Course detail
Alternative Powertrain and Energy Storage
FSI-QAP Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester
Methods of increasing the efficiency of internal combustion engines. Hydrogen engine, reciprocating piston engines, Stirling engines, , electric drives, hybrid drives, fuel cells, electric accumulators, pressure accumulators, thermal accumulators, recovery of energy dissipated during vehicle braking.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Knowledge at the level of the subject Theory of power unit energy transformation.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The credit is conditional on active participation in the exercises and preparation of the project.
Seminars are obligatory, checked by a teacher. The way of compensation of missed lessons (in justified cases) is solved individually with the course guarantee person.
Aims
The aim of the course is to provide students with an overview of alternative power units and modern ways of increasing the performance, economy, and environmental parameters of drives, in connection with the subjects related to power units.
The course widens the knowledge of theory of internal combustion engines and improves students´ position on the labour market.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-AAE-P: Advanced Automotiv Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme N-ADI-P: Automotive and Material Handling Engineering, Master's, elective
Type of course unit
Computer-assisted exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
- Alternative cycles, Stirling, Atkinson, Muller, Ericsson
- Hybrid drives, combustion and electric drive cooperation
- Electric drives
- Gas engines
- Hydrogen drives
- Reciprocating piston engines
- Stirling engines
- Fuel cells
- Energy storage
- Energy recovery
- Optimal drive control
- Batteries
- Energy saving, efficiency improvement