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Energy - nature and society - MO550P84
Title: Energie-příroda a společnost
Czech title: Energie-příroda a společnost
Guaranteed by: Institute for Environmental Studies (31-550)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2019
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: 100
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Additional information: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=1885
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Ing. Luboš Matějíček, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Ing. Luboš Matějíček, Ph.D.
RNDr. Rudolf Přibil, CSc.
Annotation -
Last update: Ing. Luboš Matějíček, Ph.D. (13.03.2024)
The course aims to acquaint students with the environmental view of energy and the physical laws governing its transformations, including its use by human society and living organisms. This general introduction will be concretized in particular in the following topics: energy balance of the country; natural energy flows on earth; use of fossil fuels; nuclear energy and its use; alternative and renewable energy sources; energy distribution and storage; economical use of energy; new trends in the electric power industry; production and combustion of alternative fuels; limiting heat loss; environmental impacts of the use of conventional and renewable energy sources; storage and processing of nuclear waste; comparison and perspectives of individual energy sources.
Literature -
Last update: Ing. Luboš Matějíček, Ph.D. (13.03.2024)

Andrews, J., Jelley, N., 2013. Energy Science: Principles, Technologies, and Impacts. Oxford University Press (2ed.), Oxford, 412pp.

Rez, P., 2017. The Simple Physics of Energy Use. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 304pp.

Mongillo, J.F., 2011. A Student Guide to Energy (5 volumes). Greenwood, Santa Barbara, 1190pp.

Aubrecht, J.A., 2005. Energy Science: Principles, Technologies, and Impacts. Benjamin Cummings (3ed.), San Francisco, 696pp.

Fay, J.A., Golomb, D.S., 2011. Energy and The Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles. Oxford University Press, (2ed.), Oxford, 384pp.

Cleveland, C.J., Morris, C.G., 2009. Dictionary of Energy: Expanded Edition. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 600pp.

Jefferson W.T. et al., 2005. Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options. MIT Press, Cambridge, 872pp.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Ing. Luboš Matějíček, Ph.D. (13.03.2024)

The subject MO550P84 Energy-nature and society is taught face-to-face or, in justified cases, also via distance learning. Presentations of lectures and assignment of demo tasks are available on MOODLE: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=1885 in PDF format.

In order to receive credit, a summary test containing 20 randomly selected examples from a database of approx. 170 examples with at least 15 correctly calculated examples must be completed in MOODLE, and further, as part of the exercise, work out tasks with an assessment of each with at least 50 points in the range of 0 to 100. Recommended submission date is until the next exercise.

The exam takes the form of a test in MOODLE containing 20 randomly generated questions from a database of approximately 300 questions covering the lectured topic.

Syllabus -
Last update: Ing. Luboš Matějíček, Ph.D. (13.03.2024)

Energy-nature and society

1. Introduction, basic principles and their applications

2. Overall overview

3. Fossil energy sources

4.Nuclear energy

5. Water energy

6. Photovoltaics

7. Wind energy

8. Energy from biomass

9. Thermal energy

10. Power distribution

11. Data and trends

12. Energy sources for the present and future

Credit tests and exams

 
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