1st Development of applied thermodynamics, significance in thermal processes of building materials manufacture, relations with energetic situation. 2nd Laws, state and technological quantities, volume work and technical work, cyclic processes. 3rd Heat diagrams, entropy, irreversibility of processes in practice. 4th Flow of liquids, terminology, energetic balance, flow loss in real systems of building materials. 5th Heat transfer by conduction, by radiation, by flow, similarity criteria. 6th Thermodynamics of vapours, real gases and vapours, heat diagrams. 7th Diagrams application, the state of vapours and their changes, mixing of vapours and of vapour with water. 8th Thermodynamics of humid air, state variables, state equations. 9th i-x diagram and its applications, state transformations, mixing of air flows, 10th Heat transmission and mass transfer, principles of the drying process, statics of drying, balances, type of dryers. 11th Solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, components of fuels, possibilities of alternative fuels, predictions concerning the securing of primary energy sources. 12th Fundamentals of combustion, combustion statics, quantity of air and of combustion gases. 13th Principles of kilns heat balance, survey of kiln units for the production of building materials, burners. Energetic and ecology: energetic of the building materials production, development in the world, environmental aspects of EU legislation.

The seminar focuses on theory and calculations. Students are required to have a calculator, ruler and pencil. 1st Introduction, Avogadro constant, ideal gasses 2nd The three basic processes of ideal gas, temperature measurement, thermal expansion 3rd First law of thermodynamics and its application in the four basic processes, calculations of heat and work 4th Second law of thermodynamics, entropy, reversile and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle (First part) 5th Second law of thermodynamics, entropy, reversible and irreversible processes, the Carnot cycle (Second part) 6th Damp steam, saturated steam, superheated steam, basic terminology 7th Damp steam, saturated steam, superheated steam, calculations 8th Thermodynamics of humid air, terminology concerning heat diagram of humid air, simple calculations, 9th Thermodynamics of humid air, heat balance of dryers 10th Heat exchange 11th Heat balance of tunel kiln 12th Heat balance of tunel kiln, credit test 13th Credit