Course detail
Heating
FSI-IVT Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The course deals with heating systems including heating sources and projecting of heating pipework. The course introduces the basic principles of heating systems, as hydronics, hotwater, steam and radiant heating systems. Lectures are concerned especially with central heating, radiant heating (specially radiant floor heating), heating of large-space building and district heating systems. A complex of technical solutions of the configuration of the heating system made of a heating source, distribution system of the heat medium, heat accumulation, heated area, and regulation, measurements and control is discussed. The emphasis is put on the reduction of heat consumption with the application of the appropriate modern method of heating and renewable energy resources such as solar energy.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
8
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Theoretical basis of heat transfer, thermomechanics and fluid mechanics. The knowledge in the area of environmental engineering and assessment of thermal comfort.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended all seminars and worked out project.The exam has an oral part.
Attendance at seminars is required. Absence from seminars can be compensated for via make-up project.
Aims
The course objective is to provide students with principles of heating facilities for residential and industrial buildings and to teach them in how to apply acquired knowledge to heating systems design.
Students will gain knowledge, which enable them to design modern and energy-saving systems that are used for heating residential and industrial buildings.
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
39 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1) The course introduction – climatic conditions, thermal losses of buildings
2) Heat consumption
3) Heating systems – classification, principles
4) Heating systems – calculation procedures
5) Heating appliance
6) Hydraulic analysis a stability of heating systems
7) Radiation heating systems
8) Heating systems with suspended radiant panels
9) Air heating systems
10) Equipment and components of heating systems
11) Heating of low energy buildings
12)Steam heating systems
13)Electrical heating systems
Computer-assisted exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1) To make the acquaintance of project
2) Thermal losses calculation
3) Heat consumption calculation
4) Design of heating appliances
5) Design of heating system
6) Single-pipe heating system
7) Two-pipe heating system
9) Hydraulic calculation of a heating system
10) Design of a floor heating system
11-13)Project elaboration