Course detail

Alternative and Renewable Sources of Energy

FAST-DT53Acad. year: 2024/2025

Problems of primary energy sources and their application in systems of building services. Fossil fuels, renewable sources of energy and secondary sources of energy. Burning of the fossil fuel, boiler rooms for fossil fuels. Condensation technology. Principals of combined heat and power production – cogeneration units. Sources of low-potential heat. Heating systems with heat pumps. Solar energy – active solar systems and their sizing. Composition of phytomass and phytofuels and their energetic importance. Systems for burning of solid phytofuels. Utilization of waste heat. Basic concepts in atmosphere protection. Economic effectiveness of sources.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Karel Čupr, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Entry knowledge

Thermal technique. Heating.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Prime energy, its sources and transformations for puprpose of makong internal microclimate of the building. Renewable sources of the energy and technical tools for the using its in system of eniromental technique. Economics and ekologics factors of transformations energies.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Beranovský, Truxa: Alternativní energie pro váš dům. ERA Group 2003
Cihelka: Solární tepelná technika. Malina 2002

Recommended literature

Kolektiv: Obnovitelné zdroje energie. FCC PUBLIC 2002

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Karel Čupr, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Problems of primary energy sources and their application in systems of Building Services. 2. Fossil fuels. 3. Renewable sources of energy. 4. Secondary sources of energy. 5. Burning of the fossil fuel, boiler rooms for fossil fuels. 6. Condensation technology. 7. Principals of combined heat and power production – cogeneration units. 8. Sources of low-potential heat. 9. Heating systems with heat pumps. 10. Solar energy – active solar systems and their sizing. 11. Composition of phytomass and phytofuels and their energetic importance. Systems for burning of solid phytofuels. 12. Utilization of waste heat. 13. Basic concepts in atmosphere protection. Economic effectiveness of sources.