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Last update: Lindner Jiří Ing. Ph.D. (14.06.2019)
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Last update: Lindner Jiří Ing. Ph.D. (14.06.2019)
The students will gain theoretical and practical skills for: 1. Classical and renewable sources of energy and technology of their utilization (fotovoltaics, heat pumps, biofuels,…) 2. Technology for electrical and other energy storage (electrochemical, conversion technologies,…) 3. Energy savings (e. g. passive houses). 4. Rational chemical-engineering view of energetics. 5. Utilization of so called enabling technologies and smart technologies. |
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Last update: Grof Zdeněk doc. Ing. Ph.D. (03.10.2019)
R: Beggs C.: Energy. Management, supply and conservation. 2nd edition. Butterworth-Heinemann (2009). R: Cussler E.L., Moggridge G.D.: Chemical product design, 2nd edition. Cambridge Univ. Press (2011). |
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Last update: Lindner Jiří Ing. Ph.D. (14.06.2019)
Study materials in the form of PPT presentations or texts are available. |
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Last update: Lindner Jiří Ing. Ph.D. (14.06.2019)
Lectures two hours per week, seminars 1 hour per week. |
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Last update: Grof Zdeněk doc. Ing. Ph.D. (13.06.2019)
Student must work out and submit three individual projects.
Oral exam: Student answers two questions from a list of topics that were covered during the lectures. |
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Last update: Lindner Jiří Ing. Ph.D. (14.06.2019)
1. Introduction to energetics. Sectors of energetics, history, social needs, energy mix. Cost of 1kWh of various types of energy. Long-term trends in energy consumptions. 2. Fossils vs. renewable sources of energy. Waste use in energy applications, Geographical accessibility. Economical, ecological, and safety aspects. 3. Wind and solar energy. Wind turbines, fotovoltaics, solar heating, heat tube. Solar cooling. Fotocatalysis. 4. Biofuels. Calculation of EROI (energy returned on energy invested). Basic concepts of biorefineries. Critical evaluation of the potential and benefits of biofuels. 5. Electric energy accumulation, pump-storage hydroelectricity, compressed air, hydrogen, electrochemical storage of energy, super-capacitors, thermal and chemical storage of energy. Demand and consumption time curves of electricity. 6. Batteries. Basic principles of batteries and introduction to systematic description and characterization. Potential distribution, load-test curves, shelf/working life, future development. 7. Fuel cells with various types of fuels. Hydrogen economics. System metal-air. 8. Thermoelectric devices. Seebeck, Peltier, Thomson, RF heating, microwaves, induction, laser, etc. Cascade temperature controllers. 9. Cooling of industrial processes and economics of cooling. Adsorption cooling. 10. Heat engines and their thermodynamics. Diagrams T-S. Combustion engines and turbines. Efficiency improvement. Utilization of waste heat. Economics of heat and electricity cogeneration. 11. Heat pumps and air conditions for households and various objects. Principles and schematics of working medium cycle. Accumulation of cold and its practical use. Economic payoff. 12. Low-energy and passive houses. Passive ventilation, heating and cooling. Accumulation of heat energy and its utilization for heating. Radiation heating. Energetical efficiency of lighting. Problem of optimal humidity of air. 13. Energy savings and ways of their achievements for electricity, heat and transport. Examples of successful and unsuccessful concepts. Desalination of sea water by means of various technologies. 14. Rational chemical-engineering view of energetics. Investment return. Scenarios of energy safety. Shaly gas. Time price of electricity. Concept of LCOE (levelized cost of energy). |
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Last update: Grof Zdeněk doc. Ing. Ph.D. (13.06.2019)
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering I |