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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Lecture: 1. Potential of renewable sources of energy, possible uses in Czech Republic power grid. Renewable energy sources and their application in practice, social and economic benefits. 2. Basic principles used in photovoltaics, efficiency, new research activities in the world and application in practice. 3. Solar panels, construction, projection. Solar power plants. 4. Energy from waste. 5. Boilers for waste to energy conversions. Grill fireplace. Control of output. 6. Principles of gaining energy from biomass, limiting conditions, sources of biomass. 7. Treatment and processing of biomass for energy gain purposes. Impact on environment. 8. Basics of biogas technique, technology of production methods, sideeffects of biogas production. 9. Combustion of biofuel, boilers of small and medium output, boilers with output greater than 5 MW. Regulation of power output, cogeneration. 10. Principles of wind power plants, development trends, ned constructions and limiting conditions. Potential impacts on environment. 11. Designing, requirements for building permit, returnability of investment, technology of production and con-struction. 12. Summary of water turbines and small water turbines and utilization of water potential in ČR, pumped storage power plants and their future. 13. Geothermal energy, basic description of technology, impact on environment, economics and returnability of investment, uncertanity in success of HDR project. 14. Consequences of imperfect burning. Exercise: 1. Assignment of semestral project 2.-6. Excursions in the surroundings of Liberec focused on small hydro power plants, economics of construction and maintenance costs. Dam Josefův důl (Banki torbine), provate small hydro power plants under the dam (Pelton turbine), hydro power plant at the end of municipality Josefův důl (Kaplan turbine), museum and power plant Mezivodí (Francis turbine). 7. Laboratory: Consequences of imperfect burning. 8.-10. Excursion into the waste incineration plant in Liberec with focus on gaining energy from waste 11.-13. Excursion into windmill park or a power plant near Liberec with focus on success of the project 14. Presentation of semestral projects, getting credit
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
- Class attendance
- 56 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Renewable energy is a topic dealing with renewable energy sources. The aim is to acquaint students with the basic forms of renewable energy sources and their use in the Czech Republic.
Acquire knowledge about basic technologies of the energy production from the renewable resources; acquire competences for technical reports in this area of the interest.
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Prerequisites
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Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Power Machines
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined examination
Getting credit - participation during seminars, passing written tests and semestral project
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Recommended literature
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Cihelka, J. Obnovitelné zdroje energie. Praha, 1994.
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Hyžík, J. Úvod do energetického využití odpadu. Liberec, 2001.
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Karel Brož, Bořivoj Šourek. Alternativní zdroje energie. ISBN 80-01-02802-X, Praha ČVUT, 2003.
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Karel Murtinger, Jiří Beranovský, Milan Tomeš. Fotovoltaika - elektřina ze slunce. ISBN 978-80-7366-100-7 Brno ERA 2007.
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Melichar, J. Malé vodní turbiny (konstrukce a provoz). ISBN 80-01-02164-5 Praha, 2000.
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Pastorek Z., Kára J., Jevič P. Biomasa. ISBN 80-86534-06-5, FCC Public 2004.
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Quaschning Volker. Obnovitelné zdroje energií 2010 Grada, ISBN 978-80-247-3250-3.
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Rychetník, V., Janoušek, J., Pavelka, J. Větrné motory a elektrárny. Praha, 1997.
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Schulz H., Eder B. Bioplyn v praxi. ISBN 80-86167-21-6, HEL 2004.
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Tomáš Matuška. Trendy v solární tepelné technice.
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