Energy Sources and Conversions

Lecturer:

Michal Kolovratník (gar.)

Tutor:

Ondřej Bartoš, Jakub Maščuch, Monika Vitvarová

Supervisor:

Department of Energy Engineering

Synopsis:

Energy sources, conversion and utilisation. Overview of global and CZ energy resources and demands. Different types of fossil fuel and the nature of the combustion process. Emissions. Basic thermodynamic cycles, thermal efficiency. Principles of thermal energy conversion in boilers, steam turbines, internal combustion engines and gas turbines. Fission and fusion. Nuclear reactor. Renewable energies: solar energy, utilization of wind, geothermal energy, biomass, ocean energy (tidal energy, temperature-gradient,?). Direct conversion of energy in various forms to electrical energy.

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Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomT4:C1-310 Maščuch J. 09:00–10:30 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice Ucebna 310
Tue
Fri	roomT4:C2-136 Kolovratník M. 14:15–16:45 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice Poslucharna 136
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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: