Course detail
Application of HVAC Systems
FSI-IAK Acad. year: 2023/2024 Summer semester
Application of ventilating, exhausting and air-conditioning equipment in civil, industrial, transport and agricultural buildings. Air-conditioning of vehicles and special applications.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Theoretical knowledge of ventilation and air-conditioning.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
To meet the graded course-unit requirements students have to pass test in 13th week of the term.
Course-unit credit requirements: Attendance at seminars and practical excursions and meeting requirements specified by the teacher during seminars.
Aims
The course objective is to make students familiar with ventilation, exhaust, and air-conditioning systems as employed in residential buildings, catering, sport and health care facilities, workshops, transportation and agricultural related buildings. Economy and operation of ventilation and air-conditioning equipments will be discussed as well.
Students will made familiar with practical applications of ventilation and air-conditioning systems and their design, economy of air cooling and heat recovery of exhaust air. Students will learn how to design air-conditioning systems ait – water, kitchen ventilation and an air curtain.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization TEP: Environmental Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
13 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Ventilation and air-conditioning of flats and family houses 1 and 2.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of hotels and board.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of cultural facilities.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of sports, commercial facilities.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of workshops with specified microclimate.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of celean space.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of industrial buildings.
Ventilation of garages and traffic tunnels.
Ventilation of food processing plants.
Ventilation of buildings for agricultural.
Air-conditioning of vehicles.
Hygiene, cleaning and maintenance of HVAC systems.
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1) Air terminal devices.
Air handling units with heat recovery system.
Air handling units with heat recovery system – service measurement
2) Ventilation of a traffic tunnel.
3) Excursion to ventilation system of a traffic tunnel.
4) Excursion to HVAC system of a high-rise building.
5) Excursion to HVAC system of a commercial building / industrial facility
Air curtains and their design.
6) Calculation of the air curtain.
Assessment of energy consumption of the air curtain.
Revision test.