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Course, academic year 2013/2014
  
Alternative energy sources - D218028
Title: Alternativní zdroje energie
Guaranteed by: Department of Power Engineering (218)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2011 to 2013
Semester: both
Points: 0
E-Credits: 0
Examination process:
Hours per week, examination: 0/0, other [HT]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: Jiříček Ivo Ing. CSc.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course is focused on electricity and heat production from sustainable and renewable energy sources by innovative technologies and seeks potential solutions through the knowledge of renewable energy systems, their underlying physical principles, their economics, impact on environment and their integration into world's energy systems.
Last update: Jiříček Ivo (05.06.2017)
Aim of the course -

Students will be able to:

Analyze processes in the production of ecological green electricity

Balance and optimize basic technologies for solar and geothermal resource utilization

Design a simple photovoltaic system with battery storage for house application

Analyze the levellized cost of electricity from sustainable and renewable technologies

Last update: Jiříček Ivo (05.06.2017)
Literature -

D:Sjaak van Loo, Jaap Koppejan:The Handbook of Biomass Combustion & Cofiring, Earthscan,2008,978-84407-249-1

D:21th Century Complete Guide to Biofuels and Bioenergy, on CD ROM, Department of Energy Alternative Fuel Rresearch,1-59248-279-1

D:Thomsa B. Johansson, Henry Kelly, Amulya K. N. Reddy: Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity,Island Press,1992,1559631384

D:Paul Gipe:Wind Power,Revised Edition:Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business,Chelsea Green Publishing Company;19314981482004

D:Godfrey Boyle:Renewable Energy:Power for Sustainable Future-Second Edition,Oxford University Press,2004,0-19-926178-4

D:James Larminie, Andrew Dicks , John Wiley & Sons:Fuel Cell Systems Explained,2 edition,2003,047084857X

ENF China (www.enf.cn)

Global Solar Thermal Energy Council (www.solarthermalworld.org)

Greentech Media (www.greentechmedia.com)

PV Tech (www.PV-tech.org)

Renewable Energy World (www.renewableenergyworld.com)

Solar Industry (www.solarindustrymag.com)

SolarServer (www.solarserver.de)

Top 50 Solar (www.top50-solar.de)

Last update: Jiříček Ivo (05.06.2017)
Teaching methods -

selfstudy and consultations

Last update: Jiříček Ivo (02.02.2015)
Requirements to the exam -

1. Acceptable test score

2. Acceptable score in oral examination

Last update: Jiříček Ivo (02.02.2015)
Learning resources -

Alternative energy sources I., http://web.vscht.cz/jiriceki

Alternative energy sources II., http://web.vscht.cz/jiriceki

Mastný Petr et all: Renewable sources of electric energy http://k315.feld.cvut.cz/CD_MPO/CVUT-2-OZE.pdf

Handbook for Solar Photovoltaic (PV)Systems, http://www.bca.gov.sg/publications/others/handbook_for_solar_pv_systems.pdf

Renewable Energy Technologies, Long Term Research in the 6th Framework Programme,2002 I 2006, http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/pdf/synopses_res_en.pdf

Introduction to Renewable Energy Technology, A YEAR-LONG SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COURSEby Matthew A. Brown, Lakewood, CO, http://www.nrel.gov/education/pdfs/educational_resources/high_school/re_intro.pdf

Last update: Jiříček Ivo (05.06.2017)
 
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