635-3048/03 – Energy systems (ENH)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Thermal EngineeringCredits7
Subject guarantorIng. Mario Machů, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Mario Machů, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2023/2024Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFMTIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
MAC589 Ing. Mario Machů, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 3+3
Part-time Credit and Examination 18+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Student will be able to: - categorize sources of thermal energy, apply the basic laws of transmission and transformation of thermal energy, understand thermal cycles, - determine fuel utilization, assess gas interchange, determine the energy and exergetic balances of equipment, - know the principles of power plant installations - boilers, turbines, pumps, compressors, - understand the issues of heating plants and steam cycles, - understand the methods and equipment for reducing the energy burden of the energy sources and the use of solid waste from combustion processes.

Teaching methods

Seminars

Summary

The course will introduce students to heat sources, physical laws of transmission and heat energy conversion. Students will learn the issues of fuel preparation and valuation, interchangeability of heating gases and approaches to the generation of energy and exergetic balances, understand the problems of energy equipment of power plants, boilers, pumps, compressed air production, steam cycles elements and familiarize themselves with the issue of methods and equipment for reducing the emission load and devices for utilization of solid residues of combustion processes.

Compulsory literature:

1. GOSWAMI, D.Y., KREITH, F. Energy conversion. CRC Press, 2008. 2. PEHNT M., CAMES M., FISCHER C., PRAETORIUS B., SCHNEIDER L., SCHUMACHER K., VOß JP. Micro cogeneration: towards decentralized energy systems. Springer Science & Business Media; 2006. 3. TOCHIHARA, Y., OHNAKA, T. Environmental Ergonomics: The Ergonomics of Human Comfort, Health, and Performance in the Thermal Environment. 1st ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN 0080444660. 4. SIENIUTYCZ, S., JEŻOWSKI, J. Energy Optimization in Process Systems. Oxford: Elsevier, 2009. ISBN 978-0-08-045141-1.

Recommended literature:

1. GLASSMAN, I., YETTER, R. A. Combustion. 4th ed. London: ELSEVIER, 2008. ISBN 978-0-12-088573-2. 2. MacKAY, D. J. C. Sustainable Energy - without the hot air. Cambridge: UIT, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3. 3. MICHAELIDES, E. Alternative Energy Sources. Heidelberg. Springer, 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-20950-5. 4. Journals: Power in Europe, GWI, Renewable Energy Focus.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Written test and oral exam.

E-learning

Other requirements

Attendance on excursions in producing plants, protocols from exercises.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. First law of thermodynamics, heat, work, state quantities of ideal gases, enthalpy, technical work. Basic changes in the p-v diagram. 2. Entropy. The second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle, basic changes in the T-s diagram. 3. Real gases and vapors. Boiling and condensation., Thermodynamics of gas flow, moist air, Mollier diagram, basic calculations of moist air processes. 4. Production and use of steam, Vapor heat. Water vapor diagrams. Theoretical and practical steam circulation. Elements of steam circulation. 5. Production of compressed air, ideal and real course of compression. Piston compressor, principle, volumetric efficiency, supplied quantity, power input, division of compression ratio. 6. Turbocompressors. Transport height, static and dynamic component, reaction degree, torque on the shaft, power input, theoretical transported quantity, pressure number, blade shapes. Theoretical and actual characteristics of the turbocompressor, regulation. 7. Thermal circuits of heat engines. Gas turbines. 8. Reverse circulation, heat pumps, cooling systems. 9. Automatic regulation of thermal energy devices. Fuel preparation equipment. Theory of interchangeability of gaseous fuels, implementation of mixing stations in practice. 10. Heating operations. Types, operation and construction of hot water and steam boilers. 11. Cogeneration – combined production of heat and electricity. Heat networks - heat distribution, types and construction of networks, transfer stations, thermal insulation. 12. Transport of water by pumping, transport height. Piston pump, principle, transported quantity, power input, volumetric efficiency, regulation. Centrifugal pumps. Quantity, torque on the shaft, power. Effects on suction height.

Conditions for subject completion

Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study

Occurrence in study plans

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2025/2026 (N0719A270004) Materials and technologies for energy industry EPT K Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan

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