635-2030/01 – Resources and conversions of energy (ZPE)
Gurantor department | Department of Thermal Engineering | Credits | 7 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
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.
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Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Written test and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
Basic knowledge of maths and physics.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• The development of human civilization and energy. Basic concepts. Energy resources – classic, alternative. World, OECD, EU, Czech Republic - development of primary energy consumption, generation of electricity by sources. Coefficient of annual use of individual types of power plants. Emissions in energy conversion. Greenhouse effect. Emission of heat.
• Fossil fuels - solid, liquid, gaseous. Coal - black, brown, lignite. Mining and transport of coal. Possibilities of coal processing. Oil - distribution, mining and transport, refining, distillation.
• Gaseous fuels – blast furnace gas, coke gas, converter gas, blau gas, shale gas, natural gas, compressed NG.
• Basic properties of fuels. Chemical composition of fuel, fuel analysis, meaning of individual components.
• Heating values. Specific fuel. Basic types of flame temperatures.
• Combustion of fuels. Calculation of combustion air consumption and amount of flue gases. Excess combustion air. Fuel heating without air access.
• Combustion control. Analytical methods. Graphic methods - Ostwald combustion triangle and Bunte diagram.
• Energy recovery of waste - combustion, gasification. Processing in a plasma reactor.
• Nuclear energy. Energy from nuclear reactions. Ways to control the chain reaction. Nuclear reactor. Nuclear power plants. Fusion energy.
• Energy storage - electromechanical, thermal, chemical.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction