Course Details
Cooling of Buildings
Academic Year 2026/27
BTB008 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year
The goal of this subject is to inform students with the issue of cooling for needs of air-condition and the basics of cooling for conservation of foods. Introduction is about principal terms of the thermodynamics and the theory of cooling cycles. Primary content of this subject are kinds of machines which are used in cooling, classification and the main parts of cooling systems. Refrigerants and heat-transfer fluids - properties and present requirements on them. Cooling machine rooms. Proper standards. Another theme is new and present trend in the cooling technologies and energy saving cooling methods, including accumulation of cold.
Credits
4 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
Principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer, ventilation, air-conditioning, heating, dimensioning of pipe networks, creation of project documentation, calculation of noise transmission
Aims
Professional knowledge
- The student will master the basics of cooling technology for the fields of technical building equipment.
Professional skills
- The student will gain basic knowledge of cooling systems in buildings, the possibilities of their use and design.
Professional competence
- The student will be able to use this knowledge to select effective and design basic cooling systems for buildings.
Basic Literature
2021 ASHRAE Handbook -- Fundamentals (SI), 2021. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-947192-90-4. (en)
2018 ASHRAE Handbook -- Refrigeration (SI), 2018. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-939200-98-3. (en)
Pohlmann. Taschenbuch der Kältetechnik: Grundlagen, Anwendungen, Arbeitstabellen und Vorschriften, 2010. 20., überarb. und erw. Auflage. Berlin: VDE-Verl., xix, 1203 s. ISBN 978-3-8007-3238-8. (de)
BREIDERT, Hans-Joachim, 2009. Projektierung von Kälteanlagen: Berechnung, Auslegung, Beispiele. Heidelberg: C.F. Müller, xviii, 435 s., [ 1 volná příl.]. ISBN 978-3-7880-7825-6. (de)
Recommended Reading
2015 ASHRAE HANDBOOK Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning APPLICATIONS (SI), 2015. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-936504-94-7. (en)
2016 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Systems and Equipment (SI), 2016. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-939200-27-3. (en)
DVOŘÁK, Zdeněk, 1986. Základy chladící techniky. Praha: SNTL, 247 s. (cs)
Prerequisites
Principles of thermodynamics and heat transfer, ventilation, air-conditioning, heating, dimensioning of pipe networks, creation of project documentation, calculation of noise transmission
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- 1. An introduction to cooling systems. Refrigeration cycles.
- 2. Building thermal load calculation. Cooling capacity. Project documentation.
- 3. Refrigerants and secondary coolants.
- 4. Ends elements - fan coil units, induction units.
- 5. Chillers.
- 6. Liquid coolers, cooling towers, water treatment.
- 7. Hydraulic of cooling systems. Thermal insulation.
- 8. Chilled ceilings.
- 9. Split system. The concept of cooling systems. Cooling machine rooms.
- 10. Cold rooms and freezer rooms.
- 11. Alternative and passive cooling systems.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. Cooling cycles.
- 2. Building thermal load calculation.
- 3. Dimensioning of the fan coil units/induction units. Drawings documentation.
- 4. Chiller - variant A.
- 5. Chiller - variant B with a cooling tower.
- 6. Cooling system schematic. Drawings documentation.
- 7. Dimensioning of the pipes.
- 8. Chilled ceilings.
- 9. Split systems.
- 10. Cold rooms/freezer rooms.
- 11. Completation