617-0953/02 – Chemistry of Caustobioliths (CHK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Extending of the knowledge about theoretical and technological principles of the processes using caustobioliths.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
Origin, chemical composition and modern processing technologies of solid, liquid and gaseous caustobioliths and their importance for the global economy.
Compulsory literature:
1) Speight, J.G.: Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum. CRC/Taylor&Francis 2007
2) Krevelen, D.W. van. Coal : typology, physics, chemistry, constitution. 3.vydání. Elsevier 1993
3) Berkowitz,N.: An introduction to coal technology. Academic Press 1994
Recommended literature:
1) Speight,J.G.: Handbook of Coal Analysis.Wiley- Interscience 2005
2) Speight,J.G.: Handbook of Petroleum Analysis. Wiley- Interscience 2001
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
They will be specified according to the thesis topic.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Genesis of caustobioliths. History of caustobioliths utilization, present status and perspective. The main world caustobioliths resources. Economic and environmental aspects of the fuel utilization.
2. Coal petrography. Current views on the composition and structure of coal. Chemistry of combustion, gasification and coal carbonization. The process of self-combustion. Possibilities of obtaining liquid fuels from coal. Clean Coal Technology. Non-energy use of coal and products of its processing. Chemistry of tar and pitch.
3.Crude oil, its composition and classification. Recovery, primary processing, transport and storage. Chemical processes of oil refining. Oil and the environment. Biological degradation of petroleum and petroleum derivatives. The production of fuels and lubricants. Fuel combustion in diesel and gasoline engines. Heating oil. Asphalt.
4. Natural gas. Gaseous fuels in transportation. Gasification of coal. Syngas. Reactors for gasification. Underground gasification.
5.Alternative fuels. Extra heavy oils, bituminous sands and kerogen rocks.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
Předmět neobsahuje žádné hodnocení.