617-2012/01 – Technology and Analysis of Fuels (TAP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Chemistry | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Kamil Wichterle, DrSc. | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Ivan Koutník, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Objectives of subject:
- To familiarize students with the occurrence, extraction and processing of fuels.
- Clarify the listeners interconnection technology fuels with the other industries.
- To familiarize students to the basic methods of determining the quality parameters of fuels.
Acquired knowledge:
- fuels classification, origin and world reserves,
- fuels mining, processing, transportation and trade,
- fuels utilisation.
Acquired skills:
- sampling of liquid, solid and gas fuels,
- analysis of liquid, solid and gas fuels,
- evaluate the quality and usability of fuels.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Theoretical fundamentals of the fuels technology. Current processes and their innovation, use of the main classes of fuel in the energetics, chemical industry, metallurgy and other industries. New processing technology and fuel utilization. Environmental protection issues in fuel technology.
Compulsory literature:
1) Speight, J.G.: Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum. CRC/Taylor&Francis 2007
2) Berkowitz,N.: An introduction to coal technology. Academic Press 1994
Recommended literature:
1) Krevelen, D.W. van. Coal : typology, physics, chemistry, constitution. 3.vydání. Elsevier 1993
2) Harry Marsh,H., Heintz, E.A., Rodríguez-Reinoso,F. (Eds.): Introduction to carbon technologies. Universidad de Alicante. 2000
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Passing the computational tests.
Passing the required number of laboratory exercises and handing of laboratory protocols.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. World energy resources and consumption. Fuels classification. Origin of caustobioliths.
2. Coal, properties, types. Solid fuel analysis.
3. Coal treatment. Coking technology, products of coking and their properties.
4. Coking products utilization. Coal tar and coal tar pitch technology. Carbon materials.
5. Combustion. Principles, processes, equipment.
6. Gasification. Principles, processes, equipment. Gasification products utilization. Underground gasification
7. Gas treatment, filtration, absorption, adsorption, desulfurization, de – Nox technology.
8. Natural gas. World reserves of natural gas. Processing, stocking and utilization. Shale gas.
9. Biogas. Wet and dry digestion. Biogas station.
10. Hydrogen. Production, utilization, perspectives. Fuel cell.
11. Oil, composition, properties, classification. Analysis of liquid fuels and oils.
12. Oil extraction, processing, transport, utilization.
13. Petrochemistry. Distillation of crude oil. Refining of petroleum fractions.
14. Liquid Biofuels. Alcohol fuels. Rape oil.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction