Course Details

HVAC systems

Academic Year 2023/24

BTA016 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-EVB Winter Semester 3rd year

Maintaining of indoor climate with HVAC systems.
Selected physical phenomena, humid air and its treatment.
Thermal and humidity loads in buildings.
Natural ventilation: types and applications.
Mechanical ventilation and hot air heating and air-conditioning.
HVAC systems.
Cooling in air-conditioning.
Heat recovery systems.
Noise in HVAC systems and its attenuation.
Application of HVAC systems in public and residential buildings.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Base of ventilation and air conditioning (VAC) in buildings. Creation of indoor climate by VAC systems. Energy, ecology and economy aspects in design of VAC equipment.

Knowledge

Student get base of ventilation and air conditioning systems in buildings.

Syllabus

1. Maintaining of indoor climate with HVAC systems. Selected physical phenomena, wet air and its conditioning.
2. Thermal humidity loads in buildings.
3. Natural ventilation: types and applications.
4. Air flow in rooms, distribution elements.
5. Parts of HVAC systems for air treatment and air transport.
6. HVAC mechanical rooms.
7. Air-based systems in air-conditioning and their design.
8. Water- and refrigeration-based systems in air-conditioning and their design.
9. Cooling in HVAC systems.
10. Heat recovery in HVAC systems.
11. Noise in HVAC systems and its attenuation. Design of damping elements.
12. Regulation of HVAC equipment, applications of HVAC systems in industry.
13. Applications of HVAC systems in residential and public buildings.

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of building physics and thermal engineering.
Fundamental knowledge of heating systems, especially the thermal calculations.
Fundamental knowledge of the principle of pipeline network design.
Fundamental knowledge of building acoustics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Maintaining of indoor climate with HVAC systems. Selected physical phenomena, wet air and its conditioning. 2. Thermal humidity loads in buildings. 3. Natural ventilation: types and applications. 4. Air flow in rooms, distribution elements. 5. Parts of HVAC systems for air treatment and air transport. 6. HVAC mechanical rooms. 7. Air-based systems in air-conditioning and their design. 8. Water- and refrigeration-based systems in air-conditioning and their design. 9. Cooling in HVAC systems. 10. Heat recovery in HVAC systems. 11. Noise in HVAC systems and its attenuation. Design of damping elements. 12. Regulation of HVAC equipment, applications of HVAC systems in industry. 13. Applications of HVAC systems in residential and public buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Air heater 2. Psychrometry tasks 3. Heat balance 4. Natural ventilation 5. Mechanical ventilation concept 6. HVAC mechanical room 7. Drawings and specifications 8. Air-based air-conditioning system 9. Combined air-conditioning system 10. Cooling in HVAC systems 11. Heat recovery in HVAC systems 12. Noise attenuation in HVAC systems 13. Submission of assigned tasks and credits.