Course detail
Experimental Methods
FSI-IEM Acad. year: 2026/2027 Summer semester
The course focuses on the measurement of physical quantities in environmental engineering, hydraulic machines, and energy equipment, with particular attention to measurement principles and the characteristics of sensors and instruments. The course also covers computer-aided measurement and data acquisition, as well as data processing, including error analysis and measurement uncertainties.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Knowledge of physical laws from thermodynamics, heat transfer, mechanics of fluids and electrotechnical engineering.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
To receive a graded credit, you must complete all lab exercises and submit well-prepared lab reports on time. The overall evaluation is based on a final test focusing on lecture topics. However, your practical skills in the lab and the quality of your reports will also be taken into consideration.
Aims
Students learn to work with experimental and measuring devices for environmental engineering, hydrodynamics and power engineering.
Students will acquire theoretical knowledge and learn to work with experimental equipment and computer measuring systems.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization ENI: Power Engineering, compulsory
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization FLI: Fluid Engineering, compulsory
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization TEP: Environmental Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
Terminology, methods and norms for measuring.
Processing of measurements.
Measurement errors.
Temperature measurement.
Pressure measurement.
Measurement of fluid velocities and flow rates.
Measurement of heat-transfer rates.
Noise measurements. Measurement of vibrations and revolutions.
Measurement of air pollutions.
Measurement of photometric quantities and radiation.
Humidity measurement. Measurement of thermal state in indoor air.
Visualization and optical measuring methods.
Measuring of electrical quantities.
Laboratory exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
Safety regulations for work in experimental and computer laboratories.
Performance and cavitation characteristics. Pump efficiency.
Shock wave propagation. Speed of sound and natural frequency.
Measurements using LDA and PIV.
Computer processing of measurement results.
Measurements on a double-pipe heat exchanger.
Air flow measurement using a gas meter, an orifice plate, and a Prandtl tube.
Computer-aided temperature measurement. Transmission measurement and calibration.
Computer processing of measurement results.
Gas flow control.
Fuel composition, calorific value, grindability, and specific gravity.
Measurement of water turbine characteristics (Banki turbine).
Fluidized bed.
Efficiency measurement of a Viessmann boiler.
Computer processing of measurement results.