Course detail

Conversion of Energy and Its Impact on Environment

FSI-LVPAcad. year: 2010/2011

The course is intended to teach English as a foreign language at general level but it also introduces students to English for specific purposes (ESP).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Skála, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn general vocabulary and elementary grammar for everyday communication.

Prerequisites

Course is intended for beginners or false beginners.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is conditioned by active attendance and participation in the seminars and by meeting specific requirements of the teacher.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to prepare students for real-life communication in English language. They learn to describe problems, give instructions, ask questions, i.e. the skills that arise in a wide range of technical occupations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at seminars is systematically checked by the teacher. Students are allowed to miss 2 seminars. Provided that the number of missed seminars is higher, the teacher may establish additional conditions for the students to meet the course-unit credit requirements.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Kiely G.,: Environmental Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Boston, 1997
Moore W.J.,: Fyzikální chemie, SNTL, Praha, 1981
Baumbach G.,: Luftreinhaltung, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1992

Recommended reading

Skála Z.,: Ekologie v energetice, Brno PC DIR 1994
Černý V., Janeba B., Teysler J.,: Parní kotle, Technický průvodce č. 32, SNTL, Praha, 1983
Štorch O.,: Čištění průmyslových plynů a exhalací odlučovači, SNTL, Praha, 1974

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-TEP , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch M-TEP , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch M-FLI , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch M-FLI , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch M-ENI , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch M-ENI , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Zdeněk Skála, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Component of environment, atmosphere, composition of atmosphere. Physical properties.
2. Solid, liquid and gaseous industrial emission. Power generation emissions overview. Origin and sources.
3. Emission of CO, CO2, greenhouse effect, biomass and its combustion, specific emission of CO2.
4. Emissions of acid gases NOx, SOx, HCl, HF, secondary pollutions, O3 in ground layers of atmosphere.
5. Emission of PCDD, PCDF, PAH, soot, sources of emissions, options for decreasing pollutants concentrations.
6. Solid particles, fly ash, soot, ash balance, manipulation and storage of fly ash and slag.
7. Pollution spreading in atmosphere, air turbulence, atmosphere stability, inversion, calculation models of air pollutions.
8. Mechanical separators, particles settlement in gravity field, cyclones, construction and operation, filtration, textile filters, hose and pocket filters.
9. Electrostatic separators, principle, construction and operating. V-A characteristic, backward corona.
10. Desulphurisation of flue gases, chemical reactions, limestone methods.
11. NOx emission decreasing, primary steps, asid gas removal, catalytic methods of NOx decreasing.
12. Simultaneous removal of SO2 and NOX, flue gas cleaning in incineration stations.
13. Law for protecting of atmosphere cleanness, emission limits, removal of rests from cleaning technologies.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. et Ing. Jan Škvařil

Syllabus

1-2. Refreshing of thermodynamics basics.
3. Stoichiometry + determination of SO2 emissions, fly ash and slag.
4. Stoichiometry + determination of CO2 emissions for different kinds of fuels.
5. Determination of CO2 emissions from desulphurization.
6. Calculation of cyclone.
7. Acid gas removal.
8. Excursion - heating station - paper.
9. Calculation of separation ability of electrostatic separator.
10. Determination of emission concentration in atmosphere.
11. Regulation NO.117/97 Sb - Specific emission limits - example.
12. Excursion - incineration station.
13. Control of credit conditions and credit.