Course detail

Experimental Methods in Environmental Engineering

FSI-9ETPAcad. year: 2019/2020

The course deals with experimental methods in environmental engineering. The course covers the principles of experimental methods, properties of sensors, the measurement evaluation and visualization methods in environmental engineering.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Milan Pavelek, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire theoretical knowledge of environmental engineering measurements and knowledge of eveluation processes.

Prerequisites

Physics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Oral examination.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students learn to work with experimental and measuring devices for environmental engineering.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The presence will not be checked.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Pavelek, M. - Štětina, J.: Experimentální metody v technice prostředí. Skripta. VUT Brno 2007.
Pavelek, M. - Janotková, E. - Štětina, J.: Vizualizační a optické měřicí metody. Hypertextová skripta. FSI VUT Brno 2001. http://ottp.fme.vutbr.cz/~pavelek/optika/

Recommended reading

Drkal, F. a kol.: Experimentální cvičení a zkoušení strojů v technice prostředí. Skripta ČVUT. Praha 1992.
Hauf, W. - Grigull, U.: Optical methods in heat transfer. In J. P. Harttnet and T. F. Irvine (ed.), Advances in heat transfer, vol. 6, Academic Press, New York, 1970.
Merzkirch, W.: Flow visualization. Academic Press, New York, 1974.
Řeznicek, R.: Visualizace proudění. Academia, Prague, 1972.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Milan Pavelek, CSc.

Syllabus

Introduction - Terminology, methods and norms for measuring.
Processing of measurements. Measurement errors.
Temperature measurement. Pressure measurement.
Measurement of fluid velocities, flow rates, heat-transfer rates.
Noise measurements. Measurement of vibrations and revolutions.
Measurement of air pollutions, photometric quantities, radiation.
Humidity measurement. Measurement of thermal state in indoor air.
Flow visualization by foreign materials in fluids. LDA and PIV systems.
Thermivision systems.
Holographic research on particles in fluids. Holographic research on surfaře deformation.
Shadow and Schlieren methods for transparent fluids.
Interferometry for transparent fluids.
Computer aided evaluation of visualization experiments