Czech

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The students will gain knowledge about the possibilities of the production of electricity in small business sphere and in households, they will gain insight in the economic evaluation of the profitability of low power sources, especially the sources with the combined heat and electricity production, they will be able to carry out a qualified evaluation of profitability for the use of various types of low power sources in various applications

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

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

- two semestral projects - 2 x max. 3 points (6 points in total)
- credit test max. 15 points
- laboratory projects max. 24 points
- final exam max. 55 points

The necessary condition to get credits is to obtain at least 20 points in evaluated activities.

LECTURES:
1. Introduction into the field of small power sources, efficiency balance of small power sources, energy potential within the Czech Republic
2. Small water power plants - energy potential of water flows within the Czech Republic, basic distribution of small water plants, basic hydrological computations
3. Small water power plants - operation and electric parameters, incorporation of small water plants into electricity supply system. Semestral project assignment
4. Wind power plants - wind conditions within the European Union and the Czech Republic (energy potential of wind in the Czech Republic), the types of wind power plants, operation and electrical parameters
5. Wind power plants - regulation of wind motors, influences of wind power plants on the operation of electricity supply system, operation economy
6. Solar energy - introduction into helio-energetics, the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy, fotovoltaic transformation
7. Photovoltaic power plants - construction of solar power plants, incorporation of solar power plants into the electricity supply system, semestral project assignment
8. Co-generation units (CU) of low efficiency, used machine unit of CU, the construction of units
9. Co-generation units - incorporation into supply network, analysis of starting cycle and operation parameters
10. Biomass - usage of bio-fuel within small power plants, the sources of biomass, combined combustion of biomass, economic evaluation of the systems
11. Fuel elements - the principal of its function, possibilities of fuel elements usage, hydrogen management
12. Heat pumps - the principal of its function, possibilities of its usage, determination of energetic heating factor
13. Other technologies usable within small power plants, Stirling's motor, thermocouples, economic evaluation of systems

LABORATORY TRAINING:
- measuring of operational characteristics of water power plants
- loading characteristics of photovoltaic panels
- fuel elements characteristics
- operation states and characteristics of heat pump

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Explain the possibilities and the ways of small-scale productin of electrical energy within middle-firm environment or household, introduce the students with the systems of reserve power sources with diesel generators or accumulators. Specify the possibilities of small power, solar and wind power plants within Czech Republic and to intorduce the possibilities of application if co-generation power units. After passing this cource, the students are able to evaluate expertly the advantages of small power sources usage in different applications including the evaluation of economic parameters, operation, maintenance and the influence on the supply network.
The students will be familier with the alternative power sources, mainly within the field of low-energy buildings using bio-fuel.
The students will also get a survey in other technologies used for small power plants such as fuel elements, thermocouple, Stirling's engine etc.

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

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Gabriel,P., Kučerová,J.:Navrhování vodních elektráren, ČVUT Praha 2000 (CS)
Krbek,J. Polesný,B.: Malé kogenerační jednotky v komunální a průmyslové energetice, PC-DIR, 1999 (CS)
Rychetník,V., Pavelka,J., Janoušek,J.:Větrné motory a elektrárny, ČVUT 1997 (CS)