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Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources
FAST-QT006Acad. year: 2019/2020
Primary and secondary energy sources and their application in systems of building services.
Renewable energy sources and their application in building services.
Systems for transformation of solar energy, geothermal energy, water energy and wind power.
Biomass, phytomass and phytofuels and their importance.
Utilization of waste heat.
Principles of combined heat and power production: cogeneration units.
Influence of renewable energy sources on building energy consumption. Cost efficiency of renewable energy sources.
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3. Basics methods of energy conversions. Biomass, phytomass and phytofuels production. Theory of combustion solid fuels.
4. Boiler rooms for biomass, storage of fuels. Accumulation of thermal energy. Multi-source heat systems.
5. Passive systems of use solar energy in buildings. Active solar systems with use of air.
6. Active solar systems for heat production for hot water heating, heating support, design and dimensioning.
7. Active solar systems for pool water heating for outside and inside pools., design and dimensioning.
8. Photovoltaic insular solar systems. Use of wind energy.
9. Low potentialheat sources. systems with heat pumps in area of technical equipment of buildings.
10. Design and dimensioning thermal systems with heat pumps.
11. Principles of heat and electricity joint production from biogas and biomass.
12. Secondary energy sources. Use of waste heat in systems of technical equipment of buildings.
13. The use of renewable sources and energy performance of buildings. Economic and environmental evaluation of sources and energy systems in buildings
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