Course detail

Modern Energetics

FSI-LMEAcad. year: 2022/2023

 The course will discuss topics that reflect current trends in the energy sector. The course is divided into three parts. The first part will be devoted to CCS and CCU technologies, which are technologies related to the capture of carbon dioxide released during combustion processes. The next part of the course will focus on the new field of hydrogen energy and energy storage - power to X (gas, heat...) systems. The last part will be devoted to the topic of nuclear energy.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Graduates will be introduced to current trends in energy transformation, storage and use. They will have an overview of developments in the field of energy and will be able to critically evaluate possible scenarios of change in practice.

Prerequisites

Energy basic knowlage

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching will take place in blocks where frontal teaching, independent work and solving assignments in teams will be combined.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The evaluation of the course will be carried out within the framework of a classified credit. The graded credit will take the form of a test (paper or online).

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The purpose of the course is to bring new and current topics into the undergraduate curriculum. The aim is to introduce students to the new technologies that are coming to the fore in the context of global changes in the energy sector.

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

Classes will be held in blocks, participation is compulsory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bailera, M, Lisbona, P, Peña, B, & Romeo, LM 2020, Energy Storage : Hybridization of Power-To-Gas Technology and CarbonCapture, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham. Available from: ProQuest Ebook Central. ISBN-13: 978-3-03046-526-1 (EN)
Boudellal, Méziane. Power-to-Gas: Renewable Hydrogen Economy for the Energy Transition, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110559811 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-ENE-P Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme LLE Lifelong learning

    branch CZV , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.
prof. Ing. Jiří Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Ing. Ladislav Šnajdárek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basics of carbon dioxide emissions, basics of CCS and CCU methods

2. CO2 capture methods

3. Methods of CO2 storage

4. Methods of CO2 recovery

5. Energy systems involving hydrogen generation

6. Energy storage, Power to X system

7. Synthetic methane and biomethane

8. Energy self-sufficiency

9. Conceptual design of NPPs with pressurized water reactors, fast reactors

10. Small modular reactor concepts

11. NPP fuel cycle, storage and disposal of used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste

12.Thermonuclear fusion, Radioisotope generators

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jiří Pospíšil, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Marek Baláš, Ph.D.
Ing. Ladislav Šnajdárek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Carbon sink balance calculations

2. Design of CO2 compression technology

3. Calculation of basic operating parameters of various nuclear and fusion power plants

4. Nuclear fission and nuclear synthesis, effective cross sections of various substances and mixtures of substances, definition, calculation

5. Excursions

6. Energy self-sufficiency balance calculations

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course