Course detail

Technical Thermodynamics

FAST-BJA020Acad. year: 2021/2022

The principles of thermodynamics: the development of thermodynamics, the importance of it in thermal operations in the production of building materials, the laws, the state and process variables, volume and technical work, cyclic processes, thermal diagrams, entropy and irreversibility of processes in practice.
Streaming of liquids: basic terms, energetic balance, loss in real systems.
Heat transfer: by conduction, radiation, convection, criteria of similarity.
Thermodynamics of steams: real steams and gases, thermal diagrams and application, state of steams and their changes, mixing of steam with water.
Thermodynamics of humid air: state variables, state equation, i-x diagrams and its application, changes of state, mixing of air streams, heat and mass transfer, principles of the drying process, the static of drying, balances, types of dryers, and the application of i-x diagram.
Principles of combustion: solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, components and properties, combustion static, quantity of air and of combustion products, principles of heat balances of kilns.
Energetic and ecology: energetic of building materials production, development in the world, ecological aspects of EU legislative.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring the knowledge on the importance of heat engineering in decisive technological production processes of construction substances, as well as in terms of process and production quality and mainly in the economy of production and ecological aspects.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of physics, knowledge of technological processes for binders and ceramic products production, especially drying and burning processes.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Thermodynamic laws, state and technological quantities, volume work and technical work, cyclic processes.
2. Heat diagrams, entropy, irreversibility of processes in practice.
3. Flow of liquids, terminology, energetic balance, flow loss in real systems of building materials.
4. Thermodynamics of vapours, real gases and vapours, heat diagrams.
5. Diagrams application, the state of vapours and their changes, mixing of vapours and of vapour with water.
6. Thermodynamics of humid air, state variables, state equations.
7. i-x diagram and its applications, state transformations, mixing of air flows.
8. Heat transmission and mass transfer, principles of the drying process, statics of drying, balances, type of dryers.
9. Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, components of fuels, possibilities of alternative fuels, predictions concerning the securing of primary energy sources.
10. Fundamentals of combustion, combustion statics, quantity of air and of combustion gases.
11. Principles of kilns heat balance, survey of kiln units for the production of building materials, burners.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Complete overview about the importance of heat techniques in decisive technological processes of building materials production, especially of production economy and ecological aspects. Basic outlook in national and worldwide balance of energetic resources, mastery of heat balances and of tasks connected wit heat savings solution especially in energetically most demanding processes of drying and burning, environmental responsibility improvement of building materials manufacturers to produce sustain ecologically acceptable products.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization M , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Thermodynamic laws, state and technological quantities, volume work and technical work, cyclic processes. 2. Heat diagrams, entropy, irreversibility of processes in practice. 3. Flow of liquids, terminology, energetic balance, flow loss in real systems of building materials. 4. Thermodynamics of vapours, real gases and vapours, heat diagrams. 5. Diagrams application, the state of vapours and their changes, mixing of vapours and of vapour with water. 6. Thermodynamics of humid air, state variables, state equations. 7. i-x diagram and its applications, state transformations, mixing of air flows. 8. Heat transmission and mass transfer, principles of the drying process, statics of drying, balances, type of dryers. 9. Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, components of fuels, possibilities of alternative fuels, predictions concerning the securing of primary energy sources. 10. Fundamentals of combustion, combustion statics, quantity of air and of combustion gases. 11. Principles of kilns heat balance, survey of kiln units for the production of building materials, burners.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

The seminar focuses on theory and calculations. Students are required to have a calculator, ruler and pencil. 1. The three basic processes of ideal gas, temperature measurement, thermal expansion. 2. First law of thermodynamics and its application in the four basic processes, calculations of heat and work. 3. Second law of thermodynamics, entropy, reversile and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle (first part). 4. Second law of thermodynamics, entropy, reversible and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle (second part). 5. Damp steam, saturated steam, superheated steam, basic terminology, credit test I. 6. Damp steam, saturated steam, superheated steam, calculations. 7. Thermodynamics of humid air, terminology concerning heat diagram of humid air, simple calculations. 8. Thermodynamics of humid air, heat balance of dryers. 9. Heat exchange, heat balance of tunel kiln (first part). 10. Heat balance of tunel kiln (second part). 11. Credit test II.