Course Details
Cooling of Buildings (EVB)
Academic Year 2026/27
BTA019 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-EVB Winter 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
5 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. Basics of thermodynamics for cooling. Machine cooling systems.
- 2. Heat load of buildings.
- 3. Project documentation.
- 4. Water cooling systems.
- 5. Sources of cold.
- 6. Liquid chillers. Water treatment for cooling.
- 7. Cooling fluids and refrigerants.
- 8. Hydraulics of cooling systems. Thermal insulation in cooling.
- 9. Cooling ceilings.
- 10. Chilled split systems.
- 11. Refrigerating units as operating units.
- 12. Refrigeration and cooling of food.
- 13. Passive and alternative cooling of buildings.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. Basics of thermodynamics for cooling. Machine cooling systems.
- 2. Heat load of buildings.
- 3. Project documentation.
- 4. Water cooling systems
- 5. Sources of cold
- 6. Liquid chillers. Water treatment for cooling
- 7. Cooling fluids and refrigerants.
- 8. Hydraulics of cooling systems. Thermal insulation in cooling.
- 9. Cooling ceilings.
- 10. Chilled split systems.
- 11. Refrigerating units as operating units.
- 12. Refrigeration and cooling of food.
- 13. Passive and alternative cooling of buildings.