1. How we define the „term” energy?
2. What is the different between energy and work?
3. Which main forms of energy do you know?
4. Name different sources of energy?
5. Which main activities we can do to reduce the emissions from transportation?
6. Name the actual (main) products of the internal combustion engine (IC) exhaust gases.
7. Which emissions are limited by EU standard for cars (so named EURO standards)?
8. How to increase fuel consumption of IC (name the main approaches) ?
9. What is aerodynamic drag and name the magnitude of the aerodynamic drag
coefficient of present-day family car?
10. As actual characteristics of IC engine far from the ideal performance characteristic
how can we modify it (improve it)?
11. Name the basic techniques to improve vehicle fuel economy.
12. Why to use the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) ?
13. Why to use catalyst converter? (Which emissions converter removes?)
14. What is principle design of hybrid car?
15. What is district heating?
16. Name economic boundaries of DH.
17. What is cogeneration?
18. Name the types of traditional CHP Plants?
19. What does it mean “Passive house”?
20. How do you define “exergy” (for your understanding of exergy?)
21. What are the main barriers today for expanding the use of DH and CHP in your mind?
22. On which thermodynamic cycle based steam power plants?
23. Name the methods or types of advanced fossil fuel power plants.
24. Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
25. Compressed natural gas (CNG)
26. Is it good idea to burn biomass with fossil fuel (so named co combustion of biomass
and coal)?
27. Name the main methods of CO2 capture.
28. Is it good idea (or acceptable) - CO2 storage deep in oceans?
29. What does mean- Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants?
30. What is unconventional gas?
31. From which depends of efficiency gas turbine?
32. Name the types of Combined-Cycle Power Plants.
33. Is it possible to use Combined-Cycle Power for cogeneration?
34. Can we use fossil fuel for Combined-Cycle Power?
35. Name the Biomass Conversion Technologies.
36. Whish type of burnings (or burners) for municipal solid waste do you know?
37. What is anaerobic digestion process of waste?
38. What is Stirling engine and where can we use it for contemporary energy conversion?
39. Name advantages and disadvantages of using wind energy.
40. Name the types of reactors currently used for electricity generation.
41. What are III -generation reactors (for your understanding)?
42. What are IV-generation reactors (for your understanding)?