Alternative Fuels in Transport - B228001
Title: Alternativní paliva v dopravě
Guaranteed by: Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry (228)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2024
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:3
E-Credits: winter s.:3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: Mužíková Zlata Ing. Ph.D.
Kittel Hugo Ing. Bc. CSc., MBA
Classification: Chemistry > Environmental Chemistry
Is incompatible with: N215019
Is interchangeable with: N215019
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course is aimed at traditional and alternative motor fuels, their properties, production and use. Problems of measuring emissions and their reduction from combustion engines are introduced. Students are also acquainted with the legislation and the prospects for the use of alternative fuels.
Last update: Cibulková Jana (16.03.2024)
Aim of the course -

Students will be able to:

Understand the issue of fuel use in transport and to know the current trends in the characteristics and quality of fuels.

Explain the basic technological processes associated with the production of conventional and alternative motor fuels.

Understand the basic legislation governing the use of transport fuels.

Explain the relationship between fuel quality and the formation and composition of the exhaust gases, including options to minimize pollutant emissions.

Fundamentals of analysis of pollutant emissions in the exhaust gases.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (16.03.2024)
Literature -

A: V. Matějovský: Automobilová paliva. Grada Publishing, Praha 2005, ISBN 80-247-0350-5.

A: J. Kameš: Alternativní pohony automobilů. BEN - technická literatura. Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7300-127-6.

Last update: Cibulková Jana (16.03.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

Written test - time to complete: 2 lessons

Oral examination - evaluation of the test, supplementary questions, duration 60 min.

Last update: Mužíková Zlata (02.05.2024)
Syllabus -

1. Fuels in current transport - road, rail, sea and air transport

2. Raw materials and energy for the production of alternative fuels - carbohydrates, fatty acids and their esters, waste plastics and tyres, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water and electricity

3. Alternative fuel production technologies - modifications of proven technologies (thermal processes, catalytic cracking, hydrotreating and hydrocracking, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, methanol and ammonia synthesis, fermentation and transesterification)

4. New technologies for the production of alternative fuels (methanol-to-gasoline (MTG), hydrotreating, supercritical liquefaction, fluidized, ebullated and expanded catalyst technologies)

5. The concept of an alternative fuels platform in general, according to the IEA, linking feedstock, technology and the resulting alternative fuels

6. Platform - hydrogen and synthesis gas, methanol and ammonia

7. Platform - natural gas biogas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

8. Platform - biethanol and bioalcohols

9. Platform - bio-oils, fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) and hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA)

10. Platform - new products (selected sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), dimethyl ether (DME), etc.)

11. Critical negative environmental impacts of transport

12. Measurement of pollutant emissions from transport and modern trends in reducing these emissions

13. Modern trends in motor vehicle propulsion - electric motors, fuel cells, new combustion engine designs, turbines

14. EU Transport Strategy 2050 - critical starting points, activities and documents

Last update: Šimáček Pavel (18.03.2024)
Learning resources

Zlata Mužíková: Alternativní paliva v dopravě. Available at http://web.vscht.cz/muzikovz/APD/

Last update: Cibulková Jana (16.03.2024)
Registration requirements -

none

Last update: Cibulková Jana (16.03.2024)
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Examination test 50
Oral examination 50