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Ecological Energy Resources
FAST-5R3Acad. year: 2018/2019
Principles of the national energy policy - renewable energy sources
solar energy, collector, heat pump, solar power plants
wind power plants in Czech Republic and in other countries
electricity from soil heat, heating by means of the ground water
tidal power plant and wave motion, usage of temperature gradient
usage of small streams energy in small hydro power plants and of the unused heads of the hydro-technical conduits
utilisation of primary hydro-energy potential of the compensation waters
Prerequisites: Dams and hydro power energy, River training and weirs, Water transport, Sewage systems and waste water purification, Reservoirs and water systems
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Course curriculum
2. International energy balance
3. Wind energy
4. Geothermal energy
5. Photovoltaic energy
6. Hydro power - primary
7. Hydro turbines - basic overview
8. Hydro power - secundary (waves, tidal, pumping HPP)
9. Small hydro power plants
10. Energy microsources
11.,12. Design of small hydro power plant
13. Utilisation of residual gradients of hydraulic cycles and outlets
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
Motlík, J. a kol.: Obnovitelné zdroje energie v České republice. ČEZ Praha 2003
Šefter, J.: Využití energie větru. SNTL Praha 1991
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