Course name : Ecology in Power Engineering
Course code : KKE/EKE
Number of contact hours/week : 3 (lecture) + 1 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor : Ing. Vladimír Křenek
Requirements for the successful completion of the course :
Continuous assessment : individual assignments
Final assessment : oral examination
Topics of lectures according to weeks :
1. Power engineering and ecology (relation between gaining, converting and utilizing energy and the environment)
2. Air pollution, air protection legislation (laws and regulations); emission and ambient air quality limits
3. Combustion process, SOx, NOx, COx arising from the combustion of fuels, combustion stoichiometry
4. Elimination of sulphur from fossil fuels before combustion, gasification of fuels, reduction of sulphur oxides from flue gas by means of nonregenerative and regenerative methods
5. Elimination and reduction of nitrogen oxides, primary and secondary methods, combined processes of reducing SOx, NOx, in power engineering systems, methods of reduction of CO2 emissions into ambient air, combined cycle, power and heating plants
6. Nature preservation and landscape protection, building law and assessment of the environmental impact of power plants
7. Utilization of renewable energy sources, fuel cells
8. Noise and noise reduction in technical practice
9. Storage and disposal of nuclear waste, basic principles of radiation protection
10. Waste water from power plants, classification of waste and industry water, elimination
of contamination, waste water treatment plants
11. Measuring and calculation of pollution concentration in the ground layer of the atmosphere
12. Separation of solid air pollutants, separators, filters, removal of slag from the combustion chamber
13. Solid waste from power plants, waste classification, municipal, special and dangerous waste
Topics of seminars according to weeks :
1. Calculation of emissions from power plants and determination of ambient air quality limits
2. Visit to the power plant “ Plzeňská teplárenská – ELU III “ (emission control and system of sulphur and nitrogen oxide reduction)
3. Visit to the power plant “ Plzeňská teplárenská – ELU III “ (emission control and system of sulphur and nitrogen oxide reduction)
4. Visit to the power plant “ Plzeňská teplárenská – ELU III “ (emission control and system of sulphur and nitrogen oxide reduction)
5. Visit to the Automatic Imission Monitoring plant (Pražská street)
6. Visit to the municipal water treatment plant (or waste water treatment plant)
7. Visit to the municipal water treatment plant (or waste water treatment plant)
8. Calculation of noise level and noise reduction in technical practice
9. Calculation of the once-through water cooling system and cooling by means of cooling towers
10. Calculation of admissible contamination for oil waste water, potable water and industry water
11. Calculation of chimney height, dispersion study
12. Calculation of ash disposal area for a 500 MW power plant
13. Test
List of literature:
[ 1 ] Mark Z. Jacobson : Atmospheric Pollution ( history, science and regulation ),
Cambridge University Press 2002, ISBN 0-521-81171-6
[ 2 ] James A. Fay, Dan S. Golomb : Energy and the Environment ,
Cambridge University Press 2002, ISBN 0-19-515092-9
[ 3 ] M. Rashid Khan : Conversion and utilisation of waste materials,
Taylor & Francis 1997, ISBN 1-56032-382-5
[ 4 ] Velma I. Grover, Vaneeta Kaur Grover, Wiliam Hogland :
Recovering Energy from Waste,
SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, Inc., New Hampshire, ISBN 1-57808-200-5
[ 5 ] Robert F. Hickey, Gretchen Smith : Biotechnology in Industrial Waste Treatment and
Bioremediation, CRC Press, Inc., 1996, ISBN 0-87371-916-6
[ 6 ] Mukund R. Patel : Wind and Solar Power Systems,
New York 1994, ISBN 1-67395-217-6
[ 7 ] J. H. Horlock : Combined Power Plants, including Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plants,
London, Springer-Verlag 1997, ISBN 0-52302-719-5
Course name: Solar and Wind Energy
Course code: KKE/ESV
Number of contact hours/week: 3 (lecture) + 1 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Petr Konáš
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: fulfilment of test requirements
Final assessment: combined examination (oral and written)
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. History of solar energy utilization, solar thermonuclear reaction
2. Solar radiation and its consequences for life on Earth, transfer of solar energy
3. Advantages and disadvantages of solar energy
4. Solar energy utilization
5. Solar collectors
6. Design of solar heating systems
7. Storage of solar energy
8. Wind as a source of energy
9. Energy characteristics of wind
10. Principles of wind energy conversion
11. Classification of wind motors
12. Design of wind motors, accessories
13. Storage of wind energy
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
In the seminars students use the knowledge gained in the lectures in solving practical problems.
The seminars are organized in the same chronological order as the lectures.
List of literature:
[1] Schmid, J., Palz, W.: European Wind Energy Technologies, vol. 3, series G,
Dordrecht 1986
[2] Musgrowe, P.: Wind Energy Conversion, Cambridge-London, 1985
[3] Jacob, M.: Heat Transfer, Vol. I, II, New York, London, 1957
[4] Braasch, R. H..: The design, construction, testing and manufacturing of vertical axis
wind turbine, Wind Energy Systems I, Amsterdam, 1978
[5] Tabor, H..: Selective Surfaces for Solar Collector, ASHRAE, New York, 1967
[6] Wesely, M. L., Lipschutz, R. G.: Solar Energy, Vol. 18, No 5, 1976
Course name : Energy Utilization and Waste Disposal
Course code : KKE/EVO
Number of contact hours/week : 3 (lecture) + 1 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Vladimír Křenek
Requirements for the successful completion of the course :
Continuous assessment : individual assignments
Final assessment : oral examination
Topics of lectures according to weeks :
1. Introduction, waste classification, waste disposal history
2. Basic properties of waste, taking of samples, quantity, types and composition of waste
3. Handling of waste, methods of solid waste collection
4. Transport of solid waste, conditions of solid waste transport
5. Waste utilization and disposal, waste composting
6. Dumping of solid waste, problems of dumping, methods of dumping control
7. Biogas production and utilization for the generation of energy
8. Combustion of waste, waste incineration plants, stabilization of the combustion process
9. Pyrolysis, hydrolysis, utilization of heat arising from waste combustion
10. Combined process of waste utilization and disposal
11. Utilization of waste from agricultural produce, production of bio oil and rape oil
12. Transmutation technology for the conversion and utilization of energy from nuclear waste
13. Emissions from waste combustion and methods of purification of flue gas arising
from waste combustion
Topics of seminars according to weeks :
1. Calculation of municipal waste quantity
2. Visit to the municipal waste storage area at Ledce
3. Visit to the municipal waste storage area at Ledce
4. Visit to the municipal waste storage area at Ledce
5. Visit to the incineration plant situated in the teaching hospital at Lochotín
6. Visit to the incineration plant situated in the teaching hospital at Lochotín
7. Visit to the incineration plant situated in the teaching hospital at Lochotín
8. Calculation and design of a waste disposal area
9. Calculation and design of a waste composting area
10. Calculation and design of waste incineration plant size
11. Calculation of heat produced by waste combustion
12. Calculation of emissions arising from waste combustion
13. Final test
List of literature:
[ 1 ] Mark Z. Jacobson : Atmospheric Pollution (history, science and regulation),
Cambridge University Press 2002, ISBN 0-521-81171-6
[ 2 ] James A. Fay, Dan S. Golomb : Energy and the Environment ,
Cambridge University Press 2002, ISBN 0-19-515092-9
[ 3 ] M. Rashid Khan : Conversion and utilisation of waste materials,
Taylor & Francis 1997, ISBN 1-56032-382-5
[ 4 ] Velma I. Grover, Vaneeta Kaur Grover, Wiliam Hogland: Recovering Energy from Waste, CIENCE PUBLISHERS, Inc., New Hampshire, ISBN 1-57808-200-5
[ 5 ] Robert F. Hickey, Gretchen Smith: Biotechnology in Industrial Waste Treatment and
Bioremediation, CRC Press, Inc., 1996, ISBN 0-87371-91
Course name: Hydropower
Course code: KKE/HE
Number of contact hours/week: 2 (lecture) + 2 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Prof. Ing. Jan Škopek, CSc.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: individual assignments
Final assessment: combined examination (oral and written)
Only those who have successfully met the continuous assessment requirements will be permitted
to take the examination.
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Introduction; history of developing hydropower in the Czech Republic
2. Right to utilize hydropower
3. Utilization of primary power sources
4. Classification of hydraulic turbines
5. Factors affecting operation efficiency
6. Preparations for the building or reconstruction of a small hydroelectric power plant (SHPP)
7. Procedures for gaining permission to build or reconstruct SHPP
8. SHPP design and drawings
9. Approval of building plans
10. Conditions of electric energy purchase
11. SHPP operation and maintenance
12. Safety and protection of the health of plant operators
13. Future trends in SHPP development, examples
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
- Estimate of maximum annual production of electrical energy
2. Calculation of losses in turbine supply piping
3. Preliminary specification of main turbine dimensions
4. Calculation of main turbine dimensions
5. Estimate of the number of turbines in power stations
6. Calculation of turbine moving wheels
- Main dimensions of the Pelton turbine
- Calculation of the suction pipe
- Turbine operation under changing conditions in comparison with nominal conditions
- Calculation of the turbine stage velocity triangle
- Calculation of the impulse turbine
- Calculation of the impulse turbine
- Calculation of the Banki turbine
List of literature:
[1] Ristinen R.A., Kraushaar J.J.: Energy and the Environment, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York,1998
Course name: Nuclear Power Engineering
Course code: KKE/JEZ
Number of contact hours/week: 3 (lecture) + 1 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Ing. Petr Konáš
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: fulfilment of test requirements
Final assessment: combined examination (oral and written)
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Nuclear power reaction (fission, fusion)
2. Fissionable materials; the moderator
3. Nuclear reactor theory; nuclear physics
4. Nuclear safety; heat transfer
5. Nuclear power station design
6. Control and protection systems
7. Pressurized water reactors (PWR)
8. Boiling water reactors (BWR)
9. MAGNOX reactors; advanced gas cooled reactors (AGR)
10. Sodium-cooled fast reactors (FBR)
11. Ecology of nuclear power reactors
12. Fission products
13. Radioactive waste, repository of radioactive waste
Topics of seminars according to weeks:
In the seminars students use the knowledge gained in the lectures in solving practical problems.
The seminars are organized in the same chronological order as the lectures.
List of literature:
[1] British Electricity International: Modern Power Station Practice. Nuclear Power
Generation (Volume J). Pergamon Press, 1992, ISBN 0-08-040519-3
[2] Weinberg, A. M., Wigner, E.P.: The physical theory of neutron chain reactors, Chicago,
University Chicago press, 1958
[3] Kammash, T.: Fusion reactor physics – principles and technology, Ann Arbor Science
Publishers, Ann Arbor, 1975
[4] Mc Dowel, M. R. C., Coleman, J. P.: Introduction to the theory of ion-atom collisions,
London, North-Holland Publ. Co., 1970
[5] Berkurts, K. H., Wirtz, K.: Neutron physics, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1964
[6] Bell, G. J., Glasstone, S. : Nuclear reactor theory, Princeton,
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. , 1974
[7] Lottes, P, A. : Nuclear reactor heat transfer, Argonne National Laboratory,
ANL-6469, 1961
[8] ASME boiler and pressure vessel code, section III – rules for construction of nuclear
vessels, New York , American society of mechanical engineers, 1968
Course name: Compressors, Refrigeration and Pumps
Course code: KKE/KCHC
Number of contact hours/week: 3 (lecture) +1 (seminar)
2 (self-study)
Course guarantor: Prof. Ing. Radim Mareš, CSc.
Requirements for the successful completion of the course:
Continuous assessment: fulfilment of test requirements
Final assessment: combined examination (written and oral)
Only those who have successfully met the continuous assessment requirements will be permitted to take the examination.
Topics of lectures according to weeks:
1. Definition of compressors; historical review; classification of compressors; fundamentals of the thermodynamics of gases; compression of wet air
2. Thermodynamics of compressors: representation of the theoretical cycle on pV and T-s diagrams; the actual compressor cycle; indicator diagram; compressor work
3. Compressors with clearance; volumetric efficiency; influence of the clearance volume upon compressor work; multistage compression; representation of multistage compression on p-V and T-s diagrams
4. Selection of intermediate pressure; influence of intermediate cooling; determination of the principal dimensions of reciprocating compressors; compressor power efficiency; shaft horse power of compressors
5. Determination of principal dimensions of multistage compressors; piston compressors; vacuum pumps; compressor valves; stuffing boxes and shaft seals; pistons; piston rings
6. Rotary compressors: rotary vane compressors; rolling piston compressors; liquid piston compressors; scroll-compressors; screw compressors; free-piston compressors; Roots blowers; membrane compressors
7. Compressor performance control: capacity control by speed variation; capacity control at constant speed (stop-start control; control by temporary unloading of the suction valves, by closing or throttling the suction line, by by-passing gas from delivery to the suction line, by increasing the clearance volume, by actuation of the valve during each cycle, by the by-pass valve in the cylinder wall, by a combination of the described methods)
8. Refrigeration: introduction and history; examples of application; the vapour compression cycle; energy equation and property diagrams; the simple vapour compression cycle; the vapour compression cycle in T-s and h-s diagrams; coefficient of performance; the actual vapour compression cycle
9. Volumetric behaviour; effect of subcooling and superheating; liquid-suction heat exchangers; volumetric behaviour
10. Two-stage cycles: different cycles; two-stage compression; two-stage throttling; comparative overview; optimum intermediate pressure; refrigerants; properties of refrigerants; refrigerant mixtures; secondary refrigerants
11. Alternative cycles: expansion cycles (Joule cycle; Hilsch tube/Ranque votex tube; Gifford/McMahon refrigerator; Linde and Claude cycles; Stirling cycle); absorption and sorption cycles