Course detail

Ventilation and Air-Conditioning II

FSI-IV2Acad. year: 2010/2011

The course is concerned with the following topics:
Application of ventilating, exhausting and air-conditioning equipment in civil, industrial, transport and agricultural buildings. Air-conditioning of vehicles and special applications.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will made familiar with practical applications of ventilation and air-conditioning systems and their design, economy of air cooling and heat recovery of exhaust air. Students will learn how to design high pressure air-conditioning systems, kitchen ventilation and an air curtain.

Prerequisites

Theoretical knowledge of ventilation and air-conditioning.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To meet the graded course-unit requirements students have to pass two tests in in 7th and 13th week of the term.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course objective is to make students familiar with ventilation, exhaust, and air-conditioning systems as employed in residential buildings, catering, sport and health care facilities, workshops, transportation and agricultural related buildings. Economy and operation of ventilation and air-conditioning equipments will be discussed as well.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Course-unit credit requirements: Attendance at seminars and meeting requirements specified by the teacher during seminars.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Etheridge, D.W. - Sandberg, M.: Building Ventilation., John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester 1996
Goodfellow, H. - Tähti, E.: Industrial Ventilation Design Guidebook. Academic Press, London 2001
Heinsohn, R.J.: Industrial Ventilation. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York 1991

Recommended reading

Chyský, J. - Hemzal, K. a kol.: Větrání a klimatizace. Technický průvodce sv. 31. BOLIT - B press, Brno 1993

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-TEP , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Ventilation and air-conditioning of flats and one-family houses.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of hotels, board and cultural provisions.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of sports, commercial provisions.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of medical provisions.
Ventilation and air-conditioning computing centres and special applications.
Ventilation of industrial buildings - warm and hot workshops.
Ventilation of workshops with development of dust, gases and vapours.
Ventilation of cold workshops.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of workshops with specified microclimate.
Ventilation and air-conditioning of clean spaces.
Ventilation of garagesand traffic tunnels.
Ventilation of agricultural buildings.
Air-conditioning of vehicles.

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Calculations of an air-and-water air-conditioning system under summer conditions.
Dimensioning of an air-conditioning plant according to technical documentation.
Calculations of an air-and-water air-conditioning system under winter conditions.
Dimensioning of an air-conditioning plant according to technical documentation.
Design of a ventilation system for a kitchen according to VDI 2052.
Design of a ventilation system for a particular kitchen.
Dimensioning of a ventilation system for a kitchen.
Excursion to an HVAC plant.
Evaluation of flow coefficients of openings.
Air curtains and their design.
Calculation of the air curtain.
Revision test.
Assessment of energy consumption of the air curtain.
Dimensioning of a heating coil for the air curtain.
Revision test.