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Fossil fuels and nontraditional energetical sources - MG432P04

Title:	Fosilní paliva a netradiční energetické zdroje
Czech title:	Fosilní paliva a netradiční energetické zdroje
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Geology and Paleontology (31-420)
Faculty:	Faculty of Science
Actual:	from 2017
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	4
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech
Note:	enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	prof. RNDr. Stanislav Opluštil, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	prof. RNDr. Stanislav Opluštil, Ph.D.

Opinion survey results Examination dates SS schedule

Annotation -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Stanislav Opluštil, Ph.D. (20.05.2012)

The course provides information on geology and genesis of fossil fuels, their distribution in the Earth crust and main centres of their exploitation. Second part of the course provides an overview of the currently used forms of the non-traditional, especially renewable energetic resources.

Literature -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Stanislav Opluštil, Ph.D. (20.05.2012)

Literature:

Thomas, L. 2002. Coal Geology. Wiley and Sons, ltd. 384 s. Chichester.

Internet sources (only few examples):

http://www.seps.sk/zp/fond/2002/index.html

http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/3040.asp

http://geologie.vsb.cz/loziska/suroviny/vyuziti_uhli.html

http://www.ems.psu.edu/~pisupati/ACSOutreach/Natural_Gas.html

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Stanislav Opluštil, Ph.D. (20.05.2012)

Participation at lessons and exercises. Written essay on selected topic related to the course topic.

Oral examination.

Syllabus -

Last update: prof. RNDr. Stanislav Opluštil, Ph.D. (20.05.2012)

The course consists of 12 3-hours lasting lessons dividied into following topics:

1. Forms of the fossil organic matter occuring in the Earth crust.

2. Genetic types of fossil fuels (kaustobioliths) a their origin.

3. The main coal-forming periods in the Earth history and their characteristics. Geology of the deposits of fossil fuels and methods of their exploitation.

4. Overview of the world-important deposits of coal, oil and gas, tar sands, oil shales, shale gas, etc. Estimated reserves of fossil fuels.

5. Exploitation of fosil fuel deposits, world trade with fossil fules (export, import).

6. Fossil fuel deposits of the Czech Republic and perspectives of their use.

7. Charakteristics of renewable energetic sources and perspectives of their use in world-scale.

8. Perspectives of use of fossil fuels and renewable energetic sources in Czech Republic.