Course detail
Nuclear Sources and Zero-emission Energy
FSI-LME Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester
The course will discuss topics that reflect current trends in the energy sector. The course is divided into three parts. The first part will be devoted to CCS and CCU technologies, which are technologies related to the capture of carbon dioxide released during combustion processes. The next part of the course will focus on the new field of hydrogen energy and energy storage – power to X (gas, heat...) systems. The last part will be devoted to the topic of nuclear energy.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Energy basic knowlage
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The evaluation of the course will be carried out within the framework of a classified credit. The graded credit will take the form of a test (paper or online).
Classes will be held in blocks, participation is compulsory.
Aims
The purpose of the course is to bring new and current topics into the undergraduate curriculum. The aim is to introduce students to the new technologies that are coming to the fore in the context of global changes in the energy sector.
Graduates will be introduced to current trends in energy transformation, storage and use. They will have an overview of developments in the field of energy and will be able to critically evaluate possible scenarios of change in practice.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-ENE-P: Energy, Bachelor's, compulsory
Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
specialization CLS: , elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Basics of carbon dioxide emissions, basics of CCS and CCU methods
2. CO2 capture methods
3. Methods of CO2 storage
4. Methods of CO2 recovery
5. Energy systems involving hydrogen generation
6. Energy storage, Power to X system
7. Synthetic methane and biomethane
8. Energy self-sufficiency
9. Conceptual design of NPPs with pressurized water reactors, fast reactors
10. Small modular reactor concepts
11. NPP fuel cycle, storage and disposal of used nuclear fuel and radioactive waste
12.Thermonuclear fusion, Radioisotope generators