
Electrical machinery and appliances. Power distribution systems.
Design of electrical and electronic equipment, safety. Electromagnetic compatibility.
Fundamental terms of thermal engineering. Basic principles of heat transfer.
Industrial heating - fundamentals. Heating fundamentals.
Fundamental terms of lighting technology.
Light sources, luminaires.
Lighting systems.
Exercises:
Fundamental energy terms (systems, load diagram).
Energy balances of condensing power plants.
Energy balances of nuclear power plants.
Energy balances of hydropower plants.
Efficiency of energy sources. Energy self-sufficient systems (PV, VPP, batteries).
Heat transfer calculations. Heat pumps.
Properties and parameters of heat generating appliances. Energy savings.
Fundamentals of lighting technology.
Parameters of light sources and luminaires, calculations of energy consumption of luminaires.
Credit.
Project:
Design of an optimal electricity supplier.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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