Course detail

Conversion of Energy and Its Impact on Environment

FSI-LVPAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course is concerned with power engineering and its influence on the environment, above all, on the air. Student will be made familiar with pollutants from the combustion process, and they will learn of flue gas cleaning (dust eliminating, desulfurization and technologies reducing NOx emissions. Last lecture deals with the dumping of solid residues from cleaning technologies.

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 of basic stoichiometric calculation of combustion processes, calculation of reactant consumption. They will acquire the basic knowledge of flue gas cleaning technologies and knowledge for designing individual devices used for flue gas cleaning.

Prerequisites

Boilers, sources and transformation of energy, termomechanics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Active participation at seminars, handing in 2 assignments.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Student will be made familiar with the main pollutants of combustion processes, spreading of these pollutants and with methods for the protection of the environment . They will also be informed of the design of dust eliminating and desuphurization devices and NOx decreasing methods.

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

Attendance at seminars is required, compensation of missed lessons to be negotiated with a teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

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

Recommended reading

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

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    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-TEP , 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 hod., 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 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Marian Brázdil, Ph.D.
Ing. Michal Špiláček, Ph.D.

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.