Coal Technology - N216013
Title: Technologie uhlí
Guaranteed by: Department of Gaseous and Solid Fuels and Air protection (216)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2021
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: cancelled
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Is provided by: M216010
Guarantor: Ciahotný Karel doc. Ing. CSc.
Is interchangeable with: M216010
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course will provide basic information about deposits of coal and its mining technologies and information about the basic technologies of the coal utilization (combustion, gasification, liquefaction, production of activated carbon). The course also includes one lecture on the production and use of alternative fuels based on renewable energy sources.
Last update: Ciahotný Karel (17.08.2016)
Aim of the course -

Students will be able to: understand the composition of coal, its deposits, reserves life, processing technologies and importance of coal among the fossil fuel-energy resources.

Last update: Ciahotný Karel (17.08.2016)
Course completion requirements -

Participation in lectures at least 75%.

Successful passing of the exam test.

Successful passing of the oral part of the exam.

Last update: Ciahotný Karel (30.07.2013)
Literature -

R.: Roubíček, Buchtele: Uhlí - zdroje, procesy, užití; Montanex, Ostrava, 2002

R.: K. Ciahotný: Vlastnosti, výroba a použití uhlíkatých adsorbentů; Textbook ICT Prague, 2003

A.: K. Ciahotný: Energetické zdroje České republiky a jejich předpokládaný vývoj; Textbook ICT Prague, 2003

A.: Orhan Kural: Coal -Resources, Properties, Utilization, Pollution; Istambul 1995

Last update: Ciahotný Karel (31.07.2013)
Teaching methods -

Two hours of lectures weekly.

Last update: Ciahotný Karel (30.07.2013)
Syllabus -

1. The coal position among the primary energy sources, coal as an energy source and chemical raw material

2. Methods for the black and brown coal mining, coal treatment processes

3. Technological processes for drying, grinding and briquetting of coal

4. The use of coal in the past, the present and the future

5. Processes for the coal gasification, types of gasification equipment

6. Technologies for cleaning and processing of manufactured gas

7. Technologies of direct liquefaction of coal

8. Technologies for indirect coal liquefaction

9. Coke production

10. The use of coal for energy purposes, combustion processes

11. Types of combustion plants of different performances, their advantages and disadvantages

12. The production of the pollutants in the coal combustion, the primary options for pollution control

13. Carbon capture and storage technologies

Last update: Ciahotný Karel (17.08.2016)
Learning resources -

Ullmann-encyclopedia of industrial chemistry: http://knihovna.vscht.cz/databaze-intro_cze.html

Last update: Ciahotný Karel (30.07.2013)
Registration requirements -

Coal and Gas Processing and Utilization

Last update: Hlinčík Tomáš (31.01.2018)
Teaching methods
Activity Credits Hours
Konzultace s vyučujícími 0.5 14
Účast na přednáškách 1 28
Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi 0.5 14
Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování 1 28
3 / 3 84 / 84
Coursework assessment
Form Significance
Regular attendance 20
Examination test 30
Oral examination 50