Course: Physics for Sustainable Technologies

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Course title Physics for Sustainable Technologies
Course code KEF/FUT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novák Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture: Basic concepts of environmental physics, sustainable development, global warming, climate change, energy for humanity (fossil fuels, heat-to-work conversion, efficiency, chemical energy-to-work conversion, energy conservation and transport, pollution, renewable energy sources - solar, hydro, wave, bio-, nuclear). Emission transport (diffusion, river flow, groundwater, turbulence). Noise. environmental spectroscopy. Societal aspects of environmental physics, water purification, energy harvesting. Practicals: As part of the course, students will address one selected practical topic from the field of environmental physics, environmental physics, sustainability, environmental protection, etc. Students will learn about and practically try out laboratory work on a suitable topic (e.g. photocatalytic reactions, catalytic reactions, energy harvesting, water purification, construction of experimental sets for the application of nanomaterials in the environment, ecological preparation of nanomaterials).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Fundamentals of environmental physics.
Explain the essence of data and be able to interpret them, recognize and classify the given problem, predict the behaviour of the given phenomena.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Preparation of a seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Journal literature, materials of institutions and state and regional organizations.
  • Augusta, P. a kol. (2001). Velká kniha o energii. L.A.Consulting Agency.
  • Boeker, E.; Grondelle, R. V. (2000). Enviromental Physics. J. Wiley.
  • Holubová, R. (2006). Environmentální fyzika. Příručka pro distanční vzdělávání. UP Olomouc.
  • Kubín, M. (2002). Elektroenergetika v Českých zemích. Panorama.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Nanotechnology (2019) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter