Course Details

Cooling of Buildings (EVB)

Academic Year 2024/25

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

winter

Course Guarantor

Ing. Marian Formánek, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

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

Basics of cooling technique.
Students will get basic knowledge of cooling systems in buildings. Students will be able to use this knowledge for choice of effective systems and for design of basic systems of cooling in buildings.

Basic Literature

CHYSKÝ, Jaroslav, 1993. Větrání a klimatizace. Vyd. 3., zcela přeprac. Praha: Česká Matice technická, 490 s. ISBN 80-901-5740-8. (cs)
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

ULLRICH, Hans-Jürgen, 2000. Chladící technika: Díl II. 1. Praha: Svaz CHKT, 454 s. ISBN 80-238-5889-0. (cs)
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)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281532

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.