Course detail

Utility Networks (S)

FAST-BPB001Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course deals with conduit of utility networks (conduit of technical equipment) in general, especially underground networks. The general part includes basic concepts, network division, category and history. Students will be introduced with the standards and regulations of the topic, space arrangement of conduit of technical equipment. It will also be discussed designing of pipe networks (water supply, sewerage, heat, steam and gas) and cable lines (electricity system, telecommunication and data networks). From the aspects of building the student will be acquainted with pipes materials and methods of construction and rehabilitation of networks, especially in their underground storage.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Entry knowledge

physics, fundamentals of hydraulics and thermodynamics

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Student shell get a overview about the significance of technical equipment network in the contemporary society and fundamental information about system and components of particular networks. He shall get acquainted about connections and cohesion between particular networks, and some more detailed information about function, planning and operating of pipe networks similar to those water management ones – gas and heat piping. From the constructional point of view he shell make acquaintance with building materials and principal building processes of particular networks, especially in their underground placing. Having frecuented he should be able, after some brief amendments of knowledge, to find job in gas and heat supply branche.
Student will manage basic of design and planning of technical equipment network, and some more detailed information about function, planning and operating of gas and heat pipe networks.

Study aids

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 S , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to utility networks (conduit of technical equipment), history development.
  • 2. Spatial coordination of utility.
  • 3. Space arrangement of conduit of technical eguipment.
  • 4. Water supply.
  • 5. Sewerage networks.
  • 6. Regularities of gas flow, basic theory of pipe networks.
  • 7. Heat networks.
  • 8. Supply of gas pipeline networks.
  • 9. Gas pipeline networks.
  • 10. Energy and communication networks.
  • 11. Construction and rehabilitation of pipe networks.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Coorditation of conduit of technical eguipment I., enter of seminary work.
  • 2. Coorditation of conduit of technical eguipment II.
  • 3. Design of cross section of the collector.
  • 4. Highrise scheme of water supply / water connection.
  • 5. Design of sewer connections I.
  • 6. Design of sewer connections II.
  • 7. Design of sewer connections III.
  • 8. Lenght optimization of water/gas pipelines.
  • 9. Seminar work - presentation.
  • 10. Seminar work - presentation.
  • 11. Credit.